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History Resources Subscription
History Resources Subscription
History Resources Subscription
The Gilder Lehrman Collection contains more than 87,000 items ranging from Christopher Columbus’s 1493 letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to the end of the twentieth century. With a History Resources subscription, you will receive immediate access to more than 13,000 high-resolution viewable images of selections from the Institute’s catalog.
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We hold many rare copies of foundational American documents, like this first draft of the US Constitution.
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Discover 2,000+ individuals who lived through the American Revolution, like the poet Phillis Wheatley.
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Bring history to life with visual sources, like this US War Department recruitment poster (ca. 1944–1945).
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In addition to documents, the Collection includes objects, like this campaign button for Lyndon Johnson.
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Our Collection highlights the contributions of many Americans, like those of a female pilot in the 1910s.
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Explore the fight against slavery through abolitionist writings, like this note by Frederick Douglass.