Lincoln Collection

Today’s the day! Join us at noon for the annual Rolland Lecture!

📅 June 19, 2026
🕛 Noon
📍Main - Allen County Public Library Theater
💻 Zoom (registration required): https://acpl.libnet.info/event/16587082

This event will be offered both in person and virtually.

• Virtual attendees: Please register using the registration link.
• In-person attendees: No registration required.

Drawing on speeches and letters by Frederick Douglass, some to British abolitionists that have not been seen since they were first written, the lecture presents an account of how the great abolitionist came to appreciate Lincoln’s anti-slavery statesmanship over the course of the Civil War. The lecture derives from a recently published book, Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln, co-edited by the lecturer, Lucas Morel, and Jonathan White.

Though he was the grandson of Robert Todd Lincoln, Lincoln Isham preferred a life far from the spotlight. Born in New York on June 8, 1892, he spent his childhood between New York and Vermont, often visiting his grandfather’s estate. After marrying Leahalma Correa in 1919 and becoming stepfather to her daughter, Frances Mantley, Isham embraced a private life filled with travel, including frequent journeys to England and the Caribbean. As a member of the last generation of Lincolns, he marked the closing chapter of the Lincoln family line.

Mary Lincoln Isham & Lincoln Isham: http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/digital/collection/p15155coll1/id/243/rec/21