IMLS 250: All Stories. All People. All Places.

Institute of Museum and Library Services

This article originally appeared in an IMLS press release.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced a new initiative, “IMLS 250: All Stories. All People. All Places,” to engage the nation’s libraries, museums, and archives as they commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.

To launch the initiative, IMLS hosted a conversation with Dr. Edna Medford about President Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C. on May 25. Edna Medford Ph.D. is a former Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of History Emerita at Howard University. Her research focuses on American slavery, the Lincoln presidency, the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. Read more...