Built in 2013 for the multi-media edition of Lincoln’s Writings, this map offers a gateway to explore 150 of Abraham Lincoln’s most teachable documents, from his first campaign statement in 1832 to his last speech on April 11, 1865. Lincoln’s…
Category: Civil War
COLLECTION –House Divided Project
The research engine at the center of the House Divided Project at Dickinson College is essentially a database of tens of thousands of historical documents and images from the period, 1840 to 1880, with a focus on the American Civil…
ESSAY –End of Civil War
In 2015, Matthew Pinsker wrote a short essay for the Smithsonian / Zocalo Public Square series, “What It Means To Be American,” on the subject of the debates about civil rights that erupted among abolitionists at the end of the…
EXHIBIT –Gettysburg Address
Matthew Pinsker, director of the House Divided Project at Dickinson College, curated the exhibit “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Addresses,” at the invitation of the Google Cultural Institute in November 2013 to help commemorate the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The exhibit…
MAP –Civil War Era
This map is built around snippets from Louis Masur’s The Civil War: A Concise History (2011) and a host of resources from the House Divided Project at Dickinson College.
VIDEO –Henry W. Spradley, Citizen
Produced in 2011 by Dickinson College student Colin MacFarlane (Class of 2012), this 11 minute documentary short film offers a model for student-centered research. The fascinating story explores Colin’s attempt to learn more about black soldiers from Carlisle, Pennsylvania who…