Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Memorial Tablet in St. Paul's Church

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08284.037 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 22.3 cm Order a Copy

In Loving Memory of Chara Conant Long Wait.

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