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Learn How to Map History Online

Set yourself a challenge: Map Lewis and Clark’s journey west with diary entries . . . Take a walk around the haunts of the Transcendentalists in Concord, Massachusetts. . . . Wherever you want to recreate history, the open-source...

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Happy Birthday George Washington: On This Day, 1732

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Virginia. To celebrate, enjoy a performance of "One Last Time" from the Broadway musical Hamilton , performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Sydney James Harcourt, and...

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Historians Now: Mourning Lincoln

Martha Hodes’s 2016 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize–winning book Mourning Lincoln is an in-depth look at the national trauma that followed Abraham Lincoln’s death on April 15, 1865. In this video Hodes talks about her extensive research...

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Interactive Infographic: Women’s Suffrage through 1920

Looking to celebrate Women’s History Month by teaching women’s suffrage? Take a peek at our new infographic map and explore which states did (and did not) pass women’s suffrage before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920....

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Special Events

The Gilder Lehrman Institute will be sponsoring the following events in the coming months. February 22, 2018 : Frederick Douglass Book Prize , Yale Club, New York City April 2018: Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Dinner , Union League...

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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...

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Exhibitions

Exhibitions Museum Exhibitions Items from the Gilder Lehrman Collection are exhibited at prominent museums across the country. See what is currently on display. Learn More Traveling Exhibitions Our Traveling Exhibitions are offered...

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute, St. John Fisher College, Rochester Historical Society Partnership Funds Scholarship

A new partnership between St. John Fisher College, the Rochester Historical Society, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History will create a scholarship for students interested in pursuing studies in history. The Gilder...

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State Winners

State Winners Since 2004, committees in each state have selected a State Teacher of the Year from among the nominated teachers. Please choose a year below to view the State Teachers for that year. 2017 STATE WINNERS 2016 STATE WINNERS...

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Explore American Democracy with Gilder Lehrman and Google Cultural Institute

We’re excited to team up with Google Cultural Institute on the launch of their American Democracy initiative! The project brings together more than 60 online exhibits from museums, archives, and institutions around the country, and...