AbrahamLincolnArchive.com Grants Free Access to Rare Historic Newspapers about Lincoln

NewspaperARCHIVE.com's latest site, AbrahamLincolnArchive.com, details life of the 16th president through historic newspaper articles

(PRWEB) February 16, 2006 -- NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest online newspaper database, has just released the latest in a series of free archives containing thousands of original newspapers articles. Easily accessible in the classroom and at home, AbrahamLincolnArchive.com includes stories from Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1860, the Gettysburg Address and his assassination on April 14, 1865, along with thousands more.

The site is a wealth of original and historic information for researchers, educators and students on one of the nation's greatest presidents, making it a perfect tool for President's Day learning. The Abraham Lincoln Archive is the latest in a series of free sites that include MartinLutherKingJrArchive.com. These sites grant users access to original newspapers regarding people and events that transformed history.

Convenient for classroom and at home learning, the Abraham Lincoln Archive uses Optical Character Recognition technology and Adobe Reader to quickly obtain historical articles about Abraham Lincoln by simply searching key words or dates. For example, to access articles about Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1860, just limit your search from the month Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president (May of 1860) to the month he was elected president (November of 1860). If researchers or students are interested in a particular topic about Lincoln, such as the Emancipation Proclamation, articles can be found by just entering keywords "Emancipation Proclamation."

"The technology along with the sheer amount of information researchers are able to find makes the site simply amazing," said Jeff Kiley, Director of Sales and Marketing for NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "You will not find another website with such extensive content where you can easily read and compare what people were saying about Lincoln throughout the United States during his election and presidency.”

In addition to the newspaper archive, the website contains a brief timeline of Abraham Lincoln’s life told through newspaper accounts. For example, the timeline reads in April of 1861, Lincoln called for troops to be used against the seceding states. A nearby link allows users of the site to read an article detailing the president’s proclamation from April 20, 1861.

"The website is littered with pre-determined searches on the most popular topics relating to the 16th president such as the Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address and much more," said Matt Reinhart, graphic designer for the site. "For more obscure queries, the advanced search allows researchers to quickly pull up newspaper pages based on specific criteria.”

NewspaperArchive.com offers another free archive, MartinLutherKingJrArchive.com. The site provides free access to original newspapers regarding Martin Luther King Jr, a man who continued Lincoln's work of emancipation through the Civil Rights movement.

Researchers interested in finding more information about Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King, Jr. can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are more than 155,000 newspaper pages about the 16th president. NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, is owned by Heritage Microfilm and began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999.

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