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9/30/2008: University of Washington, Seattle, Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

9/01/2008: Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces American History: Elementary School Edition, A New American History Resource for Elementary Educators

8/22/2008: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Leads Seminar on the Judiciary for Educators

7/22/2008: Finalists Announced for the 2008 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

7/14/2008: Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point Written by Gilder Lehrman Institute Co-Chairman Lewis Lehrman

5/30/2008: Five Gilder Lehrman High Schools Named Top High Schools by U.S. News & World Report

5/30/2008: Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces Winners of 2008 Civil War Essay Contest

5/30/2008: $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Awarded to Marcus Rediker for The Slave Ship

05/05/2008: Gilder Lehrman Institute Selects Forty Sites to Host Lincoln Exhibition

04/28/2008: Pennsylvania Abolition Society to Help Constitution High School Students Attend National History Day

04/14/2008: Gilder Lehrman Special Exhibits Gallery to Open at Gettysburg's New Museum and Visitor Center

02/22/2008: Christopher Leslie Brown Receives $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

02/13/2008: James Oakes and Elizabeth Brown Pryor Win 2008 Lincoln Prize

02/04/2008: Gilder Lehrman Offers Free Content on iTunes

12/04/2007: Gilder Lehrman Academy of American Studies Named Top High School by US News and World Report

11/16/2007: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Preserve America announce the 2007 History Teacher of the Year

09/13/2007: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Expand Partnership with Five Milwaukee Schools

08/22/2007: PBS Television Series History Detectives Comes to the Gilder Lehrman Collection

07/10/2007: Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists Announced

05/22/07: $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Awarded to Charles Rappleye for Sons of Providence

05/02/07: Gilder Lehrman Institute and American Experience Celebrate Alexander Hamilton

02/12/07: Douglas L. Wilson Becomes Two-Time Winner of the Lincoln Prize for Lincoln's Sword

11/7/06: New Book Features Civil War Documents from Gilder Lehrman Collection

11/7/06: Gilder Lehrman Gallery Opens at Mount Vernon

10/12/06: Queens Students to Run History Research Center

10/5/06: Mrs. Laura Bush Presents “Preserve America History Teacher of the Year” Award to West Virginia Teacher

9/13/06: University of Michigan Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

6/9/06: Professors From 16 Virginia Community Colleges to Attend American History Seminar at UVA and Monticello

6/7/06: David Brion Davis Lectures on Inhuman Bondage

6/2/06: Historian and High School Students Have Interactive Forum at Hyde Park on FDR as Commander-in-Chief

5/31/06: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Announces Winners of 2006 Civil War Essay Contest


5/24/06: George Washington Book Prize Winner Speaks to D.C.
High School Students


5/24/06: $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Awarded to Pulitzer-Winner Stacy Schiff

5/11/06: David Blight Lectures on Slavery and Civil War for Missouri and Kansas History Teachers


5/6/06: West Morris Central Students Clean Up At New Jersey History Day Competition


4/20/06: Finalists Selected for the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize


4/20/06: Doris Kearns Goodwin Wins 16th Annual Lincoln Prize For Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln


1/24/06: Lincoln Prize Winner Professor Allen C. Guelzo Speaks At Spanish River High School

11/10/05: Institute Co-Founders Awarded National Humanities Medal

10/15/05: New Book Reveals Story of Early American Abolitionists

GLI in the News:

9/19/2008: Texas History Teacher of the Year Honored by Gilder Lehrman Institute Irving School District (TX)

9/18/08: Institute Recognizes Pennsylvania History Teacher of the Year Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)

9/17/2008: Institute Honors Hawai'i History Teacher of the Year Honolulu Advertiser (HI)

9/16/08: Gilder Lehrman Institute Honors Connecticut History Teacher of the Year
West Hartford News (CT)

9/10/08: Willam and Mary Professor Calls GLI Scholars Program "The Gold Standard"
The Flat Hat (College of William and Mary)

09/08/08: Institute Recognizes Missouri History Teacher of the Year
St. Louis Dispatch (MO)

09/01/08: History Major Participates in Institute's History Scholars Program
Middle Tennessee Record (Middle Tennessee State University)

08/13/08: Teachers Attend GLI Seminar on Woodrow Wilson
Waynesboro News Virginian

07/10/08: A Conversation with Lewis Lehrman
Humanities Magazine

04/22/08: Lewis Lehrman Examines the Democratic National Convention of 1860
The New York Sun

01/09/08: Gilder Lehrman's Spanish River High School Profiled

Education Week (Washington, DC)

11/30/07: Gilder Lehrman School Profile
Savannah Morning News (GA)

11/06/07: History Now Archivist Mary-Jo Kline Discusses Election Day on National Public Radio
(NPR)

07/08/07: New History High School Opens in Newark, New Jersey
The Star-Ledger (NJ)

01/07/07: Institute Opens Saturday Academy of American History in New Orleans
WGNO-TV, New Orleans (LA)

01/11/07: Topeka Collegiate Students Explore Life of Famous Slave KTKA-TV (KS) QuickTime required to view video

11/20/06: Queens School First To Focus On American History
NY1 News (NY) Real Player required to view video

11/17/06: Third-graders study grim time in history
San Diego Union-Tribune (CA)

10/26/06: Crisis in Civics Ed? A Revival is Underway
The Christian Science Monitor (MA)

9/7/06: Institute Teams up to Open New
History High School in Philadelphia
WPVI-TV (PA)

7/10/06: Paths of slave and local student meet in New York
The Capital (MD)

7/4/06: Freedom's Other Flag
Star Beacon (OH)

4/15/06: The History Channel Takes Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Gilder Lehrman Collection
The History Channel

3/24/06: Learning From History
The Star-Ledger (NJ)

3/5/06: UMaine grad sheds light on antislavery sermon
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram (ME)

8/24/05: Missives of War in Another Time
The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)

8/2/05: Students Study Civil War Letters
The Chicago Sun-Times (IL)

6/26/05: Interview with Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman
C-SPAN Q&A

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