September 20, 2011


Harry R. Rubenstein, Chair, Division of Political History, Smithsonian Institution

 

H. Rubinstein

Harry R. Rubenstein
Chair and Curator
Division of Political History

M.A., Museum Studies, George Washington University, 1983
M.A., American History, University of New Mexico, 1979
Bachelor of University Studies, University of New Mexico, 1974

Research Specialties
Labor, reform movements, and political history.

Projects
Current Projects:

  • Democracy in America
  • Documentation of contemporary political issues
  • Iconography of the labor movement
  • Lincoln bicentennial

Publication: Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life, Smithsonian Books, 2008.

 

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"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. "

Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois
January 27, 1838

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