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Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies Web Archive

Collected by: The Board Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Archived since: Apr, 2021

Description:

The Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies collection contains captured webpages that lend insight to the ongoing tensions over statues in light of the fight for racial justice and the reconsideration of who and what is memorialized. This collection focuses on statues and memorials of Abraham Lincoln located in public spaces and institutions throughout the United States, including parks, intersections, and colleges and universities. Web content contains material both in support of and against the removal of Lincoln statues, memorials, and monuments, including news articles, social media posts, legislative documents, letters of support, and petitions. Also includes web content on Lincoln statue vandalism and activism. Several captures surround the Emancipation Memorial statue found in Boston, Massachusetts (removed December 2020), and Washington, D.C. Webpages were curated by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections in accordance with their mission of documenting Abraham Lincoln's life and legacy.

Subject:   Universities & Libraries,  Society & Culture

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Language:   English

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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Title: Abraham Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park vandalized

URL: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/10/10/23397771/abraham-lincoln-statue-lincoln-park-vandalized/

Description: An anonymous group poured paint on the 'Standing Lincoln' statue in Lincoln Park in order to memorialize Indigenous Peoples' Day and call attention to the public executions of 38 Dakota men in 1862. This statue was under review by the Chicago Monuments Project.

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Group:   Chicago, Illinois

Creator:   Emmanuel Camarillo

Publisher:   Chicago Sun-Times

Language:   English

Coverage:   Chicago (Ill.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   October 10, 2022

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Chicago Monuments Project

URL: https://chicagomonuments.org/

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Group:   Chicago, Illinois

Creator:   Chicago Monuments Project

Publisher:   Chicago Monuments Project

Language:   English

Coverage:   Chicago (Ill.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Lincoln statue in Chicago’s Edgewater park defaced

URL: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-lincoln-statue-defaced-20221125-vihlqquojzc7xbezoucwqjp2vq-story.html

Description: An article describing an Abraham Lincoln in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood that was splashed with red paint on November 24, 2022. This article also discusses the Chicago Monuments Project.

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Group:   Chicago, Illinois

Creator:   Robert McCoppin

Publisher:   Chicago Tribune

Language:   English

Coverage:   Chicago (Ill.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   November 25, 2022

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Op-ed: Take down Chicago’s Lincoln statues? It’s iconoclasm gone mad

URL: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-monuments-statues-lincoln-20210222-7sxvog75i5fcthilyi7uofwczm-story.html

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Group:   Chicago, Illinois

Creator:   Sidney Blumenthal,  Harold Holzer

Publisher:   Chicago Tribune

Language:   English

Coverage:   Chicago (Ill.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   February 22, 2021

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: ‘We're in the Land of Lincoln:' Lightfoot Responds to Chicago Mural Controversy

URL: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/were-in-the-land-of-lincoln-lightfoot-responds-to-chicago-mural-controversy/2446643/

Description: An article describing the response of Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, regarding Chicago statues of Lincoln and Washington being deemed 'problematic.'

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Group:   Chicago, Illinois

Creator:   Becca Wood

Publisher:   NBC 5 Chicago

Language:   English

Coverage:   Chicago (Ill.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   February 24, 2021

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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