In late 1859, Abraham Lincoln produced a short autobiographical sketch for a Pennsylvania newspaper that was profiling potential contenders for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination. Dickinson student Leah Miller has produced this sketch as a documentary short video, using the…
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VIDEO –Panels on Presidents at War
A wide range of experts participated in a series of panels in summer 2014 for on the challenges facing American presidents at war. The first panel at the New America Foundation in Washington DC focused on the constitutionality of…
VIDEO –Lectures on Civil War Topics
Catherine Clinton (University of Texas / San Antonio) delivered a powerful lecture about Mary Lincoln on the eve of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s death. Title = “Mary Lincoln’s Assassination” (41 min.) Lectures by Matthew Pinsker Underground Railroad Reconsidered…
VIDEO –Close Readings of Lincoln Documents
This short video close reading of Lincoln’s “Blind Memorandum” (1864) by Matthew Pinsker was part of 25 such videos he created for the online “Understanding Lincoln” graduate course, co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. There are now…
VIDEO –Tour of Ford’s Theatre
Matthew Pinsker hosts a video tour for the Ford’s Theatre Society to help commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln Assassination. Tour of Ford’s Theatre (30 minutes / 9 segments)
Video –Tour of Gettysburg Battlefield
Matthew Pinsker leads this one-hour tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. He pays particular attention to the human stories that can help make the battle and its aftermath teachable. Additional resources for this video, including shorter clips organized by stops and…
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Contributors
Student contributors for this project include undergraduates from Dickinson College and graduate students who have participated in Matthew Pinsker’s online courses for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In some cases, we also have middle and high school student contributors,…
Essays
Matthew Pinsker explains the divisions that erupted among abolitionists in his 2015 essay, “Did the End of the Civil War Mean the End of Slavery?” For more details, click here. Other Essays by Matthew Pinsker Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns…
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…