University of Wyoming
Robert Green Ingersoll was known as the Great Agnostic and stood in defense of the belief system during his profession career as an American lawyer, writer, and orator. He also served as Attorney General of Illinois after serving in the Civil War. As a defender of progressive thought, Ingersoll was a dedicated Republican who traveled extensively to give speeches on liberal ideas of the time to large crowds. Ingersoll was also known to speak for the women’s rights and African American rights movements and against the Religious Right.
Collection contains letters addressed to and from Ingersoll—some to his wife Eva Ingersoll Wakefield; law firm accounts; newspaper and magazine clippings; book and pamphlets by Ingersoll that contain his lectures and speeches; papers belonging to Eva Ingersoll; a Master’s thesis on Ingersoll; photographs of Robert and Eva Ingersoll; a copy of The Letters of Robert G. Ingersoll edited by Eva Ingersoll; and books and articles about Ingersoll.
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This material was received from Eva Ingersoll Wakefield and Sherman D. Wakefield between August 1962 and September 1970.
Robert Green Ingersoll papers, 1826-1940, 0531F, Library of Congress.
Robert Green Ingersoll papers, 1854-1881, MSS Alpha Ingersoll, Chicago History Museum.
Papers of Robert Green Ingersoll, MSS 7025, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Robert G. Ingersoll papers, 2453, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
The papers of Robert G. Ingersoll, 1826-1940, Film A 881, Lamont Library, Harvard University.
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