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.

Photo of American navy ship

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08284.155 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Two sailors in rowboat in front and a man on a horse on the shore.

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