James W. Bollinger was a lawyer and judge from Davenport, Iowa. As a child, Bollinger received a book from his mother about Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks. This book sparked his interest in Lincoln and resulted in a lifetime of collecting books, journals, and many types of ephemeral pieces. His collection came to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1951, where it has been continually developed. This digital collection represents a small portion of Bollinger's collection, in celebration of the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.