By Frank Milligan
From July 3-5 I had the pleasure of participating in a unique conference held at St.Catherine’s College in Oxford, England. “The Global Lincoln” was organized by Lincoln scholar Professor Richard Carwardine, the Rhodes Professor of American History at the University of Oxford. Carwardine is no stranger to President Lincoln’s Cottage, having spoken here [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’
July 17, 2009
Global Perspectives on Lincoln
June 3, 2009
New Online Lincoln Exhibition
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History just launched a new online exhibition called, “Abraham Lincoln in His Own Words.”
The exhibition draws from numerous digitized documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. This is a great resource to explore on your own or to use in the classroom.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/online/lincoln_words/
April 30, 2008
“In Pursuit of Emancipation” Exhibit Ends Today
By Erin Carlson Mast
Today is your last chance to see the inaugural special exhibit, In Pursuit of Emancipation: Documenting Lincoln’s Decision to Proclaim Freedom, at President Lincoln’s Cottage. The exhibit closes its doors today at 5:30pm after a 3 month run. The exhibit was featured in pre-opening events and was opened to the public as part [...]
April 11, 2008
“In Pursuit of Emancipation” Exhibit Ends April 30th
By Erin Carlson Mast
“If my name ever goes into history, it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.”
-Abraham Lincoln
The inaugural special exhibit, In Pursuit of Emancipation: Documenting Lincoln’s Decision to Proclaim Freedom, at President Lincoln’s Cottage, ends April 30th, 2008. The exhibit opened to the public as part of the Grand Opening [...]
