Nevada Humanities Council

Chautauqua-Online-Resources

Websites

The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/
Extensive Lincoln timeline with numerous photographs.

Abraham Lincoln Online
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/
A good source of Lincoln-related materials.

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html
This site provides access to the Lincoln collection in the Library of Congress. It includes articles on topics such as the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's assassination.

Podcasts

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=26
Listen to Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University and author of Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, discuss different aspects of Lincoln's life. Why is he a mythic figure? How early in his career did he develop his views against slavery? What role did religion play in his life? Professor Carwardine analyzes Lincoln's greatness as well as his humility.

http://gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=31
Catherine Clinton discusses Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland in 1820. After her escape to the North in 1849, she returned to the South more than a dozen times to ferry other slaves along the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his Harper's Ferry raid, and during the Civil War, Tubman served as a Union spy.

http://gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=20
Henry L. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Professor of History at Gettysburg College, Allen Guelzo examines Abraham Lincoln's motivations for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863. Guelzo contends that the proclamation is among the most misunderstood of the Civil War era, a necessary and even desperate attempt by Lincoln to enact a form of emancipation that would pass legal muster. Guelzo traces the evolution of Lincoln's views on emancipation with particular emphasis on the strategic and moral calculus that factored into the momentous proclamation of 1863.

http://gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=5
Using stories from her prize-winning book, Doris Kearns Goodwin examines the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin argues that Lincoln's voracious intellect, his kind and generous demeanor, his empathy, and his appreciation for the talents of others led him to assemble what she calls "the most unusual cabinet in history." Goodwin also provides an insider's look into her research methods, as she recounts combing through thousands of pages of letters and diaries.