Events

Virtual Program: Bondage to Freedom: The Struggle for the Abolition of American Slavery

Bondage to Freedom: The Struggle for the Abolition of American Slavery presented by Abbie Meek. Join us via Zoom at 2:30 pm ET!

Virtual Program: Spiritualism and the Tragedy of Mary Lincoln

Spiritualism and the Tragedy of Mary Lincoln presented by Jessie Cortesi. Join us via Zoom at 2 pm!

Virtual Program: The Lincoln Family Album

Join us on Zoom at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, for an exploration of the Lincoln family history and photograph album. Abbie Meek, a Senior Lincoln Librarian with the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research, will present this program.
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2024 Annual McMurtry Lecture

“Held in War’s Grasp”: The Ordeals of Veteranhood after the Civil War

Presented by Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan

Monday, November 11, 7PM ET

Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Collection

Lincoln at the Library: 3D Photography in Lincoln’s Time

Presented by Colleen Woolpert

Virtual Program

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2024 Rolland Lecture

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Lincoln at the Library: Artifacts Tell Their Stories

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2023 McMurtry Lecture

The Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Announces the 2023 McMurtry Lecture with Edna Greene Medford

2023 Rolland Lecture

“Duelling Constitutions” Presented by Dr. James Oakes May 2, 2023 at 7 p.m. EDT Allen County Public Library Theater, Lower Level 2   The Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Announces the 2023 Rolland Lecture with James Oakes: The great abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison famously burned a copy of the US Constitution, denouncing it […]

Remembering Lincoln’s Funeral Train Processional

This case features items surrounding Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train processional, which began on April 21, 1865, and concluded on May 3, 1865, the day before Lincoln’s final funeral in Springfield, Illinois. The case will be displayed in the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research for the month of April. If you would like to schedule a tour or have any questions please email [email protected].

Women’s History Month: A Focus on 19th-Century Women

This case will feature women whose struggles for social reform helped pave the way for the women of today. The case will be on display in the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research for the month of March. If you would like to schedule a tour or have any questions please email [email protected].

Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday Party at ACPL

Celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday at The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research located on the 1st floor of the Main branch of the Allen Country Public Library! Join us at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2023, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, 2023, for a 20-minute presentation highlighting Lincoln’s legacy through […]

A Lincoln Collection Christmas

Come to The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research for a special exhibit highlighting historic items depicting Christmas in Abraham Lincoln’s time. You will enjoy postcards illustrating artists’ renditions of Lincoln family Christmas celebrations, a Christmas lithograph from a December 26, 1863 “Harper’s Weekly,” and a November 1870 letter written by Mary Todd Lincoln discussing Christmas […]