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Lincoln Boyhood
Administrative History |
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APPENDIX F:
Lincoln Day Speakers
| Year | Speaker | Profession |
| 1926—1932 | No record | |
| 1933 | Dr. Christopher Coleman | Indianapolis Historical Society |
| 1934—1942 | No record | |
| 1943 | Henry Schricker | Governor of Indiana |
| 1946 | Richard T. James | Lt. Governor of Indiana |
| 1947 | Dr. Ross Lockridge | Historian, Indiana University |
| 1948 | Edward A. Mitchell | Eighth District Congressman |
| 1949 | Ralph Harvey | Tenth District Congressman |
| 1950 | Dean Walker | Indiana Superintendent of Public Institutions |
| 1951 | Homer Capehart | United States Senator from Indiana |
| 1952 | George S. Jones | Vice President of Servel, Inc. |
| 1953 | D. Bailley Merrill | Eighth District Congressman |
| 1954 | No record | |
| 1955 | Charles A. Halleck | Second District Congressman |
| 1956 | Crawford Picker | Indiana Secretary of State |
| 1957 | Curtis Shake | Vincennes Judge |
| 1958 | Louis A. Warren | Lincoln Historian, Lincoln Library |
| 1959 | No record | |
| 1960 | Roy T. Combs and William Koch | President, Indiana Lincoln Foundation Owner, Santa Claus Land |
| 1961 | William F. Dudine | Circuit Court Judge |
| 1962 | Arthur C. Nordhoff | Dubois County Historian |
| 1963 | William Koch | Owner, Santa Claus Land |
| 1964 | Robert Mills | Mayor of Boonville |
| 1965 | Curtis Shake | Vincennes Judge |
| 1966 | Arthur York | Lincoln Heritage Trail Commission |
| 1967 | Robert Cummings | Cannelton News Editor |
| 1968 | George B. Hartzog, Jr. | National Park Service, Director |
| 1969 | James Morlock | University of Evansville Professor |
| 1970 | John Lair | Author, Songs Lincoln Loved |
| 1971 | Don M. Newman | Osceola, Indiana, Toastmaster |
| 1972 | Howard W. Ellis | Methodist Minister |
| 1973 | Thomas D. Brumett | Superintendent, North Spencer County Schools |
| 1974 | Elmer Pruess | Spencer County Teacher |
| 1975 | Robert F. Pollack | Methodist Minister |
| 1976 | "Nancy's Neighbors" | (A short play) |
| 1977 | Otis R. Bowen | Governor of Indiana |
| 1978 | James T. Burnett | Lincoln Boyhood Staff Member |
| 1979 | Wallace B. Graves | University of Evansville President |
| 1980 | Fr. Gavin Barnes, OSB | Priest |
| 1981 | Ross Holland | National Park Service Assistant Director |
| 1982 | Charlotte Baird | Lincoln Boyhood Staff Member |
| 1983 | Mark E. Neely, Jr. | Lincoln Historian, Lincoln Library |
| 1984 | Robert Orr | Governor of Indiana |
| 1985 | Peter Harstad | Director, Indiana Historical Society |
| 1986 | Donald F. Carmony | Professor Emeritus of History, Indiana University |
| 1987 | Ewel Cornett | Director, "Young Abe Lincoln" (play) |
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Profession of Speakers
| Profession | Years | Total |
| Historian | 1933, 1947, 1958, 1962, 1983, 1985, 1986 | 7 |
| Politician | 1943, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1977, 1984 | 11 |
| Judge | 1957, 1961, 1965 | 3 |
| Businessman | 1952, 1960, 1963 | 3 |
| Educator | 1950, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1979 | 5 |
| Clergyman | 1972, 1975, 1980 | 3 |
| Author | 1970 | 1 |
| National Park Service | 1968, 1978, 1981, 1982 | 4 |
| Other | 1966, 1971, 1976, 1987 | 4 |
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Sponsors of Lincoln Day Activities
| Until 1953 | Boonville Press Club, Indiana Department of Conservation, and the Indiana Lincoln Union |
| 1955—1958 | Santa Claus Chamber of Commerce |
| 1960—Present | Lincoln Club of Southern Indiana |
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