The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association is the most important periodical in the field of Lincoln studies. As a Lincoln biographer, I rely on it heavily for both ideas and information.
David Herbert Donald, Harvard University
The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (JALA) is the only academic journal devoted exclusively to Lincoln scholarship. In addition to selected scholarly articles—on Lincoln in the popular media, for example, or British reactions to the War— the journal also features photographs and newly discovered Lincoln letters and documents.
JALA is the official journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. The journal is published in print by the University of Illinois Press and is made freely available to read online by Michigan Publishing. Online issues are published six months after the print version.
JALA began with vol. 9 (1987) as the successor to the Papers of the Abraham Lincoln Association (ISSN 0195-914X), which was published in vols. 1 to 8 (1979 to 1986) and is also available on this site.
You can also search all ALA publications hosted at the University of Michigan Library.
Volume 45 • Issue 2 • 2024
Books Received
Research Article
Finding a Place for Frémont: Lincoln, North Carolina, and Black Troops in 1863
John Bicknell
2024-10-31 Volume 45 • Issue 2 • 2024
Saint-Gaudens's Standing Lincoln: Social Turmoil, Classical Oratory, and Plaster Casts
Martha Dunkelman
2024-10-31 Volume 45 • Issue 2 • 2024
Book Review
Lincoln and California: The President, the War, and the Golden State
Michael Green
2024-10-31 Volume 45 • Issue 2 • 2024