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2021 Winter Newsletter

2021 ends on several high notes for the Gilder Lehrman Institute, which we are pleased to share through our Winter Newsletter. We just welcomed our 30,000th Affiliate School—Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. We have a new...

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Remembering the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver

On November 30, 2021, the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist who, as executive secretary of the Inter-Citizens Committee, documented police brutality against African Americans in Alabama in the early 1960s and later...

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Allen C. Guelzo - "Robert E. Lee: A Life"

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Announcing the 2022 Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is proud to partner with Hamilton on the Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement. The award supports college-bound high school juniors from communities that directly experience...

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New Self-Paced Course: The Age of Revolutions: 1775-1804

Situating the struggle for American independence amidst the broader transformations of the Age of Revolutions, Iona College Professor Nora Slonimsky explores the meanings and scope of revolution, both in the long eighteenth century...

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The Pace-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Spring 2022 Courses

The Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program is a fully online, fully accredited, 30-credit degree program. Following the completion of ten 3-credit courses, including the required Historiography and Historical Methods...

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Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks - "Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution"

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Michael S. Neiberg - "When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance"

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Inside the Vault on Thursday, January 6: Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware River

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program that explores unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence,...

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Inside the Vault: Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River

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On January 6, 2022, our curators were joined by Dr. Phillip Hamilton to learn about George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on December 25–26, 1776, and the Battle of Trenton. We discussed Washington’s orders to his troops...

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Jim Downs - "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine"

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Book Breaks in January

Since the summer of 2020, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Book Breaks has featured the most exciting history scholars in America discussing their books live with Book Breaks hosts followed by a Q&A with home audiences. A Book...

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Hamilton Education Program Online January Newsletter: Common Sense

Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online, the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the Founding Era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g....

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Alaina E. Roberts - "I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land"

Alaina E. Roberts is an assistant professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. Order I’ve Been Here All the While at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

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Alan Taylor - "American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850"

Alan Taylor is the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Order American Republics at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

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Inside the Vault on Thursday, February 3: David Blight's Favorite Frederick Douglass Documents

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Office of the Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Present "Witnessing History: The Pardon of Homer Plessy" on March 16, 2022

NEW YORK, NY and BATON ROUGE, LA, March 7, 2022 — On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. ET, join the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Office of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards for a special panel discussion highlighting the...

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Join us for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Virtual Ceremony on February 17

Please join us Thursday, February 17 for a special virtual event: The 23rd annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. One of the most coveted awards for the study of slavery and abolition, this $25,000 prize is sponsored jointly by the...

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Black History Month Resources

In celebration of Black History Month, the Gilder Lehrman Institute highlights resources for studying Black history in America through curated groupings of documents and accompanying materials. Frederick Douglass Resources The Gilder...

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Susan Nagel - "Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City"

Susan Nagel is the author of Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror and Mistress of the Elgin Marbles as well as a critically acclaimed book on the novels of Jean Giraudoux. She has written for the stage and screen as well as the New York...

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Inside the Vault: David Blight Discusses Frederick Douglass Documents

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

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On February 3, 2022, our curators were joined by Dr. David Blight to discuss his favorite Frederick Douglass documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Click here to download the slides from the presentation. Featured Documents...

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Celebrating the Partnership of the Council of Independent Colleges and the Gilder Lehrman Institute

Since 2002, Gilder Lehrman has offered seminars for teachers and college faculty members in partnership with the Council of Independent College, lately with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Over the years,...

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Featured in FORBES Article on History Education

In her February 2, 2022 Forbes article "Want Kids To Learn History? Ask These 4 Questions," Natalie Wexler cited the Gilder Lehrman Institute as "offer[ing] a dizzying array of programs based on the 75,000 items in its collection, all...

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Akhil Reed Amar - "The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation: 1760-1840"

Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Order The Words That Made Us at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided....

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How Did We Get Here? On Demand: American Indian and Latina/Latino American Experiences and More

Our How Did We Get Here? series, which has been designed to provide teachers with ready-made, classroom-friendly resources on topics in American history that are front-and-center in current events, is now On Demand with new classes...

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