By the People: A Lincoln Portrait
“By the People” is the video project for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial developed by Conferences and Institutes in the Office of Continuing Education of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and WILL-TV.
Texts were selected to represent the most famous speeches in Lincoln’s career as well as to reflect on topics of interest in east central Illinois at the time of the project. Readers were recorded at WILL studios on October 28 and 30, 2008.
Visit the Office of Continuing Education By the People: A Lincoln Portrait website for more information.
Producer: Steve Drake
Editors: Tristen Riddell and Steve Drake
Lyceum Address, Springfield, 1838
Lyceum Address, Springfield, 1838
Reader: Karen Medina, Graduate Student, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Karen Medina, Graduate Student, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Know Nothings, 1855
Know Nothings, 1855
Reader: Virginia McCreary, Student, Urbana, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Virginia McCreary, Student, Urbana, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Lincoln-Douglas Debates,1858
Lincoln-Douglas Debates,1858
Reader: Thad Cowan, Emeritus Professor, Kansas State University
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Thad Cowan, Emeritus Professor, Kansas State University
Running time: 90 seconds
Labor and Learning Speech, 1859
Labor and Learning Speech, 1859
Reader: Jared Collins, WILL Member, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Jared Collins, WILL Member, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Cooper Union Address,1860
Cooper Union Address,1860
Reader: Xavier Fulton, Student-Athlete, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Xavier Fulton, Student-Athlete, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
First Inaugural Address, 1861
First Inaugural Address, 1861
Reader: Jodi L. Murphy, Director of Health Services, Clark-Lindsey Village, Urbana, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Jodi L. Murphy, Director of Health Services, Clark-Lindsey Village, Urbana, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Independence Hall Speech, 1861
Independence Hall Speech, 1861
Reader: Matt Nilles, Teacher, Urbana, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Matt Nilles, Teacher, Urbana, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Annual Message to Congress, 1862
Annual Message to Congress, 1862
Reader: Don Davis, Finance Professor, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Don Davis, Finance Professor, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Sanitary Fair, 1864
Sanitary Fair, 1864
Reader: Lori Stewart, President, Toys-for-Troops, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Lori Stewart, President, Toys-for-Troops, Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Speech to Ohio 166th Regiment, 1864
Speech to Ohio 166th Regiment, 1864
Reader: Garrett Anderson, Sgt. Ret. US Army, Champaign, Iraq War Veteran
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Garrett Anderson, Sgt. Ret. US Army, Champaign, Iraq War Veteran
Running time: 90 seconds
Second Inaugural Address, 1865
Second Inaugural Address, 1865
Reader: Honesty Smith, Youth Media Workshop. Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Reader: Honesty Smith, Youth Media Workshop. Champaign, IL
Running time: 90 seconds
Gettysburg Address, 1863
Gettysburg Address, 1863
Readers: All of above plus Mohammad Al-Heeti, Hyun Eun Choi, Naj Shaik
Running time: 2 minutes
Readers: All of above plus Mohammad Al-Heeti, Hyun Eun Choi, Naj Shaik
Running time: 2 minutes
Gettysburg Address, 1863 (long)
Gettysburg Address, 1863 (long)
Readers: Matt Nilles (intro); all of above plus Mohammad Al-Heeti, Hyun Eun Choi, Naj Shaik
Running time: 4 minutes, 32 seconds
Readers: Matt Nilles (intro); all of above plus Mohammad Al-Heeti, Hyun Eun Choi, Naj Shaik
Running time: 4 minutes, 32 seconds
