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VIDEO: MISCELLANEOUS
LINCOLN FAMILY · LINCOLN THE WRITER
LINCOLN & WHITMAN

LINCOLN FAMILY

FEBRUARY 13, 2006
The Lincoln Family Album

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with Harold Holzer, Liam Neeson (actor), and Holly Hunter (actress)
Actors Liam Neeson and Holly Hunter portrayed Abraham and Mary Lincoln. The performance included the intimate letters and public speeches of the Lincolns together with photographs of the famous couple and their family displayed on a large screen. The program was narrated by Harold Holzer. The event capped a day of planning for the 16th president's 200th birthday in 2009 by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and it's Advisory Committee. The performance took place in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

JULY 6, 2005
The Lincoln Children

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with Harold Holzer
Harold Holzer spoke about President Lincoln's family in a speech titled "To See Ourselves as Others See Us: The Lincoln Family Album Re-Opened." Using a photographic slideshow, Mr. Holzer spoke about the Lincoln family album and photographs of family members. Following his presentation, he responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. The event was held at Hildene, the historic summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln.

NOVEMBER 18, 2002
Abraham Lincoln Biographical Research

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with David Herbert Donald, Harvard University, History Professor; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Historian; Thomas Schwartz, Illinois State Historian; Robert Eckley, Abraham Lincoln Association, President
In the Old State Capitol building, panelists talked about research on President Abraham Lincoln. This forum was one of the events that marked the opening of the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield earlier that month. Following their prepared remarks, the panelists responded to questions from the audience. Mr. Schwartz moderated the panel.

NOVEMBER 18, 2000
Lincoln At Home

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with Harold Holzer, Frank Williams (Co-Founder and Chair of the Lincoln Forum) and Jean Baker (Professor of History, Goucher College)
Panelists discussed Lincoln at Home: Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life by David Herbert Donald, published by Simon & Schuster. Holzer is the author of Lincoln Seen and Heard and Baker is the author of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography. They also answered questions from the audience.

NOVEMBER 17, 1998
Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography

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with Jean Baker (Professor of History, Goucher College)
Professor Baker talked about her book, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography. The book contains anecdotes of 19th-century family and domestic life and is also a character study of Mrs. Lincoln.

AUGUST 2, 1998
Mr. Lincoln's Family

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with Harold Holzer, Louise Taper (author), Edward Steers (author), Dwight Picaithley (Chief Historian, National Park Service), Jennifer Fleischrer (English Professor, State University of New York, Albany) and Frank Williams (Co-Founder and Chair of the Lincoln Forum)
Participants talked about the relationship Lincoln had with his immediate family, his cabinet and other political figures. They focused on his early childhood and the characteristics that he gained from his parents. They also discussed his family's reaction to his term as President. After their prepared remarks they answered audience questions.

LINCOLN THE WRITER

JUNE 18, 2001
American Writers: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln

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with Harold Holzer, Historian; James Horton, George Washington Univ., Professor; Michael Vice, Gettysburg National Military Park, Curator; John Latschar, Gettysburg National Military Park, Superintendent
Scholars and guests examined the final stages of the Civil War and beginning of the Reconstruction era through the writings of President Abraham Lincoln. They paid particular attention to the Gettysburg Address and other writings of Lincoln. The program was telecast from the Gettysburg National Cemetery where Lincoln delivered the address in 1863 and included several items of interest from the site as well as a portrayal of Lincoln.

JANUARY 31, 2001
Abraham Lincoln, The Writer

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with Harold Holzer
Mr. Holzer discussed with 5th graders the book he compiled and edited for young people Abraham Lincoln, The Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters. This book has a collection of writings beginning with rhymes in the margins of young Abe's arithmetic book and ending with official and unofficial words from the presidential years. The introduction offers a brief look at Lincoln's life as a man who valued the power of words. Each excerpt is offered with an introduction of its own, providing readers with a historical perspective, and a context that gives meaning to the selection. Lincoln's writings include personal letters, notes on the law, excerpts from speeches, debates, and inaugural addresses, letters to parents of fallen soldiers, and telegrams to his family.

LINCOLN & WHITMAN

NOVEMBER 17, 2004
Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman

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with Daniel Mark Epstein (author)
Mr. Epstein talked about his book Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington. Among the topics he addressed were the two men's views of one another, their relationship, and Whitman's influence on Lincoln's public speeches and persona. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.

Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President


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INTRODUCTION

Watch Harold Holzer, Co-Chair & Sam Waterston, Advisory Committee Member, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
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LINCOLN BIO VIGNETTE

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LINCOLN RESOURCES >>

C-SPAN Resources
· American Presidents

· C-SPAN Classroom

Featured Web Sites
· Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

· Pres. Library & Museum

· Lincoln Home

· Lincoln Museum, IN

· Ford's Theater

· President Lincoln & Soldiers' Home National Monument

· Library & Museum, TN

· Abraham Lincoln's Classroom

· Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

· A House Divided: The Civil War Era & Dickinson College

· Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Lincoln Organizations
· Looking for Lincoln

· Abraham Lincoln Association

· The Lincoln Forum

· Abraham Lincoln Institute

· The Lincoln Studies Center

· Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

· Lincoln Boyhood Home Memorial

· Lincoln Home National Historic Site

· The White House

· Gettysburg National Military Park

· Ford's Theatre Nat'l Historic Site

· Lincoln Memorial

· Mount Rushmore National Memorial

· Mr. Lincoln's White House

Other Homes Related to the Lincoln Family
· Mary Todd Lincoln's Home

· Robert Lincoln's Hildene

Lincoln Museums, Libraries & Information Centers
· The Lincoln Museum, Ft. Wayne, IN

· Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

· The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

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