Busse Library provides these titles and websites for students and faculty as part of the nation's observance of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday (1808-2008). Books listed here are a sampling available in the library and elsewhere.
Anniversary
Sites Associated with Abraham Lincoln (Memorials, Homes, Tomb)
- Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.
- The Gettysburg Foundation
- The Lincoln Birthplace
- The Lincoln Boyhood Home
- The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- New Salem--The village where Lincoln spent his early adult life
- The Postville Courthouse--One of the courts on the historic Eighth Judicial Circuit in which Lincoln argued cases
Lincoln Sites in Springfield, Illinois
- Illinois Old State Capitol--Building that played many roles in Lincoln's political life, such as the location where he served his last term in the Illinois House of Representatives and the site of his famous "House Divided" speech
- The Lincoln Depot, Springfield--The point from which Lincoln started his inaugural journey by train to Washington, D.C., 1861
- The Lincoln Home, Springfield
- Lincoln's Law Office, Springfield
- Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield
Lincoln Documents/Speeches
- Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project (Pre-Presidential Years)
- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
- Correspondence: Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library
- Gettyburg Address
About Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln Bookshop--Premier source for Lincolniana and Civil War materials
- Abraham Lincoln Newspaper Archive--Search newspaper articles about Lincoln in over 25,000 historical news pages
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
- 155 Basic Books for an Abraham Lincoln Library
Lincoln Assassination
- Abraham Lincoln's Assassination--Excellent site that examines the night of Lincoln's death and what followed
- Chicago History Museum's "Wet With Blood" Online exhibit--Focuses on Mary Todd Lincoln's cloak to examine the assassination
- Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
Busse Library Resources
- Beveridge, Albert J. Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858/1928. E457.3 .B57
- Carman, Harry J. and Reinhard H. Luthin. Lincoln and the Patronage/c1943. E456 .C36 1964
- Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln Reconsidered; Essays on the Civil War Era/c 1958. E457.8
- Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln/c2005. E457.45 .G66 2005
- Lewis, Lloyd. Myths After Lincoln/c 1940. E457.5 .L67 1940
- Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln/1955. E457.91 1953 v. 1-9
- Monaghan, Jay. Diplomat In Carpet Slippers; Abraham Lincoln Deals With Foreign Affairs/1945. E469 .M75
- Neely, Jr., Mark E. The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia/c 1982. E457 .N48 Ref.
- Neely, Jr., Mark E. The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties/1991. E457.2 .N46 1991
- Neely, Jr., Mark E. The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America/1993. E457 .N49 1993
- Nicolay, John G. and John Hay. Abraham Lincoln; A History/1917. E457 .N654 v. 1-10
- Oates, Stephen B. With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln/c 1977. E457 .O17 1978
- Paludan, Phillip Shaw. The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln/c 1994. E457 .P18 1994
- Randall, J. G. Lincoln, the President/E457 .R2 v. 1-4
- Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years/c 1926. E457.3 .S22 v. 1-2
- Thomas, Benjamin Platt. Abraham Lincoln, A Biography/1953. E457 .T427 1953
- Thomas, Benjamin P. Lincoln’s New Salem/c 1954. E457.35 .T47 1987
- Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and his Generals/ c 1952. E470 .W78 1967
- Wills, Gery. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America/c 1992. E475.55 .W54 1992
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