Douglas L. Wilson
Encyclopedia
Douglas L. Wilson is a professor and co-director of Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College.
Wilson is the George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois
. He co-directs the Lincoln Studies Center along with his colleague Rodney O. Davis.
Wilson is also a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize
for Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words, published in November 2006, as well as Honor's Voice in 1999.
In the middle of his academic career, Wilson spent four years serving as the Founding Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), in Charlottesville, Virginia
, before returning to Knox College.
, 2009.
Honorary Degree, D. H. L., Doane College
, 2009.
Book Prize for Lincoln’s Sword, Abraham Lincoln Institute
, 2007.
Lincoln Prize for Lincoln’s Sword, Gettysburg College
, 2007.
Honorary Degree, Litt. D., Knox College, 2007.
Residency, Rockefeller Foundation
Study Center at Bellagio, 2004.
Lincoln Diploma of Honor, Lincoln Memorial University
, 2000.
Lincoln Prize for Honor's Voice, Gettysburg College, 1999.
Barondess/Lincoln Award, Civil War Roundtable
of New York, 1999.
Book Prize for Honor's Voice, Abraham Lincoln Institute, 1999.
Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society
, 1999.
Book Prize for Herndon's Informants, Abraham Lincoln Institute, 1998.
Award of Achievement, Lincoln Group
of New York, 1998.
Elected to membership, American Antiquarian Society
, 1995.
Fellowship, Huntington Library, 1981, 1991, 1992.
Alumni Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Doane College, 1991.
Outstanding Faculty Award, Knox College, 1991.
Lester J. Cappon Research Associate, Newberry Library
, 1985-86.
Research grants, American Council of Learned Societies
, 1981, 1985.
Research Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities
, 1982-83.
Research grant, American Philosophical Society
, 1980.
"Prospects for Lincoln 2.5," Journal of American History
, 96:2 (September 2009), 1-3.
"Reflections on Lincoln and English Studies," College English
, 72:2 (December 2009), 156-57.
Review of The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson, 2009.
"Groundwork for Greatness: Abraham Lincoln to 1854, " Abraham Lincoln: A Legacy for Freedom, U.S. Department of State, 2008.
"Terrific in Denunciation," Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities 29.1 (2008): 16-20.
"Presidential Biographies." Bookmarks Magazine
34, 16 (May/June, 2008)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition, Edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press
, 2008.
Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words. Alfred A. Knopf
, 2006.
Interview on Lincoln scholarship, Lincoln Lore 1885 (2006): 2-6.
Editor with Rodney O. Davis, Herndon's Lincoln University of Illinois Press, 2006.
"Lincoln the Persuader," The American Scholar
74.4 (2006): 31-43.
"Lincoln and Abolition," History Now Issue 6, (online), 2005.
"They Said He was a Lousy Speaker," Special Lincoln Issue, Time Magazine
(July 4, 2005): 68-69.
"Herndon’s Dilemma: Abraham Lincoln and the Privacy Issue," Lincoln Lore 1877 (2004): 2-10.
"The Evolution of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 112.2 (2004): 99-133.
"A Note on the Text of Lincoln's Second Inaugural," Documentary Editing 24.2 (2002): 37-41.
"Young Man Lincoln," in The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon ed. Gabor S. Boritt. Oxford University Press
(2001): 20-35.
"William H. Herndon and Mary Todd Lincoln," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 22.2 (2001): 1-26.
"Collaborating with the Past: Remarks on Being Awarded the Lincoln Prize," in Accepting the Lincoln Prize: Two Historians Speak (2000): 39-56, (Gettysburg College).
"Keeping Lincoln's Secrets," The Atlantic Monthly
285.5 (2000): 78-88.
"Jefferson and Literacy," in Thomas Jefferson and the Education of a Citizen, ed. James Gilreath
. Library of Congress
(1999): 79-90.
"Lincoln and Lovejoy," "We Cannot Escape History": Papers from the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Colloquium ed. Linda Norbut Suits and Timothy P. Townsend. Lincoln Home National Historic Site
, 1999.
Jefferson Abroad. Edited with Lucia Stanton. The Modern Library, 1999.
Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln
. Edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press, 1998.
"Lincoln's Affair of Honor," The Atlantic Monthly 281.2 (1998) 64-71, 1998.
Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln. Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Lincoln Before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years, University of Illinois Press, 1997.
Jefferson's Books, Monticello Monographs, 1996.
"The Unfinished Text of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 15.1 (1994): 70-84.
"A Most Abandoned Hypocrite" [unrecorded Lincoln satire], American Heritage
45.1 (1994): 36-49.
"William H. Herndon and the 'Necessary Truth,'" in Abraham Lincoln in the American Mind: Papers from the Eighth Annual Lincoln Colloquium ed. Linda Norbut Suits and George Painter
. Lincoln Home National Historic Site (1994): 31-41.
"Editing Herndon's Informants," The Lincoln Herald 95.4 (1993 [1994]): 115-23.
"Jefferson and the Republic of Letters, " in Jeffersonian Legacies, Edited by Peter S. Onuf. University Press of Virginia (1993): 50-76.
"Thomas Jefferson's Library and the French Connection," Eighteenth-Century Studies 26.4 (1993): 669-85.
"William H. Herndon and his Lincoln Informants," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 14.1 (1993): 15-34.
"Thomas Jefferson's Library and the Skipwith List," Harvard Library Bulletin New Series 3.4 (1992-93): 56-72.
"Abraham Lincoln and 'that fatal first of January,'" Civil War History 38.2 (1992): 101-130.
"Thomas Jefferson and the Character Issue" [cover story], The Atlantic Monthly 270.5 (1992): 57-74.
"Abraham Lincoln's Indiana and the Spirit of Mortal," Indiana Magazine of History LXXXVII.2 (1991): 155-70.
"What Jefferson and Lincoln Read" [cover story], The Atlantic Monthly, 267.1 (1991): 51-62.
"Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and the Evidence of Herndon's Informants," Civil War History, 36.4 (1990): 301-24.
"Jefferson vs. Hume," William and Mary Quarterly
3rd Series, XLVI (1989): 49-70.
Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Editor. Second Series, Princeton University Press, 1989.
Thomas Jefferson's Library: A Catalog With the Entries in His Own Order. Edited with James Gilreath, Library of Congress, 1989.
"The Fate of Jefferson's Farmer," North Dakota Quarterly
, 56.4 (1988): 23-34.
"Jefferson's Library," in Thomas Jefferson: A Research Biography. Edited by Merrill D. Peterson
. Charles Scribner's Sons
(1986): 157-79.
"Thomas Jefferson's Early Notebooks," William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Series, XLII (1985): 433-52.
"Sowerby Revisited: The Unfinished Catalogue of Jefferson's Library," William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Series, XLI (1984): 615-28.
"The American agricola: Jefferson's Agrarianism and the Classical Tradition," South Atlantic Quarterly 80.3 (1981): 339-54.
The Genteel Tradition: Nine Essays by George Santayana
. Editor. Harvard University Press
, 1967.
Lectures and Papers
"Abraham Lincoln and his Legacy: From Emancipation to Barack Obama," Lecture Tour, People's Republic of China
, sponsored by the U. S. State Department, September 14-30, 2009.
"Words Fitly Spoken: Lincoln and Language," Library of Congress Bicentennial Symposium, March 4, 2009.
"Lincoln's Rhetoric," Abraham Lincoln Symposium, Springfield, IL
, February 11-12, 2008.
"Abraham Lincoln," Aspen Institute
, Webcast FORA.TV, 2008.
"Lincoln as a Writer," National Book Festival
, Broadcast and Webcast, C-SPAN
, Washington, DC, 2007.
"The Importance of Writing in Lincoln's Intellectual Foundation," Lincoln Shrine, Redlands, CA
, 2007.
"President Lincoln's Hidden Assets," Hoover Institution
, Stanford University
, 2007.
"Reconsidering Herndon," Lincoln Forum, 2007.
"Books and Beyond." Library of Congress, Webcast
, Library of Congress Web site, 2007.
"The Art of Presidential Writing," Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium, Broadcast and Webcast, CSPAN, 2007.
"Jefferson's Library," Lecture, Boston Athenaeum, 2005.
"Lincoln's Sword," Lincoln Colloquium, Galesburg, IL, September 28, 2002.
"William H. Herndon and Mary Todd Lincoln," Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic, Library of Congress, March 25, 2001.
"Honor's Voice," Gilder Lehrman Institute History Forum, Pierpont Morgan Library, March 8, 1999.
"Young Man Lincoln," Gettysburg College, Sept. 9, 1999.
"The Young Abraham Lincoln," Books and Beyond Series, Library of Congress, February 24, 1998.
"Herndon's Dilemma: Abraham Lincoln and the Privacy Issue," McMurtry Lecture, Lincoln Museum
, Ft. Wayne, IN
, September 19, 1998.
"Jefferson and Learning," 200th anniversary of Jefferson's
presidency of the American Philosophical Society
, American Philosophical Society, June 18, 1997.
"Jefferson and Literacy," Library of Congress Research Conference: "Thomas Jefferson and Citizenship," May 13-15, 1993.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Man Who Couldn't Live Without Books," Jefferson Commemorative National Lecture Series. Delivered at American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
,; The Newberry Library, Chicago
, IL,; The Florida Center for the Book, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
.
"Herndon and His Lincoln Informants," Abraham Lincoln Association Symposium, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1991.
"Thomas Jefferson's Library and the French Connection," Symposium on "Publishing and Readership in Revolutionary France and America," Library of Congress, May 2-3, 1989.
Wilson is the George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....
. He co-directs the Lincoln Studies Center along with his colleague Rodney O. Davis.
Wilson is also a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize
Lincoln Prize
The Lincoln Prize, endowed by Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman and administered by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, has been awarded annually since 1991 for the best non-fiction historical work of the year on the American Civil War. It is named for U.S...
for Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words, published in November 2006, as well as Honor's Voice in 1999.
In the middle of his academic career, Wilson spent four years serving as the Founding Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), in Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
, before returning to Knox College.
Honors/Grants
Order of Lincoln, Lincoln AcademyLincoln Academy
Lincoln Academy is a small, independent secondary school located in Newcastle, Maine. Chartered in 1801, the school serves 17 towns in the Lincoln County area of Midcoast Maine...
, 2009.
Honorary Degree, D. H. L., Doane College
Doane College
Doane College is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska, United States, with additional campuses located in Lincoln and Grand Island.-History:...
, 2009.
Book Prize for Lincoln’s Sword, Abraham Lincoln Institute
Abraham Lincoln Institute
The Abraham Lincoln Institute , founded in 1997, is a non-profit organization promoting scholarly research on the subject of Abraham Lincoln. The institute utilizes dissertation prizes, book awards, and an annual Lincoln symposium to encourage research and scholarship on the life and legacy of...
, 2007.
Lincoln Prize for Lincoln’s Sword, Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women...
, 2007.
Honorary Degree, Litt. D., Knox College, 2007.
Residency, Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
Study Center at Bellagio, 2004.
Lincoln Diploma of Honor, Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University is a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college located in Harrogate, Tennessee.LMU's campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park....
, 2000.
Lincoln Prize for Honor's Voice, Gettysburg College, 1999.
Barondess/Lincoln Award, Civil War Roundtable
Civil War Roundtable
Civil War Roundtables are a loosely organized group of independent organizations that share a common interest in the study, promotion, and recognition of the American Civil War...
of New York, 1999.
Book Prize for Honor's Voice, Abraham Lincoln Institute, 1999.
Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society
The Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history...
, 1999.
Book Prize for Herndon's Informants, Abraham Lincoln Institute, 1998.
Award of Achievement, Lincoln Group
Lincoln Group
The Lincoln Group is a Washington, D.C. contractor with operations in Iraq hired by the United States military to perform public relations. They operate from the Green Zone at Sector 222, 34th St, Bldg 5...
of New York, 1998.
Elected to membership, American Antiquarian Society
American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society , located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American History and culture. Its main building, known also as Antiquarian Hall, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark...
, 1995.
Fellowship, Huntington Library, 1981, 1991, 1992.
Alumni Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Doane College, 1991.
Outstanding Faculty Award, Knox College, 1991.
Lester J. Cappon Research Associate, Newberry Library
Newberry Library
The Newberry Library is a privately endowed, independent research library for the humanities and social sciences in Chicago, Illinois. Although it is private, non-circulating library, the Newberry Library is free and open to the public...
, 1985-86.
Research grants, American Council of Learned Societies
American Council of Learned Societies
The American Council of Learned Societies , founded in 1919, is a private nonprofit federation of seventy scholarly organizations.ACLS is best known as a funder of humanities research through fellowships and grants awards. ACLS Fellowships are designed to permit scholars holding the Ph.D...
, 1981, 1985.
Research Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
, 1982-83.
Research grant, American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...
, 1980.
Publications
"Abraham Lincoln and the Shaping of Public Opinion," in Lincoln's Legacy of Leadership, ed. George R. Goethals and Gary L. McDowell, 2010."Prospects for Lincoln 2.5," Journal of American History
Journal of American History
The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, the official journal of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association...
, 96:2 (September 2009), 1-3.
"Reflections on Lincoln and English Studies," College English
College English
College English is an official publication of the American National Council of Teachers of English and is aimed at college-level teachers and scholars of English...
, 72:2 (December 2009), 156-57.
Review of The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson, 2009.
"Groundwork for Greatness: Abraham Lincoln to 1854, " Abraham Lincoln: A Legacy for Freedom, U.S. Department of State, 2008.
"Terrific in Denunciation," Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities 29.1 (2008): 16-20.
"Presidential Biographies." Bookmarks Magazine
Bookmarks (magazine)
Bookmarks is a bimonthly American literary magazine dedicated to general readers, book groups, and librarians. It carries the tagline, "For everyone who hasn't read everything." Launched in 2002, Bookmarks summarizes and distills published book reviews and includes articles covering classic and...
34, 16 (May/June, 2008)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition, Edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press
University of Illinois Press
The University of Illinois Press , is a major American university press and part of the University of Illinois system. Founded in 1918, the press publishes some 120 new books each year, plus 33 scholarly journals, and several electronic projects...
, 2008.
Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words. Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house, founded by Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. in 1915. It was acquired by Random House in 1960 and is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group at Random House. The publishing house is known for its borzoi trademark , which was designed by co-founder...
, 2006.
Interview on Lincoln scholarship, Lincoln Lore 1885 (2006): 2-6.
Editor with Rodney O. Davis, Herndon's Lincoln University of Illinois Press, 2006.
"Lincoln the Persuader," The American Scholar
The American Scholar (magazine)
The American Scholar is the literary quarterly of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded in 1932. The magazine has won fourteen National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors from 1999 to present, including awards for General Excellence...
74.4 (2006): 31-43.
"Lincoln and Abolition," History Now Issue 6, (online), 2005.
"They Said He was a Lousy Speaker," Special Lincoln Issue, Time Magazine
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
(July 4, 2005): 68-69.
"Herndon’s Dilemma: Abraham Lincoln and the Privacy Issue," Lincoln Lore 1877 (2004): 2-10.
"The Evolution of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 112.2 (2004): 99-133.
"A Note on the Text of Lincoln's Second Inaugural," Documentary Editing 24.2 (2002): 37-41.
"Young Man Lincoln," in The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon ed. Gabor S. Boritt. Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
(2001): 20-35.
"William H. Herndon and Mary Todd Lincoln," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 22.2 (2001): 1-26.
"Collaborating with the Past: Remarks on Being Awarded the Lincoln Prize," in Accepting the Lincoln Prize: Two Historians Speak (2000): 39-56, (Gettysburg College).
"Keeping Lincoln's Secrets," The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
285.5 (2000): 78-88.
"Jefferson and Literacy," in Thomas Jefferson and the Education of a Citizen, ed. James Gilreath
James Gilreath
James Gilreath was an American pop singer and songwriter, whose single "Little Band of Gold" went to #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963.-Career:...
. Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
(1999): 79-90.
"Lincoln and Lovejoy," "We Cannot Escape History": Papers from the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Colloquium ed. Linda Norbut Suits and Timothy P. Townsend. Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the Springfield, Illinois home where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861, before becoming the 16th President of the United States...
, 1999.
Jefferson Abroad. Edited with Lucia Stanton. The Modern Library, 1999.
Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
. Edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press, 1998.
"Lincoln's Affair of Honor," The Atlantic Monthly 281.2 (1998) 64-71, 1998.
Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln. Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Lincoln Before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years, University of Illinois Press, 1997.
Jefferson's Books, Monticello Monographs, 1996.
"The Unfinished Text of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 15.1 (1994): 70-84.
"A Most Abandoned Hypocrite" [unrecorded Lincoln satire], American Heritage
American Heritage (magazine)
American Heritage is a quarterly magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership. Until 2007, the magazine was published by Forbes. Since that time, Edwin S...
45.1 (1994): 36-49.
"William H. Herndon and the 'Necessary Truth,'" in Abraham Lincoln in the American Mind: Papers from the Eighth Annual Lincoln Colloquium ed. Linda Norbut Suits and George Painter
George Painter
George Duncan Painter, OBE known as George D. Painter, was an English author most famous as a biographer of Marcel Proust....
. Lincoln Home National Historic Site (1994): 31-41.
"Editing Herndon's Informants," The Lincoln Herald 95.4 (1993 [1994]): 115-23.
"Jefferson and the Republic of Letters, " in Jeffersonian Legacies, Edited by Peter S. Onuf. University Press of Virginia (1993): 50-76.
"Thomas Jefferson's Library and the French Connection," Eighteenth-Century Studies 26.4 (1993): 669-85.
"William H. Herndon and his Lincoln Informants," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 14.1 (1993): 15-34.
"Thomas Jefferson's Library and the Skipwith List," Harvard Library Bulletin New Series 3.4 (1992-93): 56-72.
"Abraham Lincoln and 'that fatal first of January,'" Civil War History 38.2 (1992): 101-130.
"Thomas Jefferson and the Character Issue" [cover story], The Atlantic Monthly 270.5 (1992): 57-74.
"Abraham Lincoln's Indiana and the Spirit of Mortal," Indiana Magazine of History LXXXVII.2 (1991): 155-70.
"What Jefferson and Lincoln Read" [cover story], The Atlantic Monthly, 267.1 (1991): 51-62.
"Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and the Evidence of Herndon's Informants," Civil War History, 36.4 (1990): 301-24.
"Jefferson vs. Hume," William and Mary Quarterly
William and Mary Quarterly
The William and Mary Quarterly is a quarterly history journal published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. It covers the history of colonial North America and the "Atlantic world" from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, including the Caribbean, West...
3rd Series, XLVI (1989): 49-70.
Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Editor. Second Series, Princeton University Press, 1989.
Thomas Jefferson's Library: A Catalog With the Entries in His Own Order. Edited with James Gilreath, Library of Congress, 1989.
"The Fate of Jefferson's Farmer," North Dakota Quarterly
North Dakota Quarterly
North Dakota Quarterly is a quarterly literary journal published by the University of North Dakota. NQR publishes poetry, fiction, interview, and literary non-fiction. First published in-Contributors:...
, 56.4 (1988): 23-34.
"Jefferson's Library," in Thomas Jefferson: A Research Biography. Edited by Merrill D. Peterson
Merrill D. Peterson
Merrill Daniel Peterson was Professor of History at the University of Virginia and the editor of the prestigious Library of America edition of the selected writings of Thomas Jefferson...
. Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...
(1986): 157-79.
"Thomas Jefferson's Early Notebooks," William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Series, XLII (1985): 433-52.
"Sowerby Revisited: The Unfinished Catalogue of Jefferson's Library," William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Series, XLI (1984): 615-28.
"The American agricola: Jefferson's Agrarianism and the Classical Tradition," South Atlantic Quarterly 80.3 (1981): 339-54.
The Genteel Tradition: Nine Essays by George Santayana
George Santayana
George Santayana was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. A lifelong Spanish citizen, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States and identified himself as an American. He wrote in English and is generally considered an American man of letters...
. Editor. Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 1967.
Lectures and Papers
"Abraham Lincoln and his Legacy: From Emancipation to Barack Obama," Lecture Tour, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, sponsored by the U. S. State Department, September 14-30, 2009.
"Words Fitly Spoken: Lincoln and Language," Library of Congress Bicentennial Symposium, March 4, 2009.
"Lincoln's Rhetoric," Abraham Lincoln Symposium, Springfield, IL
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...
, February 11-12, 2008.
"Abraham Lincoln," Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The...
, Webcast FORA.TV, 2008.
"Lincoln as a Writer," National Book Festival
National Book Festival
The National Book Festival is an American event organized by the Library of Congress annually in Washington, D.C. Held in early autumn, the festival attracts tens of thousands of people each year . Over fifty nationally published authors, illustrators, and poets are invited for lectures,...
, Broadcast and Webcast, C-SPAN
C-SPAN
C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
, Washington, DC, 2007.
"The Importance of Writing in Lincoln's Intellectual Foundation," Lincoln Shrine, Redlands, CA
Redlands, California
Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 68,747, up from 63,591 at the 2000 census. The city is located east of downtown San Bernardino.- History :...
, 2007.
"President Lincoln's Hidden Assets," Hoover Institution
Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by then future U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford....
, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, 2007.
"Reconsidering Herndon," Lincoln Forum, 2007.
"Books and Beyond." Library of Congress, Webcast
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand...
, Library of Congress Web site, 2007.
"The Art of Presidential Writing," Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium, Broadcast and Webcast, CSPAN, 2007.
"Jefferson's Library," Lecture, Boston Athenaeum, 2005.
"Lincoln's Sword," Lincoln Colloquium, Galesburg, IL, September 28, 2002.
"William H. Herndon and Mary Todd Lincoln," Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic, Library of Congress, March 25, 2001.
"Honor's Voice," Gilder Lehrman Institute History Forum, Pierpont Morgan Library, March 8, 1999.
"Young Man Lincoln," Gettysburg College, Sept. 9, 1999.
"The Young Abraham Lincoln," Books and Beyond Series, Library of Congress, February 24, 1998.
"Herndon's Dilemma: Abraham Lincoln and the Privacy Issue," McMurtry Lecture, Lincoln Museum
Lincoln Museum
Lincoln Museum can refer to:* Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois, USA* Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, USA...
, Ft. Wayne, IN
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
, September 19, 1998.
"Jefferson and Learning," 200th anniversary of Jefferson's
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
presidency of the American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...
, American Philosophical Society, June 18, 1997.
"Jefferson and Literacy," Library of Congress Research Conference: "Thomas Jefferson and Citizenship," May 13-15, 1993.
"Thomas Jefferson: The Man Who Couldn't Live Without Books," Jefferson Commemorative National Lecture Series. Delivered at American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
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Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IL,; The Florida Center for the Book, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
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"Herndon and His Lincoln Informants," Abraham Lincoln Association Symposium, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1991.
"Thomas Jefferson's Library and the French Connection," Symposium on "Publishing and Readership in Revolutionary France and America," Library of Congress, May 2-3, 1989.