A New Letter from William H. Herndon to Abraham Lincoln
by Jonathan WhiteA New Letter from William H. Herndon to Abraham Lincoln by Jonathan W. White On September 6, 1883, the Illinois State Journal ran an article describing how Lincoln’s third and final law partner, William H. Herndon, had tried to procure a patronage position early in Lincoln’s presidency. “Herndon went on to Washington City and […]
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An Interview with Louis P. Masur
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Louis P. Masur by Jonathan White Louis Masur is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. He is a cultural historian whose publications include books on Lincoln and the Civil War, capital punishment, the events of a single year, the first World Series, a transformative […]
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“Fixed Upon My Imagination”: Abraham Lincoln and Washington’s Crossing
by Jonathan White“Fixed Upon My Imagination”: Abraham Lincoln and Washington’s Crossing by Jonathan W. White As a young boy in Indiana, Abraham Lincoln read at least two biographies of George Washington. When he was about fourteen years old, he borrowed a copy of David Ramsay’s The Life of George Washington (1807) from his neighbor Josiah Crawford. […]
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An Interview with Lucas E. Morel
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Lucas E. Morel by Johnathan W. White Lucas E. Morel is the John K. Boardman Jr. Professor of Politics and head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University. He is the author of Lincoln and the American Founding (2020) and Lincoln’s Sacred Effort: Defining Religion’s Role in American Self-Government (2000); and editor of Lincoln and Liberty: Wisdom for the […]
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An Interview with Callie Hawkins
by Jonathan WhiteCallie Hawkins is the CEO and Executive Director of President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C., where she previously served as Director of Programming. She is responsible for innovative leadership of the national monument and for providing overall direction for all aspects of operations.
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An Interview with Jon Grinspan
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Jon Grinspan by Jonathan W. White Jon Grinspan is Curator of Political History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. His work explores the history of American democracy, with a focus on ways the formative, forgotten 1800s shaped our political present. His three books and many New York Times articles have […]
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An Interview with Richard Carwardine
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Richard Carwardine by Jonathan W. White Richard Carwardine is Emeritus Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University and former president of Corpus Christi College at Oxford University. His research focuses on the United States between 1776 and the Civil War, with a chief interest in the interplay of politics and […]
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Ann Rutledge’s Resting Places
by Jonathan WhiteAnn Rutledge’s Resting Places by Jonathan W. White When she died in 1835, Ann Rutledge was buried in New Concord, Illinois, about six miles north of New Salem. In 1890, one newspaper reported that the “remains of the emancipator’s first love had lain neglected” for nearly fifty-five years until they were “discovered only after […]
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An Interview with Kate Masur
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Kate Masur Jonathan W. White Kate Masur is the Board of Visitors Professor in History at Northwestern University. She is the author or editor of several books, including Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction, which won the Littleton-Griswold Prize, the John Nau Book Prize, […]
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An Interview with Harold Holzer
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Harold Holzer Jonathan White Harold Holzer is the Jonathan F. Fanton Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City. The author or editor of 56 books, he won the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for Lincoln and the Power of the Press (2014) and a second-place […]
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An Interview with Ronald C. White
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Ronald C. White Jonathan W. White Ronald C. White is the New York Times bestselling author of two presidential biographies: A. Lincoln: A Biography (2009) and American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant (2016). He is also the author of Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (2002), a New York Times […]
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An Interview with Gerald J. Prokopowicz
by Jonathan WhiteAn Interview with Gerald J. Prokopowicz Jonathan W. White Gerald J. Prokopowicz is professor of history at East Carolina University and a longtime member of The Lincoln Forum Advisory Board. A highly sought-after public speaker and battlefield tour guide, Prokopowicz is perhaps best known as the host of the popular podcast Civil War Talk Radio, […]
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An Interview with Jonathan W. White
by Jonathan White, Sara GabbardAn Interview with Jonathan W. White by Sara Gabbard Sara Gabbard: Please describe the Center for American Studies at Christopher Newport University. Jonathan White: The Center for American Studies is a group of faculty on campus who seek to help students gain a better understanding of American history and political thought. Every year we […]
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