The Langum Travel to Collections Initiative

This initiative is designed to help defray the travel and living expenses of scholars who wish to use the Langum Family Papers or the de Mattos Family Papers, both of which are located at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (formerly the Illinois State Historical Library) in Springfield, Illinois. Click here for further Information on the Lincoln Presidential Library.

The Langum Papers and the de Mattos Papers are catalogued under the OCLC/FirstSearch database, Worldcat. The library began accessioning these papers to provide insight into a multi-generational professional family with many ties to Illinois.

David J. Langum, Sr. is now processing these papers, and the collections are incomplete. However, guides to the papers that are now processed can be viewed as follows:

• De Mattos Family Collection
• Henry Langum (1882-1967) Papers, 1940-1967
• John K. Langum (1913-1998) Papers, 1923-2000
• Virginia Langum (1918-1967) Papers, 1918-1971
• David J. Langum, Sr. (1940- ) Papers, 1940-2007

Applications are processed throughout the year, and there is no deadline. The applicant should send a resume or c.v., a letter about the research project and how these collections would be of aid in the project, and a summary budget for the proposed grant. The maximum grant is $1,500. Send applications to:

David J. Langum, Sr.
The Langum Charitable Trust
PO Box 12643
Birmingham, Alabama 35202

The San Jose State University Library’s Special Collection Department has just accessioned a portion of David J. Langum, Sr.’s legal files from his law practice in San Jose, 1968-1978. The public will have access after the Library’s processing. > Read more about it here.