1858 - Lincoln Douglas Debates

Resources for Teachers

• Illinois Political Campaign of 1858 Scrapbook and booklet - EIU Teaching with Primary Sources page.  
• Lincoln - Douglas Debates: How It All Began - Learning experience idea for elementary students from the Learning with Lincoln Institute.
• Lincoln's Congressional Career: Debates over Slavery in the Territories - U.S. History activities from the Collection Connection for American Memory's collection Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.  
• Lincoln Douglas Debates: American Treasures from the Library of Congress Memory Exhibition  

Resources for Students

•  Wikipedia Encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln-Douglas_debates_of_1858

Library of Congress Primary Sources

• Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, Saturday, July 24, 1858 (Debates): American Memory  
• Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, Thursday, July 29, 1858 (Debates): American Memory 
• Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, July 30, 1858 (Debates): American Memory  
• Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, July 24, 1858 (Debates): American Memory  
• William A. Ross to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 18, 1859 (Publication of Debates): American Memory  
• Stephen A. Douglas to Follett Foster & Company, Saturday, June 09, 1860 (Protests publication of Lincoln Douglas Debates): American Memory 
• Norman B. Judd to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, July 27, 1858 (Debates): American Memory  
• Lincoln Douglas debate Du Page County Centennial, August 27, West Chicago/Kreger: Prints and Photographs 
• Anniversary of Lincoln Douglas Debate--Address of President McKinley/Allen Ayraulot Green, Galesburg, Illinois: Prints and Photographs 
• Abraham Lincoln: Two weeks before final Lincoln-Douglas debate in Lincoln's unsuccessful bid for the Senate, Pittsfield, Illinois: Prints and Photographs 
• Excerpt from Lincoln's speech, final debate with Stephen A. Douglas from Abraham Lincoln's scrapbook of the Illinois political campaign of 1858: Prints and Photographs 
• Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, (August 27, 1858): American Memory  

Other Resources

•  National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/debates.htm