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...
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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 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! The...
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 School...
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 Government and Civics 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 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on May 15, 2020, this 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 a political...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Founding Era Propaganda 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the May 1, 2020, 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 depicting...
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...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: America’s First First Lady: Martha Washington In this session, Victoria Ann Scovens from Hamilton and Rosanne Lichatin, 2005 National History Teacher of the Year, join our curators to discuss two letters written by America’s first First Lady, Martha Washington. Written during...
News Summer 2021 Professional Development with the Gilder Lehrman Institute The Gilder Lehrman Institute and its partners are excited to offer three different ways for teachers to learn with us in the summer of 2021. All of these programs will offer access to renowned scholars, discussion with skilled master...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: George Washington's Inauguration Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Join our curators, Kevin Cline, 2016 National History Teacher of the Year, and Sabrina Imamura from Hamilton as we investigate documents related to the inauguration of the first President of the United States. Discover the careful...
About page The John Winthrop Fellowship with a Focus on Colonial History John Winthrop, a descendent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first governor, John Winthrop, whose 1634 letter describing life in Boston is in the Gilder Lehrman Collection, will fund a $100,000 fellowship called The John Winthrop...