LU-MRRL Lecture Series
You are invited to the upcoming LU-MRRL Lecture Series event, "Lincoln: Building on the Past." This talk will feature LU's Archivist, Mr. Mark Schleer.
Lincoln Institute was founded in 1866 by members of the 62nd and 65th Infantry Regiments of the United States Colored Troops. These veterans, mostly enslaved Missourians, wanted to provide for their fellow African Americans what they had received in the armed forces, an opportunity for education.
After five years of holding classes at various sites around the city, the school found a permanent home atop a large hill on the southern edge of Jefferson City and built a three-story building to serve its students, faculty and staff. Named Memorial Hall, it was the first of many edifices to serve the institution.
In this presentation Mark Schleer will provide a retrospective celebration of the buildings of Lincoln’s past and how those structures benefited the school’s growth and success.
For more information, please visit the MRRL website: https://www.mrrl.org/event/lu-mrrl-lecture-series-lincoln-building-past
All lecture series events are free and open to the public. Parking is also free, and it is available adjacent to the library and across the street. For questions, please contact Madeline Matson (matsonm@mrrl.org) or Dr. Christine E. Boston (bostonc@lincolnu.edu).