Primary Lincoln sources at the University of Delaware
Sources for this online exhibition were drawn entirely from books, graphic material, and archival material in the Lincoln Club of Delaware Abraham Lincoln Collection in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press. (Three digital images of items from the Delaware collection were obtained from the Library of Congress.)
The Lincoln Club of Delaware started as an informal group in 1929 and was formally established in 1941. It is a non-partisan organization with a mission to promote a better understanding of the ideals and achievements of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States.
In 1972, the Lincoln Collection of the Club was donated to the University of Delaware. Several thousand items in the collection are available for research in Special Collections in Morris Library.
Selections from the Lincoln Collection are regularly displayed at the Library. For information on current and past Lincoln exhibitions, please visit the University of Delaware Library exhibitions and search “Lincoln.”
Books and printed material are cataloged in DELCAT Discovery and may be searched with the keywords “Lincoln Collection,” limited to “Special Collections” in the "advanced search" function.
Descriptions of the Lincoln Collection and other archival collections related to Lincoln are also available in these guides or by searching https://findingaids.lib.udel.edu/ :
MSS 0465 Autograph Abraham Lincoln documents from the Abraham Lincoln collection
MSS 0521 Abraham Lincoln collection
MSS 0568 Lincoln Club of Delaware records
MSS 0694 Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material
Otto C. Rentner Lincoln and Civil War Literature collection
Special programming
Special programming related to this exhibition was held on September 17, 2024. A recording of the program is now availble at the link below.
"Wide Awake" for "Black Republican" ? The Politics of Race in Abraham Lincoln's 1860 Campaign for the White House. Dael A. Norwood, Associate Professor, History, University of Delaware.
For more information and a link to the recording: https://udel.libcal.com/event/13007554
Selected bibliography
Achorn, Edward. The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention that Changed History. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023.
“April 25, 1861: Senator Stephen Douglas Speaks Before the Illinois Legislature.” Historical Highlights. U.S. Senate. Senate Historical Office. Accessed August 23, 2024. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/civil_war/DouglasSpeech_FeaturedDoc.htm
Baringer, William E. (William Eldon). A House Dividing; Lincoln as President Elect. Springfield, Illinois: The Abraham Lincoln Association, 1945.
Luthin, Reinhard H. (Reinhard Henry). The First Lincoln Campaign. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1944.
Ecelbarger, Gary L. The Great Comeback : How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination. 1st edition. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
Holzer, Harold. Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004.
Holzer, Harold. Lincoln President-Elect : Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861. 1st Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Kolchin, Peter. American Slavery, 1619-1877. 10th Anniversary edition. New York: Hill and Wang, 1993, 2003.
Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, and Frederic Taber Cooper. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1904.
Nevins, Allan. The Nomination of Abraham Lincoln : New Forces and New Men. An Address Delivered at the Chicago Historical Society on May 18, 1960. Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1960.
"Statistics, Elections." The American Presidency Project (UCSB). Accessed August 27, 2024. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections
“WHAT IS IT? Advertisement, New York Tribune, March 1, 1860.” The Lost Museum Archive. Accessed August 23, 2024. https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/archive/what-is-it-advertisement-new-york-tribune
