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Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to Be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide

The Hamilton Education Program Online (#EduHamOnline) will launch a pilot program this fall with 76 participating schools from across the country. Middle school students will have access to the education program for the first time....

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2019 Teacher Seminars Conclude for the Summer

The 2019 Teacher Seminars have come to a close. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars of 2019 offered teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic...

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Meet the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists

Congratulations to the ten 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists! These educators were chosen from the 53 exceptional 2019 State History Teachers of the Year for their innovative methods of bringing history to life for...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection Advice for Home Care of Family Photographs and Documents

Summer 2019 Marketing and Communications intern Olivia Luntz recently interviewed archivists and curators at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to create a Gilder Lehrman Institute piece on Medium about preserving family...

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Autograph letter signed

09 October 1884

Goldsmith, J.S.

to Samuel Fessenden

One letter from J.S. Goldsmith to Samuel Fressenden, the Secretary of the Republican National Committee. In it he requests compensation for a 5 page anti-Cleveland pamphlet that Goldsmith created.

GLC09762.03

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14 February 1972

Morton, Rogers C.B. (1914-1979)

"Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home"

One program entitled, "Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home" dated February 14, 1972. Includes a dedication to Frederick Douglass's biography and work towards the anti-slavery movement. Also included is a program of the day events...

GLC09640.060

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Scholarships and Loans Available for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

There is still time to apply for fall courses in the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program. While the degree and individual courses are competitively affordable, some prospective students may be eligible for financial aid...

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Celebrating Thomas Edison in the Collection on the Anniversary of His Lighting New York City

On September 4, 1882, the first electrical lighting in New York City signaled a new era of urban illumination. Pearl Street Station, the first central power station in the world, was operated by Thomas Alva Edison and the Edison...

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2019 Fall Newsletter

A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I am pleased to join you for the 2019–2020 school year with our fall Newsletter, which will now come to you four times a year...

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Washington DC High School Social Studies Teacher Named 2019 National History Teacher of the Year

NEW YORK, NY (September 10, 2019) --The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) today announced that Alysha Butler , a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019...

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Andrew Lambert Wins the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

Winner of the Sixth Annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Announced Award Program on Monday, October 28, 2019, at the New-York Historical Society New York, NY, September 19, 2019 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American...

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Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize

Award Ceremony to Take Place in New York on October 24 MOUNT VERNON, VA – Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George...

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Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize

Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the...

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History Teacher of the Year Finalists Featured in the News

History Teacher of the Year Finalists and other state winners have enjoyed local and state press for their achievements. We will continue to highlight their success in the coming months as we celebrate our National History Teacher of...

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2019 National History Teacher of the Year Alysha Butler in the News

The Gilder Lehrman Institute announced on September 10 that Alysha Butler, a history teacher at McKinley Technological High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year. Since then, she has...

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Introducing Amy King, the 2019 North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and National Finalist

Amy King North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and Finalist for National History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 802 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of...

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Learn about the Institute's Work with a Civil Rights Leader and NYC Students

In September 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute discovered that the creator of a document at the center of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, was now living in New York. We brought the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver to the...

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Watch Justice Sandra Day O'Connor’s Teacher Seminar on the Anniversary of Her Swearing In

On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States when she was sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger. She had been nominated by President Ronald Reagan. She retired in 2006...

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Getting to Know Alysha Butler, 2019 National History Teacher of the Year

Alysha Butler is a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. She won the 2019 Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of United States History Award, was a 2019 GrantEd Recipient,...

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Introducing John Zingale, the 2019 Washington History Teacher of the Year and National Finalist

John Zingale 2019 Washington Teacher of the Year and Finalist for National History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 802 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of...

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute Presents Alysha Butler with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award

On October 2, 2019, in the Grand Ballroom at the Yale Club in New York City, Alysha Butler of McKinley Technology High School in Washington DC was presented with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award. At the event,...

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Bringing Documents to Life

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Timeline: The Americas to 1620

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Timeline: Colonization and Settlement, 1585–1763

Government and Civics, World History

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Timeline: The American Revolution

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Timeline: The New Nation, 1783–1815

Government and Civics

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Timeline: National Expansion and Reform, 1815–1860

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Timeline: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877

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Timeline: The Rise of Industrial America, 1877–1900

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Timeline: The Progressive Era to the New Era, 1900–1929

Economics, Government and Civics, World History

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Timeline: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929–1945

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Timeline: 1945 to the Present

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David McCullough Speaks to a Full House of Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Students

On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, Gilder Lehrman Institute Trustee David McCullough gave a book talk at Trinity School, a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School in New York City. The auditorium was packed full with more than 240 students and...

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Colin Calloway Receives the 2019 George Washington Prize

Colin Calloway, winner of the $50,000 George Washington Prize for his 2018 book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation, was honored by George Washington’s Mount...

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Spring 2020 Registration Now Open for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...

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Spring 2020 Online Courses: Meet the Professors for Historiography

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with...

History Now Issue

Examining Reconstruction

#55 Fall 2019

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"Stony the Road": A Book Talk

History Now Essay

Reconstruction and the Remaking of the Constitution

Eric Foner

Government and Civics

Reprinted by permission of Eric Foner from the preface to his book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution (Norton, 2019) The Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed form the...

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History Now Essay

Reconstructing the West and North

Richard White

Economics, Government and Civics

In 1865 the Radicals of the Republican Party regarded the Northern victory in the Civil War as a “golden moment” to remake the Republic. The Republicans controlled Congress, the Supreme Court, and, so they thought until Andrew Johnson...

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Study the Origins of the Civil War with James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...

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Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner

New Haven, Conn. — Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition announces the winner of the 21st annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. The 2019 winner of the prize is Amy Murrell Taylor...

History Now Essay

Frederick Douglass and the Dawn of Reconstruction

Douglas R. Egerton

Government and Civics

Historians today debate precisely when Reconstruction began, yet in many ways that is a very old discussion. At the time, its goals and focus were disputed, and even what to call the federal policy for the collapsing Confederacy was...

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Professional Development | World War I Centennial Workshop Series

To commemorate the centennial of World War I, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in forty cities across the country. These sessions will focus on different aspects of the war and how to effectively bring...

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After World War II: The Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Trials

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Women Win the Right to Vote

11, 12

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November Affiliate School Offer Lesson Plans

Click the images below to access the lesson plans offered to Affiliate School teachers this month. Teaching With Documents: Colonial America to Reconstruction: A Selection of Units for Elementary School American Symbols: The Flag, the...

History Now Essay

Citizenship in the Reconstruction South

Susanna Lee

Economics, Government and Civics

Slaveholders created a system of race, gender, and class inequality in the pre-Civil War South. They justified slavery by arguing that enslaved people could not take care of themselves and needed masters to look after them. White...

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2020 Teacher Seminars, Spotlight on the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg

Registration for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is now open! New this year is the Teacher Seminar Summit at Gettysburg College, July 19–22, 2020. During this inaugural Summit the Institute will offer twelve concurrent...

History Now Essay

The Rise (and Fall) of the First Ku Klux Klan

Elaine S. Frantz

Some of the historical details in this essay could be disturbing for younger readers. In 1866, a group of defeated Confederate veterans created the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. The group consisted of the local newspaper editor,...

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55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019