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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...

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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...

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Inside the Vault: “Pathological liar”: Harry Truman and the rise of Joseph McCarthy in 1950

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

In February 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy accused more than 200 staff at the Department of State of being members of the Communist Party. How did President Harry Truman respond to the attack on his administration? On December 7, 2023...

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Gilder Lehrman Institute Voting Rights Project Wins 2022 Leonore Annenberg Award

$200,000 prize to develop curriculum on the role of states in voting May 18, 2022, PHILADELPHIA – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has been awarded the 2022 Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics Award by the Annenberg...

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1843-1848

Moore, John, 1826-1907

[Collection of John B. Moore letters] [Decimalized .01- .30]

This collection of letters was written while John B. Moore taught school in Louisiana and Alabama. Eighteen letters are from John to his sister Mary Moore (2-3, 6-7, 9-11, 15-18, 20-22, 25-27, 29); three letters have notes to both Mary and brother...

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