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

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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 […]

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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].

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