President's Day: Lincoln

President's Day is coming up, so I thought I would focus on a few of the promising sources for President Lincoln. I'll try to post a few over the coming weeks.

Since he is up for an Academy Award (well, ok- the actor portraying him is actually up for the award), I figured I would start there.

Here are some locations for great Lincoln-related sources. I'll even branch away and find some non-LOC related sources too.

• Gettysburg Address (Library of Congress)
• Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (LOC)
• Abraham Lincoln Papers (LOC)
• Lincoln and the Law (LOC)
• With Malice Towards None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition (LOC)
• Emancipation Proclamation (National Archives)
• Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (NA)
• Gettysburg Address (NA)
• Thirteenth Amendment (NA)
• Lincoln as Commander in Chief (Smithsonian Magazine)
• Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood (Smithsonian Magazine)
• Document Deep Dive: Emancipation Proclamation (Smithsonian Magazine)
• Life of Lincon (Smithsonian Magazine): a series of articles, including some linked here
• Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life (Smithsonian: National Museum of American History)
• Lincoln Memorial (National Park Service)

Posted by Ashleigh Oatts - 01/30/2013, 11:53 AM

Inauguration

Today is Inauguration Day! If you are taking time to discuss the Inauguration in your classes this week, here are some resources I found in 2009 when I worked for the Teaching with Primary Sources program:

• Newsletter: http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/newsletters/TPSNewsletterJanuary2009.pdf
• "I Do Solemnly Swear" Inauguration Materials from the Collections of the Library of Congress (Exhibition)
• "I Do Solemnly Swear" Presidential Inaugurations (Collection)

Please note- if you don't already know the story of Andrew Jackson's inauguration, you can read about it in the newsletter. It's quite humorous!

Also, I just found the Inaugural Address from President Kennedy. The draft of this speech is also available.

Posted by Ashleigh Oatts - 01/21/2013, 11:47 AM