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Archive of Press Releases:

11/2/2011: SATURDAY ACADEMIES RECEIVES 2011 NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM AWARD

11/2/2011: TWO NEW YORK CITY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE 2011 NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM AWARD

11/2/2011: SATURDAY ACADEMIES RECEIVES 2011 NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM AWARD

10/20/2011: University of Pennsylvania Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

10/18/2011: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to Honor Virginia Teacher Stacy Hoeflich, Named 2011 National History Teacher of the Year

9/30/2011: 5 Finalists Announced for the 2011 National History Teacher of the Year

8/15/2011: Finalists Announced for the 2011 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

7/18/2011: Gilder Lehrman Awards Ten Scholarly Fellowships to Historians

6/30/2011: American Indians: Summer Issue of History Now Available

6/6/2011: The Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academy Program Recognized as 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalist

6/3/2011: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Announces 2011 State History Teachers of the Year

5/23/2011: Dr. Clarence Taylor, Gilder Lehrman Lecturer on the Civil Rights Movement, Speaks at Wheatley

5/20/2011: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Announces Winners of 2011 Civil War Essay Contest

5/9/2011: The Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces the 2011 History Scholars

5/4/2011: Visit the NEW Online Exhibition Freedom Riders Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Rides

2/11/2011: Book that explores Lincoln's views on slavery wins 2011 Lincoln Prize

12/15/2010: Issue of History Now Reinterprets the Civil War for Classrooms

12/2/2010: Struggling NYC Catholic Schools Receive Free Education Programs

11/19/2010: Gilder Lehrman to Award Ten Research Fellowships to Historians

11/19/2010: Application Season for GLI Undergraduate History Scholars Program Opens

11/8/2010: William E. Simon Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Social Entrepreneurship awarded to Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman; Award to benefit Gilder Lehrman Institute

10/13/2010: Kansas Teacher Nathan McAlister Named 2010 National History Teacher of the Year

10/6/2010: 2009 History Teacher of the Year Tim Bailey Featured at Education Nation Summit

10/6/2010: Three Worlds Meet: Fall Issue of History Now Examines Early Modern Europe, Africa, and the Americas

9/27/2010: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to Honor National History Teacher of the Year October 13

8/2/2010: Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces 2010 Preserve America State History Teacher of the Year Winners

7/26/2010: History of Economic Crisis and Turmoil in The United States: Summer Issue of History Now is Available

5/13/2010: NEH Lincoln Exhibition Tour Extended: Applications for Host Sites Now Open

5/13/2010: The Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces the 2010 History Scholars

4/15/2010: Gilder Lehrman History High School Students Dominate National Virtual Enterprise

3/3/2010: Washington College Announces $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Finalists

3/3/2010: Gilder Lehrman Releases The American West History in a Box, A Mobile, Multimedia Resource Kit for Students, Educators, and History Fans

2/16/2010: NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THE $10,000 PRESERVE AMERICA HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

2/12/2010: Two volume biography of Abraham Lincoln wins 2010 Lincoln Prize

12/21/2009: New Issue of History Now Features "Beloved and Despised" Andrew Jackson

12/15/2009: Thirteen Gilder Lehrman Schools Named America's Best by U.S. News and World Report

12/15/2009: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Speak at 2009 National History Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony

11/18/2009: Gilder Lehrman Announces 2010 Summer Seminars for Teachers

11/16/2009: Gilder Lehrman Unveils 2010 NEH Summer Institute for Teachers; Applications Now Open for Special Two-Week Institute on Early America

11/16/2009: Gilder Lehrman Announces 2010 Summer Seminars for Teachers; Applications Now Open for K-12 Educators

10/27/2009: Utah Teacher Tim Bailey Named 2009 Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year

10/26/2009: History for Your Headphones: Podcasts from the Gilder Lehrman Institute

10/15/2009: NYC History Classrooms Head to the Hudson

10/14/2009: John Brown Online: Gilder Lehrman Recognizes Sesquicentennial of Harpers Ferry Raid

9/28/2009: Annette Gordon-Reed Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

9/25/2009: New York Law School Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

9/23/2009: New Issue of "History Now" Spotlights the American Revolution

9/17/2009: "John Brown: the Abolitionist and His Legacy," A Gilder Lehrman Exhibition, Opens at the New-York Historical Society

9/9/2009: Gilder Lehrman Exhibition Exploring the Daring Life of Frederick Douglass Opens Nationally

9/8/2009: "The Age of Progressive Reform," a Gilder Lehrman Exhibition, Travels West This Fall

9/8/2009: Gilder Lehrman Traveling Exhibition "Freedom" Opens This Fall

9/8/2009: "Free at Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery" Exhibition Presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute Begins U.S. Tour

9/3/2009: New York Catholic Schools, Educators Reap Benefits of Grants to Gilder Lehrman History Education Programs

8/31/2009: Lincoln "Tweets": The Gilder Lehrman Institute Brings the Civil War to Twitter

8/27/2009: Civil War Era Political Cartoons Cast Vivid, Complex Views of Lincoln in Gilder Lehrman Institute's New Exhibition

8/26/2009: New Gilder Lehrman Institute Summer Seminar on Early American History Receives Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities

8/24/2009: GLI Awarded $1,000,000 We the People Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

8/14/2009: Follow the Gilder Lehrman Institute on Twitter for Daily Facts on Lincoln and the Civil War

7/23/2009: Gilder Lehrman Institute Holds Teacher Seminar on Transatlantic Slave Trade (July 31-Aug. 10)

7/22/2009: Finalists Announced For 2009 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

7/1/2009: Gilder Lehrman Institute Co-Sponsors Conference on The Global Lincoln (July 3-5)

6/15/2009: Two Gilder Lehrman History High Schools Rank Among Top In Nation

6/11/2009: Gilder Lehrman History High School Teacher Recognized As 'Outstanding'

6/9/2009: Students Debate Abraham Lincoln's Greatness at Gilder Lehrman Symposium

6/1/2009: GLI to Host Student Symposium on Abraham Lincoln

4/22/2009: GLI Announces 2009 History Scholars

4/7/2009: GLI's Elementary Box Wins Prize from the American Association of Museums

3/30/2009: GLI Hosts Naturalization Ceremony

2/26/2009: GLI Announces 2009 Fellows

2/20/2009: Finalists Selected For The 2009 George Washington Book Prize

2/20/2009: Stephanie Smallwood Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

2/12/2009: Books Exploring Lincoln’s Genius As Commander-In-Chief Share 2009 Lincoln Prize

2/4/2009: Exhibition of Lincoln Manuscripts from the GLI Collection to open February 12 at the New-York Historical Society; Abraham Lincoln in His Own Words Commemorates the Bicentennial of the Sixteenth President

1/22/2009: Institute Co-Founder Richard Gilder Receives Honorary Degree From Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History

1/16/2009: New Dorp Virtual Enterprise Teams Win Top Spots in Citywide Competition Teams Will Travel to National Competition in March

12/5/2008: Six GLI Schools Named Top High Schools by U.S. News & World Report

11/14/2008: GLI Receives Council of Independent Colleges Award for Academic Excellence

11/13/2008: GLI of American History Announces Summer Seminars for Teachers

10/24/2008: Laura Bush Presents 2008 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award to Massachusetts Teacher

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

9/1/2008: GLI 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 Supreme Court

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

7/14/2008: Lincoln At Peoria: The Turning Point Written By GLI Co-Chairman Lewis Lehrman

5/30/2008: GLI Announces Winners Of 2008 Civil War Essay Contest

5/30/2008: Five GLI Schools Named Top High Schools in the Country

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

5/5/2008: GLI Selects Forty Sites To Host Lincoln Exhibition

4/28/2008: Pennsylvania Abolition Society Helps Constitution High School Students Attend Pennsylvania’s National History Day

4/14/2008: GLI Special Exhibits Gallery To Open At Gettysburg’s New Museum And Visitor Center

2/22/2008: Christopher Leslie Brown Receives $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

2/13/2008: James Oakes And Elizabeth Brown Pryor Win 2008 Lincoln Prize

2/4/2008: GLI Offers Free Content On iTunes

12/4/2007: Gilder Lehrman Academy Of American Studies Named Top High School By U.S. News And World Report

11/16/2007: Announcing the 2007 History Teacher of the Year Maureen Festi

9/13/2007: GLI And The Lynde And Harry Bradley Foundation Expand Partnership With Five Milwaukee Schools

8/22/2007: PBS Television Series History Detectives Comes to the GLI Collection

7/10/2007: Finalists Announced for the 2007 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

5/22/2007: $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Awarded to Charles Rappleye for Sons of Providence; Black-tie dinner at Historic Mount Vernon honors best book on the founding era

5/2/2007: GLI and American Experience

2/12/2007: Douglas L. Wilson Becomes Two-Time Winner of the Lincoln Prize for Lincoln’s Sword

11/7/2006: New Book Features Civil War Documents from the GLI Collection

11/7/2006: Gilder Lehrman Gallery Opens at Mount Vernon

10/12/2006: Queens Students to Run History Research Center; First “History High School” in the Country Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Opening of Student-Run History Research Center

10/5/2006: Mrs. Laura Bush Presents “Preserve America History Teacher of the Year” Award to West Virginia Teacher

9/13/2006: University of Michigan Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

6/9/2006: Professors From 16 Virginia Community Colleges to Attend American History Seminar at UVA and Monticello

6/7/2006: David Brion Davis Lectures on Inhuman Bondage

6/2/2006: Historian and High School Students Have Interactive Forum at Hyde Park on FDR as Commander-in-Chief

5/31/2006: GLI Announces Winners Of 2006 Civil War Essay Contest; Milwaukee High School Of The Arts Students Take First And Second Prize

5/24/2006: $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Awarded To Pulitzer-Winner Stacy Schiff; Dinner at Historic Mount Vernon honors best book on the founding era

5/24/2006: George Washington Book Prize Winner Speaks to D.C.

5/11/2006: David Blight Lectures on Slavery and Civil War for Missouri and Kansas History Teachers

5/6/2006: West Morris Central Students Clean Up At New Jersey History Day Competition

4/20/2006: Doris Kearns Goodwin Wins 16th Annual Lincoln Prize

4/20/2006: Finalists Selected for the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize; Authors Focus on Washington’s Military Career, Franklin’s Diplomacy, and Britain’s Stakes

1/24/2006: Lincoln Prize Winner Professor Allen C. Guelzo Speaks At Spanish River High School

11/10/2005: Institute Co-Founders Awarded National Humanities Medal

10/15/2005: New Book Reveals Story of Early American Abolitionists; Twelve Undergraduate Students Rediscover Lost Anti-Slavery Texts From The Founding Era

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