Lincoln lying in state after his assassination. Lincoln signed the proclamation ordering the end of slavery on Jan. 1 ...

In an exhibit called “Campaign 1860,” former “Meet the Press” newsman Tim Russert gives a televised report on the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln. Once lauded as innovative and imaginative, ...

Lincoln Library director Summer Beck-Griffith was fired Monday, after serving a little less than a year as director. While Beck-Griffith confirmed her firing to The State Journal-Register, she did not ...

LINCOLN – Lincoln Public Library, 145 Old River Road, invites children 5-11 and their adult caretakers to an educational program on Friday, Jan. 2, at 2 p.m.

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Lincoln Library patrons will now be allowed to eat odor-free, non-sticky foods and drink beverages from a covered container in designated areas of the library, according to a new food policy approved ...

Gwendolyn Harrison has been named Director of Lincoln Library, Springfield's public library. Gwendolyn Harrison has been tabbed as the new director of Lincoln Library, pending Springfield City Council ...

SPRINGFIELD - Leadership at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum assured state lawmakers Tuesday that its new policies for loaning artifacts will correct the insufficient oversight that ...

Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum and the foundation that helped get it built and supported it are now a house divided, one whose failure to stand is rooted partly in the ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham ...

Recipes from the 2009 inauguration lunch and Mary Todd Lincoln's apple cake. Jan. 19, 2009 — -- When Barack Obama on Tuesday places his hand on the same Bible Abraham Lincoln used for his March ...