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Rolland Lecture Series: Agency & Urgency: Lincoln, the Black Community, and the Fight for Emancipation and Citizenship Presented by Susannah Koerber  September 22, 2022 at 7 p.m. EST The Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Announces the 2022 Rolland...

Celebrate Juneteenth with essay collections edited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard, now available as e-books! 1863: Lincoln’s Pivotal Year 1865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment...

The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research At the Allen County Public Library The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and the Friends of the Lincoln Collection opened the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research at the Allen County Public Library in January 2022....

McMurtry Lecture: Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President   The 2022 McMurtry Lecture is now available for viewing here.   Presented by Ronald C. White April 21, 2022 at 7 p.m. Allen...

McMurtry Lecture: Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President Presented by Ronald C. White April 21, 2022 at 7 p.m.   The Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Announces the 2022 McMurtry...

Teaching about Lincoln and His Times: A Conversation A Professional Development Opportunity for Educators Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Collection Pre Register here What: A free event open to any elementary, middle, or high school teacher who is...

Teaching about Lincoln and His Times: A Conversation A Professional Development Opportunity for Educators Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Collection Register in advance here What: A free event open to any elementary, middle, or high school teacher who...

Lincoln at the Library: An Ordinary Man Made Extraordinary Presented by Anne Moseley September 19, 2021 at 2 pm EDT Register in advance for this program: https://bit.ly/LATL2021 The values each of us hold dear, and the choices we make as...

Abraham Lincoln: An Ordinary Man Made Extraordinary Presented by Anne Moseley September 19, 2021 2 pm EDT Please register in advance here The values each of us hold dear, and the choices we make as free individuals, are heavily influenced...

McMurtry Lecture: Influences that Shaped Abraham Lincoln Presented by David S. Reynolds September 14, 2021   7 p.m. EDT via Zoom Please register in advance: https://bit.ly/McMurtry21   The Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Announces the 2021 McMurtry Lecture with...

2021 McMurtry Lecture David S. Reynolds presents "Influences that Shaped Abraham Lincoln" September 14, 2021    7 p.m. via Zoom Register in advance for this lecture: https://bit.ly/McMurtry21

Veterans, Comrades, and Leaders: African American Civil War Veterans in Northeastern North Carolina Presented by Hilary Green June 20, 2021 2 pm Dr. Hilary Green, Associate Professor of History, Department of Gender and Race Studies, University of Alabama will discuss...

Join us for a free virtual presentation of Lincoln at the Library at 2:00 pm EDT on October 25th.   Leading up to the 2020 election, the political atmosphere is incredibly divisive. Elections in the past weren’t the same…or were...

5th Annual Lincoln Collection Essay Contest for High School Students How easy should it be for Hoosiers to vote in an election?   At times, there have been significant impediments to voting in the United States. In 1864, our nation...

2020 McMurtry Lecture Dr. Allen Guelzo Presents “Lincoln & Democracy” Register Early for this live lecture! September 8, 2020    7 p.m.