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.

[Navy pin with three ribbons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09555.21 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1938-1958 Pagination: 1 pin Height: 1.1 cm, Width: 10.6 cm Order a Copy

Navy pin with Silver Lifesaving, Navy Good Conduct, and Navy Expeditionary ribbons.

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