News & Events
News
- 10/15/2009 - Rare Documents Part of Cornell University Library’s Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
- 10/21/2009 - Expert: Lincoln stretched Constitution to preserve the U.S.
Events & Exhibitions
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Opening lecture: “Stretching the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief”
James M. McPherson
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
4:45 p.m.
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Opening reception following
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Hirshland Gallery, Carl A. Kroch Library, Level 2B
Thursday, October 22, 2009
In conjunction with the exhibition, Cornell University Library and the Department of Music
invite you to . . .
Music For Lincoln
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Guerlac Room, A. D. White House
“Music for Lincoln” is a concert celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with Emily Green, piano (Ph.D., May 2009) and baritone Tyler Herman (B.A., 2009) performing music from Lincoln's era, works of Charles Ives, and a new piece by Joseph Gregorio (B.A., 2001), with an integrated lecture by Margaret Washington, Professor of History.
All events are free and open to everyone.