Please note: this event will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
May 18, 2010
Lincoln Award Presentation
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia Annual Awards Banquet and Mike Maione Lecture will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in honor of Clark Evans, Head of Reference Services, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, and Dr. John R. Sellers, Lincoln Curator and Historical Specialist on the American Civil War in the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, for their contributions to the preservation of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln at the Library of Congress. They will offer remarks on their lives with Lincoln at the Library of Congress.
The Banquet will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 950 Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203. Social Hour 6:00 P.M., Dinner 7:00 P.M. Price $50 per person. Look for your invitation in the mail. To reserve, contact Susan Dennis: 703-532-6188; e-mail: dennisu@si.edu; mail: 3119 N. Harrison St., Arlington, VA 22207. Reservations, Menu Selection, and Payment required by Thursday, May 13. Menu: April Chili Glazed Chicken; Peppercorn London Broil; or Four Cheese Ravioli with Marinara Sauce. Driving and Metro directions with parking information are included in the invitations.
Dr. John R. Sellers is the Historical Specialist on the American Civil War and the Lincoln Curator at the Library of Congress. Dr. Sellers began his career at the Library in June 1969, working first with the locating and identifying manuscript sources in the Library on the American Revolution, and since 1982, the American Civil War. Sellers’ publications in progress are "Lincoln's Washington: the Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft," and "John G. Nicolay." Dr. Sellers has played a major role in the digitization and online presentation of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln and serves as curator of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln in the Library of Congress. He is chairman and past president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute. Sellers was also on the team responsible for the Library of Congress Lincoln Bicentennial exhibition “With Malice Toward None.”
Clark Evans served as the Lincoln Group of D.C.'s president in the 1990s. He is a long-time employee of the Library of Congress where he is the Head of Reference Services in the Rare Book Reading Room, home of the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana, and the Special Collections Division. In this capacity, he is featured on the Library of Congress website (loc.gov). and its Hidden Treasures feature. Here four Clark Evans videos introduce the public to the contents of Lincoln’s pockets during his April 14, 1865 visit to Ford’s Theatre; the Lincoln inaugural Bible; a wanted poster for the Lincoln assassins; and Lincoln’s first owned book still in existence today. Clark has been a featured speaker not only at our Lincoln Group and the Library of Congress but also at Lincoln Memorial University, the Maryland Historical Society, the Popular Culture Association and The Surratt Society. He was the first president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and currently serves as the organization’s general secretary.
May 22 - New York Ave. Presbyterian Church
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Lincoln Parlor
Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln's 1860 Presidential Nomination: How did obscure Illinois lawyer and one term congressman Abraham Lincoln capture the Republican nomination at Chicago's "Wigwam" convention? Join the NYA History Committee as we host the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia in a free, public discussion as part of the continuing "Lincoln Presidency 150 - Open Discussions" series. Contact Wilson Golden, History chair (wilsongolden@aol.com 703.201.6025) or John Elliff (703-360-1265 www.lincolngroup.org). Lincoln Parlor--Saturday, May 22--10:00 AM to Noon.
