Additional Resources

Collection Connections Abraham Lincoln Papers

Collection Connections We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Collection Connections Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library

Commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth

Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide

Educational opportunities for learners of all ages to explore Illinois and U.S. History and the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, through the museum and library collections.

PBS People & Events: Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

PBS The Time of the Lincoln’s

Lincoln and Lincoln - Related Documents from the Illinois State Archives

C-Span Lincoln 200 Years

President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home

Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Websites for Teachers and Students

ISBE On This Day Archives - Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois.

The White House Biography of Abraham Lincoln

The three main sections of this website are the Abraham Lincoln Research Site, Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination, and the Mary Todd Lincoln Research Site.

Chicago History Museum Wet with Blood, The Investigation Mary Todd Lincolns Cloak

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. Abraham Lincoln

Digital Past, based at the North Suburban Library System , offers a treasure trove of photographs, postcards, diaries, oral histories, documents, movies, interpretive exhibits, and other historical materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural venues throughout Illinois.