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New York City’s African Burial Ground
Michael L. Blakey is the NEH Professor of Anthropology and American Studies and the director of the Institute for Historical Biology at the College of William and Mary. He is the editor, with Lesley M. Rankin-Hill, of The Skeletal...
Preparing for Your Field Trip
Preparing for Your Field Trip Review these guidelines before booking your field trip to the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Make a reservation: Fill out the form on the Book Your Field Trip page of our website. We will contact you by email...
Rarely Seen Hamilton Letters from the Gilder Lehrman Collection at the Morgan Library
Head over to the Morgan Library & Museum to view Treasures from the Vault , a selection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s recently acquired letters by Alexander Hamilton, his family, and friends. The exhibition includes the only...
Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Marry: December 14, 1780
Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler married on December 14, 1780, at the Schuyler family home in Albany, New York. The romance between Elizabeth and Alexander had moved quickly—within a month of meeting, they decided to marry....
Theodore Roosevelt and the National Park System
As part of the Era of Theodore Roosevelt, a Gilder Lehrman online course, Professor Bruce Schulman of Boston University visited the Gilder Lehrman Collection to view stereo-cards of Theodore Roosevelt. In the video below, Professor...
Washington Writes from Valley Forge: A Museum Mystery
On December 19, 1777, the Continental Army set up its winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The 9,000-strong army was in a desperate state—many soldiers were ill or wounded, and, by Washington's estimation, at least one...
A family torn apart by war, 1777
The Revolutionary War divided families. In 1774, eighteen-year-old Lucy Flucker married twenty-four-year-old Henry Knox. Lucy’s parents were powerful, wealthy Tories, and they were not happy with the match. Henry Knox was the son of...
Top 10 Featured Primary Sources of 2017
Your favorite Featured Primary Sources from the old Gilder Lehrman website are now Spotlights on a Primary Source. See them all here . The Top 10 Most-Viewed Spotlights on a Primary Source in 2017 are Herbert Hoover on the Great...
Announcing a Special Funding Opportunity for Public Libraries
Public libraries are invited to apply for Revisiting the Founding Era, a nationwide project that will use historical documents to spark public conversations about the Founding Era’s enduring ideas and themes and how they continue to...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Rosalee Tela-Shoulders and David Alcox
This year, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented...
A Christmas V-Mail from World War II
V-mail, or Victory Mail, was a WWII-era operation to expedite mail service for Americans serving overseas. V-mail was written on standardized stationery, photographed onto 16mm microfilm, transported to the US or other destination,...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Carol Grossi, California
In 2017, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented teachers...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Kevin Martell and Diane Walker
In 2017, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented teachers...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Elizabeth Doughty, Washington
In 2017, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented teachers...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Casey Swift, Wyoming
In 2017, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented teachers...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Richard Ochoa, Utah
In 2017, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented teachers...
Get to Know the 2017 History Teachers of the Year: Margaret Duncan, Georgia
In 2017, the Gilder Lehrman Institute recognized 52 State History Teachers of the Year for their tireless and innovative efforts to make history come alive for their students. But who are they, really? We asked these talented teachers...
Martin Luther King Jr.: Classroom Resources
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. To commemorate King’s work, we are sharing Gilder Lehrman lesson plans, primary sources, videos, and essays on Martin...
Teacher Meghan Thomas’s Gilder Lehrman Experience
Meghan Thomas is the 2016 Illinois History Teacher of the Year and teaches at Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center in Chicago, Illinois. Last February, she and her students took part in the Hamilton Education Program. Here, she...
“Columbia’s Noblest Sons”: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, 1865
Abraham Lincoln’s death on April 14, 1865, stunned the nation. He was the first US president to be assassinated and the third to die in office. As Americans mourned, they also began to see him as a martyr and the savior of the Union....
Revisiting the Founding Era at the National Constitution Center
On January 10 historians Carol Berkin and Denver Brunsman, community leader Farah Jimenez, and the Constitutional Sources Project’s executive director, Julie Silverbrook, gathered for a town hall at the National Constitution Center in...
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