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Barbara Perry is the Gerald L. Baliles Professor and director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia. Order Jacqueline Kennedy at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...
Inside the Vault: Dwight D. Eisenhower's Views on Vietnam in 1967 and 1968
On October 6, 2022, our curators discussed documents pertaining to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s views on Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. They were joined by Professor Michael J. Birkner of Gettysburg College, who described Eisenhower’s evolving...
GLI Receives Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs for “Their Last Full Measure: Americans on the Battlefield”
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to announce that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved funding under the National Cemetery Administration’s inaugural Veterans Legacy Grants Program in the amount of $195,079.84 for...
Richard White - "Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits, and the Birth of a University"
Richard White is Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Emeritus at Stanford University. Order Who Killed Jane Stanford at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
ANNOUNCING THE 10 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR THE 2022 HAM4PROGRESS AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT
NEW YORK, NY (October 12, 2022) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Hamilton today announced the winners of the second annual Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement, a cash award supporting college-bound...
Announcing the Winners of the Second Annual Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Hamilton are delighted to announce the winners of the second annual Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement, a cash award supporting college-bound high school students from...
Pledging Their Fortunes: The Professions of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Within the historical literature, the professions of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence has not received nearly the same attention paid to the framers of the US Constitution. In his Economic Interpretation of the...
The Education of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
We call them “The Signers,” and that’s what they did. They signed the Declaration of Independence. They were fifty-six men, signing in an age that prized beautiful penmanship as a mark of a fine education and the social rank that came...
The Religious Diversity of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was more than a founding political document of an embryonic American nation. It was also a moral summons to united action written and signed by fifty-six men of diverse religious views. The document...
James Wilson: Scottish Immigrant, Pennsylvania Statesman, Signer of the Declaration, and Framer of the Constitution
James Wilson’s impact on the founding of the United States was significant. One of only six individuals to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, he helped create the nation and its enduring institutions....
A Nation of Immigrants from the Outset: The Signers Born Abroad
We are often focused today on the fact that the signers of the Declaration of Independence did not include women, African Americans, or Indigenous people, and how far this deviated from the spirit of “all men are created equal.” And...
From the Editor
The Declaration of Independence remains one of the most hallowed documents in our national history and the men who produced it are singularly honored by the unique designation “the Signers.” Yet most of us know little about these...
EduHam Online October 2022 Newsletter: Broadway's Nik Walker Reads Aaron Burr's Letters
Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online , the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g...
T.H. Breen - "The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America"
T. H. Breen is William Smith Mason Professor Emeritus of American History at Northwestern University. Order The Will of the People at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...
2022 National History Teacher of the Year Misha Matsumoto Yee Honored at Harvard Club Ceremony
The 2022 National History Teacher of the Year was honored in a ceremony at the Harvard Club in New York City this week. On Tuesday, October 18, Misha Matsumoto Yee was presented with her award, including a $10,000 check, by National...
Shahnaz Batmanghelidj
Shahnaz (“Nazee”) Batmanghelidj is an Iranian-born American citizen. She graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and then went to Princeton University, where she earned a master’s...
Phillip A. Jackson
The Rev. Phillip A. Jackson was named the nineteenth Rector of Trinity Church Wall Street in February 2022. Prior to his institution as Rector, Rev. Jackson served as Priest-in-charge for two years, performing all duties of a Rector,...
Alan Jones
Alan Jones is a senior managing director and a member of the Management Committee at Intermediate Capital Group (“ICG”), a global alternative asset management firm. He is responsible for ICG’s Direct Private Investment businesses in...
Frederick Douglass Exhibition Resources
Throughout his life, Frederick Douglass worked for equal rights. From the abolition of slavery to the fight against Jim Crow, he challenged Americans to live up to the founding ideals of the United States. The resources featured here...
Bring the "Alexander Hamilton: Immigrant, Patriot, Visionary" Traveling Exhibition to Your School or Library
Gilder Lehrman Traveling Exhibitions are captivating ways to interact with American history—in the classroom, library, or other public space. One of our most popular exhibitions is Alexander Hamilton: Immigrant, Patriot, Visionary ....
Tamara Payne - "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X"
Tamara Payne is a journalist and primary researcher for The Dead Are Arising. Order The Dead Are Arising at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...
NBC News reports on Brooklyn School's African American Studies AP via GLI Training
NBC News reported on Brooklyn Preparatory High School's new African American Studies AP course and how Assistant Principal Shannah Henderson trained to teach it. "Henderson traveled to Howard University in July to be trained on how to...
Join the Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Program and Use a Lesson Plan this Afternoon, or All Year
Now in its fourteenth year, the Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Program has been the path to free professional development, primary and secondary sources, lesson plans, and other teaching materials that bring American history to life...
Announcing the Fall 2022 Issue of History Now: New Light on the Declaration and Its Signers
Published four times a year, History Now , the online journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, offers the latest in historical scholarship to K−12 teachers, students, and general readers. Each issue is organized around a major topic...
Carrie Gibson - "El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America"
Carrie Gibson is a historian (University of Cambridge) and journalist. Order El Norte at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our...
Inside the Vault: "Meanwhile Back at the Branch..."
On November 3, 2022, our curators were joined by Barbara Harris Combs of Kennesaw State University. Professor Combs discussed the NAACP pamphlet Meanwhile Back at the Branch... and the many ways in which civil rights activists worked...
Steven A. Steinbach and Maeva Marcus - "With Liberty and Justice for All? The Constitution in the Classroom"
Steven A. Steinbach teaches US history and government at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC and Maeva Marcus is a professor of law at George Washington University. Order With Liberty and Justice for All? at the Gilder...
Celebrating Election Day with Classroom Resources
Election Day was created by Congress in 1845, individual states held elections within a 34-day period before the first Wednesday in December. Early voting results affected turnout and changed voters’ minds in states that held later...
Celebrating Veterans Day with Classroom Resources
Originally known as Armistice Day, Veterans Day occurs on November 11 in honor of the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918 that marked the end of World War I. In 1954, the name of the holiday was changed...
Announcing the 2022 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winners
New Haven, CT, November 16, 2022 — Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition today announced the winners for the twenty-fourth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, one of the most...
Announcing the 2022 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winners
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are pleased to announce the winners for the twenty-fourth annual Frederick Douglass Book...
2023 Summer Professional Development from the Gilder Lehrman Institute
Registration for Summer 2023 PD is now open! The Gilder Lehrman Institute is offering multiple in-person and online American history programs for educators on a wide range of topics presented by award-winning scholars. Click here to...
Buzz Bissinger - "The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II"
Buzz Bissinger is a journalist who has won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Order The Mosquito Bowl at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank...
Classroom and Parent Resources for Thanksgiving
The Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoags shared an autumn harvest feast in 1621 that served as the basis for what we now celebrate as Thanksgiving. Though it continued to be celebrated, first across the colonies and then the United...
The Perfect Gift for Your Favorite History Lover: Self-Paced Courses
Looking for the perfect gift to give your favorite history teacher, precocious student, or relative who loves learning about American history? Register for free with the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Self-Paced Courses gift...
Bruce A. Ragsdale - "Washington and the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery"
Bruce A. Ragsdale has served as the director of the Federal Judicial History Office at the Federal Judicial Center. Order Washington and the Plow at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...
Michael Mandelbaum - "The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower"
Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Order The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop...
Inside the Vault: South Carolina Ordinance of Secession
On December 1, 2022, our curators discussed the 1860 South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. They were joined by Charles Dew of Williams College, who explained how the passage of the Secession Ordinance led directly to the Civil War....
Kermit Roosevelt III - "The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story"
Kermit Roosevelt III is the David Berger Professor of the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Order The Nation That Never Was at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...
Dixie De Luca
Dixie De Luca spent twenty-five years in the corporate insurance brokerage industry with the firms Aon, Marsh & McLennan, and Johnson & Higgins, working in Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, and Madrid. She retired as a Senior...
Nancy Simpkins
Nancy Simpkins is a founding Trustee and past Chair of the Board of The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY, and the Chair of the Board of Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT. She is also a Trustee of Teachers College at Columbia...
EduHam Online December Newsletter: Deadline to Submit and Boston Tea Party
Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online , the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g...
Lucas Morel - "Lincoln and the American Founding"
Lucas E. Morel is the John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics and head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University. Order Lincoln and the American Founding at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...
The Sentinel Interviews Kevin Weddle on Winning the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History
"In today’s 5 Questions, The Sentinel gave Weddle the opportunity to delve deeper into the research and findings of his book that recently earned him the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History." Read more here .
"No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas"
Junius G. Groves came from humble beginnings in the Bluegrass State. Born in Kentucky into slavery, freedom came when he was still a young man and he intended to make a name for himself. Along with thousands of other African...
파도와 메아리: Waves and Echoes of Korean Migration to the United States
According to the 2020 US Census, 1.9 million Korean Americans reside in the United States. Among Asian Americans, they are the fifth-largest ethnic group and primarily reside in California, New York, Hawaii, and Texas. [1] This essay...
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