News Watch John C. McManus Discuss His Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History-winning Book The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society is a $50,000 prize administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the New-York Historical Society. Each year the award recognizes...
About page William Poorvu William J. Poorvu has had a distinguished career as an investor, professor, and civic leader. Bill was the managing partner in a number of private real estate companies. From 1963 to 1982 he was the cofounder, vice-chair, and...
About page DIGITAL VERSION OF CELEBRATED HAMILTON EDUCATION PROGRAM TO BE OFFERED FREE TO SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE HAMILTON and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Bring Hands-On History to Schools NEW YORK, NY (August 14) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) and HAMILTON today announced the nationwide launch of a...
News The Gilder Lehrman Institute's 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights Now Available The Gilder Lehrman Institute's 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights is now available for purchase. Selected dates throughout the calendar highlight events that advanced civil rights in the United States for African Americans, women, and...
About page Robert C. Daum Robert C. Daum is a private investor and former investment banker in New York and London. His career in banking spanned more than twenty years in corporate finance and capital markets, beginning with Dillon Read in 1978 and ending as...
News Teacher and Student Reunited through Pace–Gilder Lehrman American History MA Their lives had taken different paths in the years since Bruno Morlan Villafuerte sat in Shannon Rosenfeld’s first AP Government class thirteen years ago, but these paths converged in 2020 through the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Shannon...
Program/Event NEH Summer Institute for K–8 Educators March 1 The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction Dates: July 11–17, 2021 Location: Virtual Seminar Application Deadline: March 1, 2021 The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction was a virtual, weeklong 2021 Summer...
About page Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner New Haven, Connecticut, December 9, 2020 — Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announces the winner of the 22nd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. The 2020 winner of the prize...
Collection Landing Page American History 1493-1945 American History 1493-1945 This subscription-based database provides immediate access to images of more than 50,000 documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection and is available at schools, libraries, and colleges around the world....
News Sophie White Wins the 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize On December 9, 2020, Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announced the winner of the 22nd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize . The 2020 winner of the prize is Sophie White for...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Pearl Harbor World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on December 3, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores Gilder Lehrman Collection materials relating to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Abraham Lincoln Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on November 12, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores Gilder Lehrman Collection materials relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln, both before and after he...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Black Patriots of the American Revolution Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on October 29, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores unique documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection that record the service of Black soldiers in the...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Women's Suffrage Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection , originally broadcast on October 15, 2020, our curators are joined by CherylAnne Amendola, 2017 New Jersey History Teacher of the Year, and Lauren...
News 2019 George Washington Prize Winner Colin G. Calloway on Book Breaks this Sunday 2019 George Washington Prize Winner and National Book Award for Nonfiction Finalist Colin G. Calloway discusses his book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation on...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: John Brown 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On October 1, 2020, the Gilder Lehrman Collection team was joined by Nate McAlister, 2010 National History Teacher of the Year, and Colby Lewis from Hamilton to discuss John Brown in this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Constitution Day! Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on September 17, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection celebrated Constitution Day with rare materials from the Gilder Lehrman Collection: The US Constitution!...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Emancipation Proclamation & FDR’s Advice to Students Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The Gilder Lehrman curators were joined by Hamilton ’s Tyler Belo on September 3, 2020, in this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection where they celebrated the start of the school year with three...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside The Vault: Eleanor Roosevelt, “Four Basic Rights,” and Desegregation Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on August 21, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a 1944 letter by Eleanor Roosevelt defending the four basic rights of all Americans and desegregation...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: George Washington and Slavery 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ For the August 7, 2020, session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection , the Gilder Lehrman curators were joined by Darnell Abraham from Hamilton , Jeanette Providence, an educator at Grant Union High...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: "Your future rests… in your hands!” 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Keisha Rembert, Assistant Professor of Teacher Preparation, National Louis University, and Nate McAlister, History Educator at Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas, joined the Gilder Lehrman Collection curators in this session of...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Election of 1800 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on July 10, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores Alexander Hamilton’s letter to Representative Harrison Otis voicing his support for Thomas Jefferson over...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: July Anniversaries 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The June 26, 2020 edition of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a rare South Carolina printing of the Declaration of Independence and a soldier’s experience at the Battle of Gettysburg. The...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Schuyler Sisters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on June 12, 2020, in this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection curators discussed documents relating to history’s favorite sisters: Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy. Paige...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Jackie Robinson 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on May 29, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a comic book about Jackie Robinson’s rookie year and letters written by Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Ulysses S. Grant 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on May 15, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores the earliest known letter by Ulysses S. Grant, written when he was a 17-year-old cadet at West Point, and...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Founding Era Propaganda 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On the May 1, 2020 session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection , Kevin Cline, 2016 Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year, joined the Institute’s curators to explore Paul Revere’s engraving...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Two Generals: George Washington and Robert E. Lee Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on April 17, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a letter from George Washington about becoming the first President of the United States in 1789 and...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Collection 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the first session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on April 3, 2020, Collection Director Sandy Trenholm, Assistant Curator Allison Kraft, Curatorial Assistant Laura Hapke, and Hamilton Education...
News Nominations Now Open for National History Teacher of the Year 2021 Nominations are now open for the National History Teacher of the Year Award for 2021 . Any full-time educator of grades K–12 who teaches American history (including state and local history) is eligible for consideration. American...