Lincoln/Net

Lincoln/Net is a digital history project created by the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, based at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. It preserves (in digital format) and provides access to primary documents relating to Lincoln's time in Illinois (1830-1861) as well as documents from the early years of Illinois' statehood. The historical materials include books, manuscripts, images, speeches, writings, and other types of documents. There are over 30,000,000 words of searchable text and over 3,000 audio/visual artifacts. These items are supplemented by biographical information and historical interpretations.

The archive materials can be accessed in a variety of ways. They are searchable using the site's search tool or you can browse by type of document. They have also been arranged thematically by the project staff, allowing users to explore a particular topic of interest. The themes included are: frontier settlement; Native American relations; economic development; women's experience and gender roles; African-Americans' experience and American racial attitudes; law and society; religion and culture; and political development. Each of these themes is accompanied by an essay which provides historical context and interpretation for the associated documents.

This project brought together and digitized materials from the University of Chicago, the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society, Illinois State University, the Illinois State Archives, Lewis University, and Knox College. Work on the project was done collaboratively by a large group of people, including nearly 80 student assistants. Drew E. VandeCreek is the Project Director.

References

Kunz, Tona (February 10, 2001). "NIU launches Lincoln on the Net". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). Retrieved 2009-11-05. or this link
Drew VandeCreek, "'Webs of Significance': The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, New Technology, and the Democratization of History," Digital Humanities Quarterly 1, no. 1 (2007), http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/1/1/000003.html.

External links

Lincoln/Net website
Review of Lincoln/Net on Teachinghistory.org

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States (1861–1865) U.S. Representative from Illinois (1847–1849)

Presidency	First inauguration Perpetual Union Lincoln Bible Second inauguration Civil War Confiscation Acts President Lincoln's 75,000 Volunteers War based income tax Seaports blockade RMS Trent Affair Habeas Corpus suspended Emancipation Proclamation West Virginia statehood Overland Campaign strategy Hampton Roads Conference Tour of Richmond Reconstruction 13th Amendment abolishing slavery Dakota War of 1862 Department of the Northwest Homestead Act of 1862 National Banking Acts Thanksgiving Day Birchard Letter Bixby letter National Academy of Sciences Department of Agriculture Pardons State of the Union Address, 1863 1864 Cabinet Judicial appointments Assassination Funeral and burial Lincoln catafalque

Speeches	Lyceum address (1838) Peoria speech (1854) "Lost Speech" (1856) House Divided speech (1858) Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858) Cooper Union Address (1860) Farewell Address (1861) First inaugural address (1861) Gettysburg Address (1863 event) Second inaugural address (1865)

Life and views	Early life and career Black Hawk War Matson Trial Spot Resolutions Boat lifting patent Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Co. Baltimore Plot Lincoln's beard Medical and mental health Poetry Religious views Sexuality Slavery

Homes and places	Lincoln Birthplace Knob Creek Farm Lincoln Boyhood Memorial Lincoln State Park Lincoln's New Salem Lincoln Home Lincoln Pioneer Village Little Pigeon Creek Community Cottage at the Soldier's Home Lincoln Bedroom Lincoln Sitting Room Ford's Theatre Petersen House Lincoln Tomb

Elections	Republican National Convention, 1856 1860 1864 National Union Party United States presidential election, 1860 1864 1860 campaign song

Legacy	Presidential Library and Museum Papers Lincoln/Net Bibliography Lincoln Memorial Abraham Lincoln sculpture reflecting pool Mount Rushmore Lincoln's Birthday Lincoln, Nebraska statue Lincoln Highway Abraham Lincoln sculpture, Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln: The Man statue Lincoln Park Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State statue Lincoln Trail State Memorial Lincoln the Lawyer statue Kentucky statue Other memorials Photographs Cultural depictions films postage stamps Lincoln penny currency art Lincoln Prize Abraham Lincoln Association White House ghost Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences

Family	Family tree Mary Todd Lincoln (wife) Robert Todd Lincoln (son) Edward Baker Lincoln (son) William Wallace Lincoln (son) Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (son) Mary Todd "Mamie" Lincoln (granddaughter) Abraham Lincoln II (grandson) Jessie Lincoln (granddaughter) Thomas Lincoln (father) Nancy Hanks Lincoln (mother) Sarah Bush Lincoln (stepmother) Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (sister) Abraham Lincoln (paternal grandfather) Mordecai Lincoln (paternal uncle) Mary Lincoln Crume (paternal aunt) John Hanks (maternal cousin) Joseph Hanks (great-grandfather) Samuel Lincoln (17th-century ancestor) Mary Lincoln Beckwith (great-granddaughter) Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (great-grandson)

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