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- A shrine for President Lincoln…
- Other Title:
- Analysis of Lincoln museums and historic sites, 1865-2015
- Authors:
- Mackie, Thomas D., Kachun, Mitchell A., Western Michigan University., Department of History.
- Other Authors:
- Kachun, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alan), thesis advisor.
- Item ID:
- 71201900100024
- Publisher:
- �2016; Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest LLC, [2016]
- Call Number:
- E457.65 .M24 2016
- Physical Description:
- v, 243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
- Topic:
- Presidents -- Museums -- United States -- History.
- Museums -- United States -- History.
- Historic sites -- United States -- History.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Museums -- United States -- History.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Public opinion.
- Note:
- Adviser: Mitch Kachun.; "ProQuest Number: 0583015"--Title page verso.; "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy History Western Michigan University December 2016".; Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-243).; The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how communities and special interest groups have presented Abraham Lincoln in historic sites and museums with significant Lincoln collections and interpretive themes. Commemoration of Abraham Lincoln began during the murdered president's funeral trip and extended throughout the later nineteenth century with statues, biographies, Decoration Day oratories, historic sites, special exhibits, and museums. These sites devoted to the 16th president are among the earliest public historic museums and preserved sites. They include galleries, research exhibits, interactive galleries, pioneer villages, outdoor museums, and historic houses. After continued expansion in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Lincoln museums and historic sites are so numerous as to constitute a special sub-category identified by its primary biographical content. Nonetheless, Lincoln's construction and presentation in museums remains surprisingly under explored in the fields of both Lincoln Studies and Museum Studies. This dissertation adds to the understanding of both fields by providing a serious exploration of Abraham Lincoln's place in American public memory, his treatment in American public museums, and the ways in which Lincoln commemoration illustrates the institutional development of American museums and historic sites.
- OCLC Number:
- on1089949493
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets
