SPEAKERS AND RE-ENACTORS DIRECTORY
The speakers and re-enactors listed below present on topics related to Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War era, and the legacy of Freedom after Lincoln. The Directory provides a resource for organizations seeking presenters on Lincoln, his times, and his legacy.
The presenters listed are not evaluated or managed by the Colorado Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Speakers are responsible for providing descriptions of their presentations to interested organizations. Organizations should contact presenters directly and negotiate terms for appearances.
The Colorado Lincoln Bicentennial Commission asks organizations using this resource to list their programs on the CoLincoln200.org calendar.
William Convery is the Colorado State Historian at the Colorado History Museum.
Contact Information:
Colorado State Museum and Colorado Historical Society
Eleventh and Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
303 866-5784
william.convery@chs.state.co.us
Lecture topics: Lincoln, Colorado, and the West
Edward Crowther is Professor of History at Adams State College, who teaches 19th century U.S. and Civil War history.
Contact Information:
Department of History, Government, and Philosophy
208 Edgemont Blvd.
Adams State College
Alamosa, CO 81102
719 587-7771
ercrowth@adams.edu
Lecture topics: Lincoln, Race, and Emancipation; Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Eric Love is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he teaches Civil War and African American History.
Contact Information:
Department of History
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309
303 492-4412
ericlove03@hotmail.com
Lecture topics: How Lincoln Became Lincoln, If Lincoln Had Lived … , and Lincoln & Emancipation
Lauri McNown teaches American politics and the presidency in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Contact Information:
Department of Political Science, 34 Ketchum
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309
303 492-3998
mcnown@colorado.edu
Lecture topics: Lincoln and Presidential Powers; The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Slavery
Ross and his wife Sari, who is also a well-known storyteller and lecturer in the Durango area
D. Reid Ross is a retired city planner and family historian living in Durango who recently completed Lincoln’s Veteran Volunteers Win the War (SUNY Press, 2008). Years in the making, the book is about Union volunteers — including his own grandfather — passionately committed to emancipation, who enlisted as Union soldiers for the entirety of the Civil War.
Contact Information:
13 Sandstone Drive
Durango, CO 81301-5063
970 247-1436
reidandsari@bresnan.net
Lecture topics: Union Soldiers and the Fight for Emancipation
Susan Schulten is Associate Professor of History at the University of Denver, who teaches about Lincoln, the Civil War, and American cultural and intellectual history.
Contact Information:
Department of History
University of Denver
2000 E. Asbury Avenue
Denver, CO 80208
sschulte@du.edu
Lecture topics: Lincoln and the Constitution, Lincoln’s Legacy, Lincoln and Colorado, Lincoln and the Fate of Civil Liberties in Wartime, Lincoln’s Influence on Barack Obama
David Tavel is a Lincoln Presenter who lives in Estes Park, and has made Lincoln presentations at Ft. Collins, Denver, and around Colorado.
He is prepared to make presentations within one-day round-trip driving distance from Estes Park.
Contact Information:
mtnabe@beyondbb.com
Lincoln re-enactor John Voehl with Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter
John Voehl is a Lincoln Re-Enactor who lives in Littleton, Colorado, and is a Life Member in the Association of Lincoln Presenters.
Contact Information:
9572 Elk Mountain Circle
Littleton, CO 80125
303 932-0752
AbeLincolnAlive@hotmail.com
Presentation topics: Lincoln at Center of Civil War Conflict, 1863 and the Lincolns, Lincoln’s Life from Upbringing to Gettysburg Address, Questions & Answers on Lincoln’s Life