Lincoln's Contemporaries

We know what people think about Lincoln today -- but how did they feel about him during his lifetime? One way to find out is to read the letters and diaries from his time -- and you can do that online through one of the Alvin Sherman Library's databases.

We offer free access to Alexander Street Press' database American Civil War: Letters and Diaries to all library users on campus or remotely, be they NSU students, faculty or staff or the public. This database contains detailed, firsthand descriptions of historical characters and events, glimpses of daily life in the army, anecdotes about key events and personages, accounts of sufferings at home, a battles database, and more in a 100,000-page collection. The materials are indexed with dozens of search fields, and there are 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscript images.

Want to try it? Just log into our databases with your public card or NSU ID number at: http://www.nova.edu/library/eleclib/databases.html.

If you do not have our public card and you live, work or go to school in Broward County sign up at:

http://novacat.nova.edu/screens/selfregpick.html