Carl Volkmann

Carl Volkmann holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wartburg College, a Master of Divinity degree from Wartburg Seminary, and a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Since his retirement from Lincoln Library, the public library of Springfield, where he served as director from 1981 to 1993, he has devoted his time to freelance writing and community volunteering. In his writing, Volkmann has combined his passion for history and research with his interest in photography to create in-depth studies of Illinois art works of historical significance. Volkmann’s published works include Springfield’s Sculptures, Monuments, and Plaques, co-authored with his wife Roberta and published by Arcadia Publishing, and Lincoln in Sculpture, published by the Illinois State Historical Society.