Other Abraham Lincoln Publications
One of the major projects of The Abraham Lincoln Association in recent years has been the digitization of ALA prior publications so that they may be placed online and be available to the world through the ALA website. The links below will take you to those ALA publications that are now online as a result of this project. Other publications not found here, as well as those that are found here, can often be purchased as print copies from one or both of these used booksellers: Prairie Archives, 522 E. Adams St., Springfield, Ill., 62701 [email protected] or Books on the Square, 427 E. Washington St., Springfield, Ill., 62701 [email protected].
Abraham Lincoln Association Resources
Lincoln Monographs
Samples From This Collection:
- The Inescapable Challenge Lincoln Left Us
Catton, Bruce / 1970 - Life of Abraham Lincoln
Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881. / 1866 - The Pioneer boy, and how he became President
Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898. / 1864 - Two War Leaders: Lincoln and Davis
Williams, T. Harry / 1972
Spring Creek Series
AUTHOR: RICHARD E. HART
This critical series from Richard E. Hart focuses on niche topics relating to Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield. The Spring Creek Series focused initially on the city’s African-American community but has grown to address many different aspects of the community.
- Lincoln’s Springfield – The Public Square (1823-1865) (2004)
- Springfield, Illinois’ Nineteenth Century Photographers (2005)
- Early Sangamon County Antiques – The Barringer Exhibit (2005) (Editor)
- Lincoln’s Springfield – The Underground Railroad (2006)
- The Spirit of Springfield’s Early African Americans (2006)
- Lincoln’s Springfield – The Early African American Population (2008)
- The Early Court Houses of Sangamon County, Illinois (1821-1837) (2008)
- Lincoln in Illinois: The Bicentennial of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln (2009) (Editor)
- Lincoln’s Springfield – Abel W. Estabrook: Robert Todd Lincoln’s Abolitionist Teacher (2009)
- Lincoln’s Springfield – Springfield’s Early Schools (2009)
- The Colored Section, Oak Ridge Cemetery (2009)
- Lincoln’s Springfield – Greek Revival Architecture on the Prairie (2011)
- Camp Butler: A Civil War Story: Photographs of Union Soldiers (2013)
- Circuses in Lincoln’s Springfield (1833-1860) (2013)
- Preston Butler: Photographer in Lincoln’s Springfield (2014)
- Jameson Jenkins and James Blanks, African Americans in Lincoln’s Springfield (2014)
- Springfield, Illinois’ Nineteenth Century Photographers (2014)
- Lincoln’s Springfield Funeral: The Photographs (2015)
- Lincoln’s Springfield Neighborhood (2017)
- Entertainment in Lincoln’s Springfield (1834-1860) (2017)
- Lincoln’s Springfield–Chair and Cabinet Makers (1831-1860) (2017)
- Benjamin Robert Biddle: Lincoln’s Tailor and Friend (2018)
- Elizabeth Jane Todd Grimsley Brown (2018): TOC, Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and Appendices
- Letters of Springfield Ladies (2019)
- The Collected Works of Thomas Lincoln, Carpenter and Cabinetmaker (2019)
- The Todd Brothers (2020)
- Letters from California and Oregon (2020)
- Joel Johnson: Springfield Hotel Keeper (2020)
Sugar Creek Series
AUTHOR: RICHARD E. HART
This critical series from Richard E. Hart focuses on European settlement of Cotton Hill and Ball townships south of Springfield.
- Jones Cemetery Tour: Ball, Cotton Hill & Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2002)
- Philemon Stout Cemetery: Ball Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2006)
- Christopher Newcomer Cemetery: Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2009)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery: Ball Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2010)
- Vigal Cemetery: Cotton Hill Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2010)
- David Brunk Cemetery: Ball Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2010)
- Cumberland Sugar Creek Cemetery, The Old Burying Ground (2012)
- George Brunk Cemetery, Cotton Hill Township, Sangamon County, Illinois (2012)
Miscellaneous Resources
VARIOUS AUTHORS
- “Speech Delivered at Oak Ridge Cemetery,” by Richard Hart (2014)
- “Address Given at St Paul’s,” by Richard E. Hart (2015)
- “Abraham Lincoln and the Founders,” by Glenn W. LaFantasie (2026)