Photograph of Abraham Lincoln. February 9, 1864. (GLC 07735) ounded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. The Institute serves teachers, students, scholars, and the general public. It helps create history-centered schools, organizes seminars and programs for educators, produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions, sponsors lectures by eminent historians, and administers a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state through its partnership with Preserve America. The Institute also awards the Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and George Washington Book Prizes, and offers fellowships for scholars to work in the Gilder Lehrman Collection. The Institute maintains this website to serve as a portal for American history on the Web; to offer high-quality educational material for teachers, students, historians, and the public; and to provide up-to-date information about the Institute's programs and activities. Professional development for teachers, public historians, and collegiate faculty Encouraging the best in scholarship and writing Interactive features from the Collection Lectures, symposia, conferences and exhibitions on American history The first academic center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition, based at Yale Posters, calendars, books, documents, electronic publications, and more Listen to noted historians discuss their latest books.