4:06 p.m., June 16, 2009----The exhibition “Abraham Lincoln: A Bicentennial Celebration,” prepared by the University of Delaware Library's Special Collections Department, is on view through Sept. 19 at the Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York St., in Dover.

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The exhibition, co-curated by Timothy D. Murray, head of Special Collections, and Iris R. Snyder, associate librarian and coordinator of public services in Special Collections, celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lincoln. It was on view through June 5 at the Morris Library.

The exhibition features books, manuscripts, photographs, and artwork along with one of three copies of the 13th Amendment engrossed by Isaac Strohm and signed by President Lincoln. It is drawn from the University of Delaware Library's extensive collection of Lincoln materials.

The Delaware Public Archives exhibition will be open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Saturdays and most holidays the exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is free to the public and no reservations are required.

UD Provost Dan Rich earlier this year called the exhibition “an important part of the Delaware-wide celebration of the birth of the 16th president, which is being coordinated by the Delaware State Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.”

The Bicentennial Commission was established by an act of the General Assembly. Details about the Bicentennial Commission's activities can be found on the commission's official Web site.

A Web version of the exhibition is available on the University of Delaware Library site.

Holdings of the Special Collections Department of the University of Delaware Library include books, manuscripts, maps, prints, photographs, broadsides, periodicals, pamphlets, ephemera, and realia from the 15th century to the 20th century.

The collections complement the library's general collections with particular strengths in the subject areas of the arts; English, Irish, and American literature; history and Delawareana; horticulture; and history of science and technology.