Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration

https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/e46a8790-0d92-0135-23f6-0050569601ca-8

Descriptive Information

Description

milled lumber chunks.
76&77)
dated newspaper (1871&74
string/twine
lime-green knit fabric
book/magazine pages
various wallpaper patterns
paper and carpet bits
two square-cut nail heads
newspaper
white satin ribbon
Artifacts recovered from mouse nest during 1987-88 Lincoln Home restoration, including the mice. Newspaper, wood, grass, plaster materials

Interpretation

Shows the great variety of items that can be stored by industrious mice.

Lesson Plans / Themes

Learning Standards

16 History

Author or Creator

House mice

Source

Found in the Front Hall ceiling cavity, Lincoln Home, Springfield, IL

Subject / Keywords

Spatial Coverage

Victorian, Springfield (Ill.)

Temporal Coverage

1871/1879

Collection Publisher

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Rights

Resource Identifier

LIHO 6680

Date Created

06/13/03

Collection Title

Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Collection

Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Title	Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration
Description	milled lumber chunks. 76&77) dated newspaper (1871&74 string/twine lime-green knit fabric book/magazine pages various wallpaper patterns paper and carpet bits two square-cut nail heads newspaper white satin ribbon Artifacts recovered from mouse nest during 1987-88 Lincoln Home restoration, including the mice. Newspaper, wood, grass, plaster materials
Interpretation	Shows the great variety of items that can be stored by industrious mice.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How We Learn About Communities Antebellum Society and the Civil War American Communities in History
Learning Standards	16 History
Author or Creator	House mice
Source	Found in the Front Hall ceiling cavity, Lincoln Home, Springfield, IL
Subject / Keywords	Mouse Artifact Household Pest Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Spatial Coverage	Victorian, Springfield (Ill.)
Temporal Coverage	1871/1879
Collection Publisher	Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Rights	Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier	LIHO 6680
Date Created	06/13/03
Collection Title	Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection	Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration