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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.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06196.260 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: circa 1940-1945 Pagination: Order a Copy

Citation accompanying Distinguished Service medal with oak leaf cluster.

Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974

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