The Gilder Lehrman Institute awards short-term research fellowships to doctoral candidates, postdoctoral scholars, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in American history. Ten fellowships are awarded each year.
The fellowships support research within American history archives in the five boroughs of New York City including, but not limited to, the following institutions:
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society
The Gilder Lehrman Collection consists of letters and diaries, maps, pamphlets, sketchbooks, printed books, photographs, and other materials. The Collection's holdings range from Columbus to recent times but concentrate in the period from 1760 to 1876. For further information, as well as a searchable database of the Collection, click here.
The Library of the New-York Historical Society
This is one of the oldest research libraries in the United States, with vast manuscript and printed book collections covering four centuries; it contains one of the world's largest collections of pre-1820 newspapers. For further information, visit www.nyhistory.org.
The Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This archive at Columbia University is strong in every area of American history and contains both printed books and documents. Holdings are particularly rich in the history of publishing, New York City politics, and journalism. For further information, visit
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/rbml.
The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The library's research holdings are strong in every period of American history in both manuscripts and printed books. Among the highlights are materials on the founding fathers and the Civil War, records of renowned authors and publishing houses, religious collections, and papers of diverse political figures. For further information, visit www.nypl.org/research/chss/index.html.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL)
One of the premier archives of African American history, art, and culture, the Center's archives contain extensive materials on the history of slavery and abolition, the African diaspora, religion, African American culture, and the Civil Rights Movement. For further information, visit www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg.
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