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Lincoln College
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Lincoln College is the only institution named for Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime. Originally named Lincoln University, the school was dedicated on February 12, 1865, the President’s last living birthday. In a letter to President Lincoln, Colonel Robert Latham, a college founder, wrote
“Our greatest difficulty will be to get sufficient funds to build a house that will do justice to the name and place” |
Latham and the other college founders succeeded in their mission to build a college that would do justice to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. In 1865, the cornerstone for University Hall was placed and since then the campus has continued to grow, with the addition of new classroom structures, dorms, a student center, and the new Lincoln Center, built house the Lincoln Heritage Museum.
Today, the school is a two year private college with over 700 students and more than 30 faculty members. |
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Lincoln Heritage Museum
The museum began in 1942 when an 1887 Lincoln University alumnus Judge Lawrence Stringer willed his vast Lincoln and Logan County history collection to the college with the stipulation that a museum be established.
Initially, the collection was placed in “The Lincoln Room”, dedicated on February 11, 1944. The entire collection moved to the McKinstry Memorial Building in |
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1971 when the collections became part of the Lincoln College Museum. The collection continued to grow with donations from Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, the last surviving direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln, James Hickey, Ralph Newman, and John Gehlbach, among others.
In October, 2008, the museum officially changed its name to the Lincoln Heritage Museum to better reflect the museum’s mission of preserving the legacy and heritage of Abraham Lincoln. In coming years, the museum will move from its current location in the Mckinstry Memorial Building to the new Lincoln Center, located on the north side of the Lincoln College campus. |
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