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Lincoln Library Obtains Key Collection
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has obtained hundreds of books from the estate of Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald.

The collection includes six editions of the Harvard historian's Lincoln titles and approximately 30 books about the Civil War, slavery and other history the facility did not previously have.

In 2005, the museum and library gave Donald the only lifetime achievement award it has ever awarded. The award is now named for the Mississippi native who earned a doctorate at the University of Illinois.

Donald won Pulitzers for a 1961 book on Charles Sumner and a 1988 biography of Thomas Wolfe. Many experts laud his 1995 best-seller "Lincoln" as one of the best-ever biographies of the 16th president.

He died last year at age 88.

Online: www.presidentlincoln.org

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