Check out these amazing online Lincoln collections available to students and scholars, our pick to mark the 200th celebration of Lincoln's birthday on February 12.
Abraham Lincoln Books
Abraham Lincoln Books provides electronic access to books on Lincoln dating from 1865 to the early 1900s and is available through the joint effort of The University of Illinois and the Open Content Alliance.
Don't miss Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch: Cartoons, Comments and Poems, a personal favorite near the top of the list.
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has digitized primary resources from Lincoln's life including Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, the March 4, 1865 draft of his second Inaugural Address, and the August 23, 1864 memorandum expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming presidential contest.
Lincolniana at Brown
This collection consists of multimedia materials from the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, including the president’s manuscripts and correspondence as well as posters and pamphlets from the Civil War era.
We hope you enjoy all the collections!
Illustrations (top to bottom)
"The Home and Tomb of President Lincoln." Springfield, Ill: Sangamo Insurance Co., 1865 Sangamo Insurance Co., Springfield, Ill. Lincolniana at Brown. <http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php>. Ostendorf, Lloyd (illustrator). "The Angry Lincoln" in Lincoln's Lost Speech. New York: Hauthorn Books Inc., 1967. Lincolniana at Brown. <http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php>.
