Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc., the National Archives, the Foundation for the National Archives, the Illinois State Society of Washington, D.C., and the generosity of individual donors; and, endorsed by the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Welcome: Lucas Morel, President, Abraham Lincoln Institute
National Archives Welcome: Marvin Pinkert, Executive Director, Center for the National Archives Experience
Session 1:
Terry Alford - Ph.D., Professor of History, Northern Virginia Community College-Annandale
Key Publication: Prince Among Slaves: The True Story of an African Prince Sold into Slavery in the American South (Anniversary edition, 2007)
Symposium Topic: "When Booth Gave Lincoln Roses"
Introduced by: Michelle Krowl
Session 2:
Robert C. Bray - Ph.D., R. Forest Colwell Professor of American Literature, Illinois Wesleyan University
Key Publication: Peter Cartwright: Legendary Frontier Preacher (2005)
Symposium Topic: "Reading with Lincoln"
Introduced by: Thomas Horrocks
Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize:
Presented to Jonathan W. White by Joan Cashin
A video tribute to Steven Lee Carson, 1943-2009
Session 3:
Jason Emerson - Independent Historian and Freelance Writer, Cazenovia, NY
Key Publications: Lincoln the Inventor (2008)
The Madness of Mary Lincoln, with Dr. James S. Brust, M.D. (2007)
Symposium Topic: "Robert Todd Lincoln: First Son, Presidential Confidant, and Civil War Soldier"
Introduced by John Sellers
Session 4:
William W. Freehling - Ph.D., Singletary Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at the University of Kentucky and Senior Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Key Publications: The Road to Disunion, Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854 (1990)
The Road to Disunion, Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 (2007)
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln's Growth and America's"
Introduced by: Douglas ...More...
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