Abraham Lincoln and Wartime Civil Liberties (lecture at IUSB - Library) - April 4, 2014

as: posted at Franklin Schurz Library website -- www.iusb.edu/library -- Monday, April 2, 2014 5:30 p.m. Dr. Bryon Andreasen “Abraham Lincoln and Wartime Civil Liberties” Dr. Andreasen is a Research Historian and Interim Director of the Research & Lincoln Collection Division of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, Illinois. His duties at the Presidential Library include researching, writing, and lecturing on Abraham Lincoln and his world, and assisting the Museum’s Executive Director and Library staff on various projects, programs, and conferences. For many years he served as a historical consultant to the State of Illinois’s “Looking for Lincoln” Heritage Tourism Project. He is the editor of the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Dr. Andreasen's talk will cover: •Conflict between President Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger Taney over suspending the writ of habeas corpus •Boundaries between political dissent and treason in wartime •Using military tribunals to try civilians •Balancing public safety and constitutional rights. The Franklin D. Schurz Library is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” from February 29 to April 11, 2014 in the Library’s 5th Floor. Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.