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Ingersoll Islands, Yukon River, was acquired with the Ingersoll Papers in 1947. Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," was a colonel during the American Civil War, a politician, an attorney, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought.

"The Dream," an oil painting by French artist Edouard Detaille, depicts sleeping French soldiers dreaming of the glory of France's Grand Army. This copy was brought to John Charles Black from Paris by his son in 1908. Black was a Union Army…

Portrait of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil war, politician, attorney, and orator.

Maud Ingersoll Probasco, younger daughter of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," and wife of wealthy businessman, Wallace M. Probasco, was a political and social activist who founded the Vivisection Investigation League.

Ebon Clark Ingersoll, brother of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil War, politician, attorney, and orator, poses for a picture with his grandchildren, Eva Ingersoll Wakefield, and Robert G. Ingersoll Brown. Their picture is set within a poem…

Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil War, politician, attorney, and orator, poses for a picture with his granddaughter, Eva Ingersoll Wakefield. Their picture is set within a long poem titled, "LIFE."

Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil War, politician, attorney, and orator, endorses a photograph, "To Marshall P. Wilder-Who knows that mirth is medicine and that laughter lengthens life-from his friend &…

Eva Ingersoll Wakefield, granddaughter of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," poses for a picture wearing a dress and a bow in her hair. On verso: "To dear papa with very much love from Eva."

Robert G. Ingersoll Brown, grandson of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," poses for a picture with his dog. On verso: "To dear papa with lots of love, Eva, 10 years old. To dear papa with love and lots of kisses, Robert, 8 years old."

Minnie Maddern Fiske was an influential stage actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil War, politician, attorney, and orator, poses for a picture with his grandchildren, Eva Ingersoll Wakefield, and Robert G. Ingersoll Brown.

Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil War, politician, attorney, and orator, poses for a picture with his granddaughter, Eva Ingersoll Wakefield.

Eva Ingersoll Wakefield, daughter of Eva Ingersoll Brown, and granddaughter of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," devoted her entire life to the promotion of world peace and animal welfare. She became the authority on the life and work of her…

Maud Ingersoll Probasco, younger daughter of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," and wife of wealthy businessman, Wallace M. Probasco, was a political and social activist who founded the Vivisection Investigation League.

Eva Ingersoll Brown, elder daughter of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," and wife of fellow agnostic, Walston Hill Brown, was a political and social activist who founded the International Child Welfare League.