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Author:
Ken Drexler, Reference Specialist, Researcher and Reference Services Division

Created: December 10, 2018

Last Updated: December 21, 2019

Introduction

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with Abraham Lincoln, including the complete Abraham Lincoln Papers from the Manuscript Division. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Lincoln such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are available throughout the Library of Congress website. In addition, it provides links to external websites focusing on Lincoln and a bibliography containing selected works for both general and younger readers.

Alexander Gardner. [Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil]. Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints. Prints & Photographs Division.

H. C. Howard. For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin. [Philadephia : publisher not identified], c1860. Prints & Photographs Division.

Alexander Gardner. [Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version that highlights McLellan and Lincoln]. [1862 October 3, printed later] . Prints & Photographs Division.

Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide

History, Humanities & Social Sciences: Ask a Librarian

Introduction

Alexander Gardner. [Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil]. Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints. Prints & Photographs Division.

H. C. Howard. For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin. [Philadephia : publisher not identified], c1860. Prints & Photographs Division.

Alexander Gardner. [Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version that highlights McLellan and Lincoln]. [1862 October 3, printed later] . Prints & Photographs Division.