Abraham Lincoln Resources

Americans are currently celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. For months commissions, chambers of commerce, libraries, museums and other groups have been presenting readings, displays, programs and even look-a-like contests in honor of one of America's greatest historic leaders.

Lincoln, born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, served as the 16th president of the United States during the country's greatest internal conflict, the Civil War. A month before he took the oath of office Kansas became the 34th state to join the Union and the Civil War began about a month after his inauguration. Under his leadership the country survived secession and a grueling war before his untimely death at the hands of an assassin on April 15, 1865.

Resources on Lincoln abound and what follows is a sampling provided from state, local and federal government websites.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND KANSAS

Abraham Lincoln and Kansas
http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=47&CRLI=127
(The Lincoln Institute provides information on Lincoln's Kansas connections)

Kansas State Historical Society's Lincoln Bicentennial Web Page
http://www.kshs.org/lincoln/index.htm
(Loads of information on our 15th president)

Resources on Abraham Lincoln Available through the State Library of Kansas
http://topekalibraries.info/search~S8/?searchtype=d&searcharg=lincoln%2C+abraham&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=dlincoln%2C+abraham
(Includes many web documents freely accessed through ATLAS, our online catalog shared with other libraries in Topeka)

Lincoln Symposium at Emporia State University
http://www.emporia.edu/lincoln/index.php
(Free and open to the public with events throughout February)

Lincoln Day in Lincoln, Kansas
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Lincoln/abeday.html
(Join the people of Lincoln, Kansas, in celebrating its namesake. Includes a Lincoln "Look-A-Like" Ceremony Including Gettysburg Address)

RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF KANSAS

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Museum and Foundation
http://www.alplm.org/home.html
(Located in Springfield, Illinois)

U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/
INCLUDES LINKS TO:
---Bicentennial Links
http://www.abrahamlincoln200.org/bicentennial/bicentennial-links.aspx
---Abraham Lincoln Coloring Book
http://www.abrahamlincoln200.org/for-kids/lincoln-coloring-book.aspx
---Reading Lists for children
http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/for-kids/suggested-reading/default.aspx

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html
(View images of original documents online)

Abraham Lincoln Resources at "American Memory"
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/lincoln/memory.html
(A service of the Library of Congress)

Commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial
http://americanhistory.si.edu/news/factsheet.cfm?key=30&newskey=946
(Join the Smithsonian Institute in celebrating Abraham Lincoln)

SOME U.S. STATE BICENTENNIAL WEBSITES
Connecticut Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Iowa Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Massachusetts Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Michigan Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
New Jersey Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
New York Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial (Lincoln Commemorative Marker Program)
North Dakota Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Ohio Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Lincoln Legacy - Cincinnati
Oregon Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Rhode Island Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial