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...