Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide
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Meet
Amazing Americans: Abraham Lincoln
Designed for elementary and middle-school students, America's
Library provides a variety of stories about Abraham Lincoln,
including information about his youth,
his sense
of humor, and the contents
of his pockets the night he was assassinated.
Jump
Back in Time: Abolition in the District of Columbia
Jump
Back in Time: Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration
Jump
Back in Time: The Homestead Act Went Into Effect
Jump
Back in Time: Lincoln Created the Montana Territory
Jump
Back in Time: President Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg
Address
Jump
Back in Time: The Assassination of President Lincoln
The
African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
This exhibition showcases the incomparable African American
collections of the Library of Congress. Displaying more
than 240 items, including books, government documents,
manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
A section of the exhibition focuses on the Emancipation
Proclamation.
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
The Gettysburg
Address
Presents drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's
invitation to Gettysburg, and the only known photograph
of Lincoln at Gettysburg.
From
Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
The exhibition contains more than two hundred treasures
of American Judaica from the collections of the Library
of Congress. It features two letters concerning the Jewish
vote that were sent to Lincoln on the eve of the 1864
presidential election. Also included are materials
related to General Grant's
Order No. 11, which expelled the "Jews as a class"
from territories of Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
"I
Do Solemnly Swear..." Inaugural Materials from the
Collections
of the Library of Congress
Items from eighteen presidents are featured in this online
exhibition, including manuscripts and broadsides from
Abraham
Lincoln's first and second inaugurations.
Manuscript
Division Finding Aids Online
A finding aid for the Herndon-Weik
Collection of Lincolniana in the Library of Congress
Manuscript Division.
Prints
& Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search PPOC using the subject heading Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865 to find digital images related
to Lincoln, such as prints, photographs, and political
cartoons. Search
all text fields in PPOC using the phrase Abraham
Lincoln to locate additional images.
Digitized
Materials from the Rare Book & Special Collections Division
February
9
On February 9, 1888, Walt Whitman penned a note to the
publishers of The Riverside Literature Series No. 32 calling
attention to mistakes in their recently printed version
of his poem, "O Captain! My Captain!" Whitman
originally wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" in
response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
March
4
On Monday, March 4, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln took
the oath of office and delivered his first inaugural address.
April
14
Shortly after 10 P.M. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes
Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in
Washington, D.C. and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
April
16
On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing
slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step
in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement
for African Americans.
May
20
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on
May 20, 1862. The act provided settlers with 160 acres
of surveyed public land after payment of a filing fee
and five years of continuous residence.
June
30
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Valley
Grant Act, Senate Bill 203, on June 30, 1864.
September
22
On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued
a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to
free all the slaves in the states in rebellion if those
states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
November
2
Mary Todd Lincoln corresponded with her husband on November
2, 1862, advising him of popular sentiment against the
cautious commanding of General of the Army of the Potomac
George B. McClellan.
November
19
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered
the Gettysburg Address.
Digital Reference Section Web Guides
Presidents
as Poets: Poetry Written by United States Presidents
Many presidents of the United States, including Abraham
Lincoln, have turned to
poetry at certain points in their lives as an outlet
for their feelings and thoughts, or to explore the resources
of the English language.
Primary
Documents in American History
This site offers a list of some of the most important
documents in American history from 1763 to 1877. Each
document has a page with background information, links
to digital material associated with the documents, and
bibliographies for both adult and young readers. Many
of the documents contain information related to Abraham
Lincoln, including the Homestead Act, the Pacific
Railway Act, the Morrill Act, the Emancipation Proclamation,
the Gettysburg Address, the 13th Amendment, and Lincoln's
second inaugural address.
Abraham Lincoln
Institute Fifth Annual Symposium
The Manuscript and the Rare Book & Special Collections
Divisions of the Library of Congress and the Lincoln
Institute of the Mid-Atlantic sponsored this symposium.
Presentations by five nationally-respected scholars
were featured at the symposium: William Lee Miller,
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ronald C. White, Edward Steers,
Jr. and John R. Sellers.
Chase
for Lincoln's Killer
Attorney and Lincoln scholar James L. Swanson discussed
his best-selling book, Manhunt: The
12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, in a program
sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book. Swanson
also discussed his book at the 2007
National Book Festival.
Lincoln's
Sword
Lincoln scholar Douglas L. Wilson discussed his new
book, Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency
and the Power of Words, in a program sponsored
by the Center for the Book. Wilson also discussed his
book at the 2007
National Book Festival.
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