New York –
The New-York Historical
Society will host a
reception on Monday,
November 10 at 6:30 PM.
to celebrate the
publication of
Lincoln President-Elect:
Abraham Lincoln and the
Great Secession Winter
1860 – 1861 by
Harold Holzer,
one of the most eminent
Lincoln scholars, winner
of a Lincoln Prize for
his Lincoln at Cooper
Union and Chief
Historian for the
Society $B!G (Bs 2009
Lincoln and New York
exhibition.
The book by Harold
Holzer examines the four
months between Lincoln $B!G
(Bs election and
inauguration, when the
president-elect made the
most important decision
of his coming
presidency—there would
be no compromise on
slavery or secession of
the slaveholding states
even at the cost of an
inevitable Civil War.
Lincoln President-Elect
is the first book to
concentrate on Abraham
Lincoln $B!G (Bs public
stance during these
months and the momentous
consequences when he
first demonstrated his
determination and
leadership, rejecting
compromises urged on him
that might have
preserved the Union for
a little while longer
but enshrined slavery
for generations.
Harold Holzer is one of
the country $B!G (Bs
leading authorities on
Abraham Lincoln and the
political culture of the
Civil War era. A
prolific writer and
lecturer, and frequent
guest on television, he
serves as co-chairman of
the United States
Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission, appointed by
President Clinton in
September 2000, and
elected co-chairman in
2001. Holzer has
authored, co-authored,
and edited 31 books:
The Lincoln Image
(1984); Changing the
Lincoln Image
(1985); and The
Confederate Image,
(1987) – all with Mark
E. Neely, Jr. and Gabor
S. Boritt; The
Lincoln Family Album
(1990); and Mine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory: The
Civil War in Art (1993),
among others. His book
Lincoln At Cooper
Union: The Speech That
Made Abraham Lincoln
President (2004),
won a 2005 Lincoln
Prize, the most
prestigious award in the
field.
Event:
Celebration of the
Publication of
Lincoln
President-Elect: Abraham
Lincoln and the Great
Secession Winter
1860 – 1861
by Harold Holzer
Date:
Monday, November 10,
2008
Location:
New-York Historical
Society
Time:
6:30 PM – 8:00
PM
Attendees:
Tony Bennett,
Liam Neeson, Jonathan
Bing, Tom Campbell,
Christy Ferer, Eric
Foner, E.A. Livingston,
Donald Marron, James
McNamara, Jed Perl,
Emily K. Rafferty, Jack
Rosenthal, Max Rudin,
Bernard Schwartz, Gary
Zarr, and other notable
members of the scholarly
community and media.
ABOUT THE NEW-YORK
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Established in 1804, the
New-York Historical
Society (N-YHS)
comprises New York $B!G
(Bs oldest museum and a
nationally renowned
research library. N-YHS
collects, preserves and
interprets American
history and art; its
mission is to make these
collections accessible
to the broadest public
and increase
understanding of
American history through
exhibitions, public
programs, and research
that reveal the dynamism
of history and its
impact on the world
today. N-YHS holdings
cover four centuries of
American history and
comprise one of the
world $B!G (Bs greatest
collections of
historical artifacts,
American art, and other
materials documenting
the history of the
United States as seen
through the prism of New
York City and State.
N-YHS Museum
The Society $B!G (Bs
museum contains some
60,000 items that
include: paintings,
sculpture, furniture,
clothing, toys, tools,
textiles, ceramics,
glass, and assorted
artifacts ranging from
George Washington $B!G
(Bs camp bed to items
from Ground Zero after
the September 11 World
Trade Center attacks.
Other important Museum
holdings include
landscapes of the Hudson
River School by Thomas
Cole, Asher B. Durand
and others; genre
paintings and
portraiture by Gilbert
Stuart, Benjamin West
and Charles Willson
Peale; one of the world
$B!G (Bs largest
collections of Tiffany
lamps; and John James
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preparatory watercolors
for The Birds of
America.
N-YHS
Library
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library is a principal
source of primary
materials for the study
of New York history, and
one of the foremost
American history
research institutions in
the world. The library
collections total 4
million items, including
manuscripts; books and
pamphlets; prints and
photographs; maps;
atlases; newspaper
titles; sheet music; and
more. Among these are
items from the Colonial,
Revolutionary War, and
Civil War periods,
including letters,
diaries, battle reports,
and sketches documenting
the Civil War, Ulysses
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surrender for Robert E.
Lee, and much more