Assistant Director, Lincoln College Museum
Lincoln, Illinois
Logan County historian, Paul E. Gleason, is a life-long resident of Lincoln and Logan County, Illinois. He was educated in the Lincoln public schools and graduated from high school in 1956. His higher education was attained at Illinois State University, University of Illinois, Lincoln Christian College and Lincoln College. He holds B.S. and M.S. Degrees and has done extensive post-graduate work.
Gleason gained an interest in history and Abraham Lincoln at the age of four and in 1997 completed a thirty-seven year teaching career in Lincoln. Since 2000, he has served as the Assistant Director of the Lincoln College Museum and instructor of American history and the Life of Lincoln and the Civil War at Lincoln College.
The historian began his research and writing experience during his high school days and has continued his historical research since that period. While teaching history and government Gleason served as a newspaper columnist for the Mt. Pulaski Weekly News, the Lincoln Courier and The Lincoln Shopper.
Current works include: John Dean Gillette: The Cattle King of America (1970); The Celebration of Lincoln, Illinois, 1853-1978 (1978); A Celebration of Logan County - 1839-1989 (1989); Lincoln, A Pictorial History (1998). He co-authored Logan County Pictorial History in 2000 and the Lincoln, Illinois Sesquicentennial History Book in 2003. In progress are two books: The Logan County Courthouses, 1939-2005 and Abraham Lincoln and His Impact upon Logan County, Illinois.
Gleason is an avid student of the American Presidency and Article II of the U.S. Constitution and is a U.S. Heritage consultant. He attended his ninth Presidential Inauguration in 2005. He spends his spare time preparing presidential and other historical displays.
Contact Information:
Telephone: (217) 721-1355 ext 295
Fax: (217) 732-4465
Mailing Address:
Mr. Paul E. Gleason
Lincoln College
306 East Grove Street
Bloomington, IL 61701
Willing to Travel? Yes
Fee for Services? Negotiable
Lectures Offered:
Abraham Lincoln's New Salem Years: 1831-1837
Abraham Lincoln's Lincoln and Logan County, Illinois: 1839-1860
The Significance of the Eighth Judicial Circuit and Its Effects Upon the Legal and Political Development of the Sixteenth President
The Lincoln Family as an Example of the Westward Movement in American History
Teaching Presidential Politics in the American History Classroom
Other Programs Offered:
Media Interview
Workshop
Writing for Newspapers/Magazines
