Lincoln Editor

              April - June 2009 Volume 9 Number 2
PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN WINS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Illinois State Historical Society (ISHS) has presented
its 2009 “Book of the Year” award to the editorial staff
of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln in recognition of the four-volume
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal
Documents and Cases, published in 2008 by the University
of Virginia Press. The staff (pictured below) accepted the
NHPRC FULLY FUNDS GRANT REQUEST
In May, the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC) awarded the Papers of Abraham
Lincoln a grant for $118,070, which represents a 58 percent
increase from the previous year and fully funds the grant
request.
The Commission has provided money to the project
for twenty years for a total of nearly $1.5 million. As the
grant-making affiliate of the National Archives and Records
Administration for preservation, publication, and access to
vital historical documents, the NHPRC gave a total of $2.6
million to twenty-five documentary editing projects. The
Papers of Abraham Lincoln appreciates the support of the
NHPRC, notably Executive Director Kathleen Williams and
Director for Publications Timothy Connelly.
Image courtesy of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln.
award at the society’s annual awards luncheon on April 25
at the Illinois Governor’s Mansion in Springfield.
“This set represents publishing at its best—
professionally done, competently produced, and a scholarly
labor of love,” said ISHS Awards chair Russell Lewis,
executive vice president of the Chicago History Museum.
“These volumes are not only extremely relevant to the
state of Illinois, but they are especially welcome work
in the Lincoln bicentennial year. The editors’
introduction will stand as the definitive statement about
the project and Lincoln’s law practice, and the decision
to assemble in the volume court cases that represent
his geographical journey along the circuit is nothing short
of ingenious. Meticulous, comprehensive, and powerful,
this work is most deserving of the award.”
In addition, the ISHS gave an Award of
Superior Merit to Lincoln Editor: The Quarterly
Newsletter of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, the
project’s newsletter edited by Stacy Pratt McDermott.
The editorial staff members present for the
awards were, from left, Assistant Editor Chris Schnell,
Associate Director John Lupton, former NHPRC
Fellow Dan Monroe, Director Daniel Stowell, Assistant
Editor Stacy McDermott, retired Assistant Editor Susan
Krause, and former Assistant Editor Dennis Suttles.