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Lincoln/Net is a digital history project created by the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, based at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. It preserves (in digital format) and provides access to primary documents relating to Lincoln's time in Illinois (1830–1861) as well as documents from the early years of Illinois' statehood. The historical materials include books, manuscripts, images, speeches, writings, and other types of documents. Over 30,000,000 words of searchable text and over 3,000 audio/visual artifacts exist. These items are supplemented by biographical information and historical interpretations.

The archive materials can be accessed in a variety of ways. They are searchable using the site's search tool or you can browse by type of document. They have also been arranged thematically by the project staff, allowing users to explore a particular topic of interest. The themes included are: frontier settlement; Native American relations; economic development; women's experience and gender roles; African-Americans' experience and American racial attitudes; law and society; religion and culture; and political development. Each of these themes is accompanied by an essay which provides historical context and interpretation for the associated documents.

This project brought together and digitized materials from the University of Chicago, the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society, Illinois State University, the Illinois State Archives, Lewis University, and Knox College. The project was completed collaboratively by a large group of people, including nearly 80 student assistants. Drew E. VandeCreek is the Project Director.

References

Kunz, Tona (February 10, 2001). "NIU launches Lincoln on the Net". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). Archived from the original on November 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-05. or this link
Drew VandeCreek, "'Webs of Significance': The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, New Technology, and the Democratization of History," Digital Humanities Quarterly 1, no. 1 (2007), http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/1/1/000003.html.

External links

Lincoln/Net website
Review of Lincoln/Net on Teachinghistory.org

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+{{Short description|Digital history project archiving documents relating to Abraham Lincoln and Illinois}}
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+'''Lincoln/Net''' is a [[digital history]] project created by the [[Abraham Lincoln]] Historical Digitization Project, based at [[Northern Illinois University]] in [[DeKalb, Illinois|DeKalb]], [[Illinois]]. It preserves (in digital format) and provides access to primary documents relating to Lincoln's time in Illinois (1830–1861) as well as documents from the early years of Illinois' statehood. The historical materials include books, manuscripts, images, speeches, writings, and other types of documents. Over 30,000,000 words of searchable text and over 3,000 audio/visual artifacts exist. These items are supplemented by biographical information and historical interpretations.
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-Lincoln/Net is a [[digital history]] project created by the [[Abraham Lincoln]] Historical Digitization Project, based at [[Northern Illinois University]] in DeKalb, Illinois. It provides access to primary documents relating to Lincoln’s time in Illinois (1830-1861) as well as documents from the early years of Illinois’ statehood. The historical materials include books, manuscripts, images, speeches, writings, and other types of documents.
-The archive materials can be accessed in a variety of ways. They are searchable using the site's built in search tool or you can browse by type of document. They have also been arranged thematically by the project staff as an alternative method of exploration. The themes included are: frontier settlement; Native American relations; economic development; women's experience and gender roles; African-Americans' experience and American racial attitudes; law and society; religion and culture; and political development.
+The archive materials can be accessed in a variety of ways. They are searchable using the site's search tool or you can browse by type of document. They have also been arranged thematically by the project staff, allowing users to explore a particular topic of interest. The themes included are: frontier settlement; Native American relations; economic development; women's experience and gender roles; African-Americans' experience and American racial attitudes; law and society; religion and culture; and political development. Each of these themes is accompanied by an essay which provides historical context and interpretation for the associated documents.
+This project brought together and digitized materials from the [[University of Chicago]], the [[Newberry Library]], the [[Chicago Historical Society]], [[Illinois State University]], the [[Illinois State Archives]], [[Lewis University]], and [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]]. The project was completed collaboratively by a large group of people, including nearly 80 student assistants. [[Drew VandeCreek|Drew E. VandeCreek]] is the Project Director.
-==External Link==
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+*{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5273/is_200102/ai_n20655944/ |title=NIU launches Lincoln on the Net |last=Kunz |first=Tona |date=February 10, 2001 |work=Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) |access-date=2009-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108140951/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5273/is_200102/ai_n20655944/ |archive-date=November 8, 2009 }} or [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADHB&p_theme=adhb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ECC89422B54C959&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM this link]
+*Drew VandeCreek, "'Webs of Significance': The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, New Technology, and the Democratization of History," ''[[Digital Humanities Quarterly]]'' 1, no. 1 (2007), http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/1/1/000003.html.
+==External links==
 *[http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/ Lincoln/Net website]
+*Review of Lincoln/Net on [http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14736 Teachinghistory.org]
+{{Abraham Lincoln}}
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+[[Category:2001 establishments in Illinois]]
+[[Category:Abraham Lincoln]]
+[[Category:Digital history projects]]
+[[Category:Historiography of the United States]]
+[[Category:History of Illinois]]
+[[Category:History websites of the United States]]
+[[Category:Northern Illinois University]]
+[[Category:Digital humanities projects]]