Lincoln Lore

An Interview with Jan Jacobi by Jonathan White For fifty years, Jan Jacobi served as middle school head and taught English at three schools in St. Louis. He developed his interest in Abraham Lincoln by taking his students on field...

From the Collection Robert Lincoln Through the Lens by Jessie Cortesi, Senior Lincoln Librarian   The numerous photographs of Robert Todd Lincoln in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection together depict a young man finding his way in the world and...

An Interview with Wayne C. “Doc” Temple by Alan E. Hunter   Dr. Wayne C. Temple, known affectionately as “Doc,” was editor-in-chief of The Lincoln Herald and in charge of the Department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial University from 1958 to...

From the Collection: Farewell to Springfield by Jessie Cortesi Senior Lincoln Librarian, Allen County Public Library   The interim period between Abraham Lincoln’s November 1860 election to presidency and his March 1861 inauguration in Washington, D.C., was one of profound...

The Collected Works of Willie Lincoln by Samuel Wheeler   Four months after Willie Lincoln’s death on February 20, 1862, Senator Orville Browning encountered President Abraham Lincoln at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. When the service...

The Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers: The Long and Winding Road to the Library of Congress by Michelle A. Krowl   The history of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of...

On Holiday with the Lincolns: The Letters of Robert Lincoln’s College Friend, Richard J. Meconkey by Jason Emerson   Abraham Lincoln once wrote, “the better part of one’s life consists of his friends.” His son Robert had many friends, some...

A 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...

From the Collection SELLING LINCOLN by Jessie Cortesi Senior Lincoln Librarian, Allen County Public Library   With his undeniable, unmistakable name recognition, Abraham Lincoln has in death become a national—if not worldwide—canvas for selling just about anything. His rags to...

Book Review – Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War by John Eaton edited by Michael J. Larson and John David Smith   Review by Andrew F. Lang   Amid the welter of post-Civil War reminiscences, John...

An 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...

“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...

An 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)...

Callie 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…

LINCOLN AND HIS GENERALS: Leadership during the Greatest American Crisis by Gary W. Gallagher   Abraham Lincoln faced greater challenges than any other president in United States history. Managing an immensely complex war effort in a democratic republic posed special...