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The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research has unveiled three new exhibits on January 29, 2024. The three new exhibits are Gettysburg, Indiana Civil War Soldiers, and Wartime President. Below are the features of each exhibit. Gettysburg: Our “Gettysburg” case features...

Rolland Lecture Series: Agency & Urgency: Lincoln, the Black Community, and the Fight for Emancipation and Citizenship The 2022 Rolland Lecture is now available for viewing here Presented by Susannah Koerber  September 22, 2022 at 7 p.m. EST Allen County...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Theme: Reimagining Lincoln We want to see Lincoln through your eyes! Reimagine the 16th president using any medium of your choice. Eligibility: Any Indiana student, ages 10-14 years old Submission: Entries must be received by March 22, 2020. Each entry...

The 2019 Lincoln at the Library Series will present its final program on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, at 2 p.m. in Meeting Rooms A-B at the Allen County Public Library’s Main Library. Brian Dirck, Professor of History at Anderson University in...

Join us on Thursday, November 7, 2019 for a panel discussion “Lincoln and America Divided: Then and Now” featuring panelists Dr. Katherine Fleck, Paul Helmke, and Gene Policiniski. The event will be at 7:00 pm in the Theater Allen County...

Summer 2019 Lincoln Lore will be available online throughout the summer with articles by Harold Holzer on his book Monument Man, Mark B. Pohlad on Josephine Cobb of the National Archives, Frank Williams on Edwin Stanton, an interview with Jay Winik...