Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of materials donated by Rebecca Veach that deal with Lincoln Sties project. Specifically this collection contains research, records, scripts, correspondences, and manuscripts from the New Salem historical site acquired by Veach during her time as the assistant to the Lincoln Sites Project.Notable materials include several article manuscripts that were proposed as inclusions to a book about Lincoln, collections of research (both primary and...

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"Contemporary Perspectives on Abraham Lincoln" was originally presented as the 1976 Lincoln Intersession at Sangamon State University. Fourteen scholars discussed themes in American History addressed by Lincoln and his contemporaries. The Intersession served as the basis for the 1978 course, "Contemporary Perspectives on Abraham Lincoln." Used re-edited audio cassette tapes have frequently been used as the basis for a media or self-study course.