History Scholars receive a stipend of $2,200, along with room, board, and travel expenses for a five-week program in New York City. Scholars conduct primary-source research to prepare historical materials for publication. The projects provide the students with an opportunity to work with original documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and other archives. The students also have exclusive meetings with eminent historians to discuss historical issues and gain insight into history as a profession (past sessions have been led by Eric Foner, Kenneth T. Jackson, James McPherson, Sean Wilentz, Christine Stansell, Steven Hahn, Steven Mintz, Ron Chernow, and Catherine Clinton, among others). A third component of the program is weekly behind-the-scenes visits, led by archivists, to leading repositories of American historical documents, printed books, and material culture.

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2007 History Scholars:
Elizabeth Almlie from Augustana College and Lakeville, MN
Madalyn Baldanzi from Swarthmore College and Morristown, NJ
Rudi Batzell from Columbia University and East Troy, WI
Zoe Gibbons from Mount Holyoke College and San Francisco, CA
Corey Goettsch from the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado Springs, CO
Jacob Goldberg from Amherst College and New York, NY
Julia Kramer from Pomona College and Highland Park, IL
Denali Lander from Tulane University and Boulder, CO
Danny London from Ramapo College of New Jersey and Hoboken, NJ
Ann Mary Olson from Harvard College and Wolf Point, MT
Miranda Rivers from Spelman College and Carmichael, CA
Jose Sanchez from the University of Chicago and Miami, FL
Sherri Sheu from the University of Georgia and Lilburn, GA
Lauren Sottile from Boston College and Villanova, PA
Jordan Wappler from Stanford University and Groves, TX

2007 History Scholar Finalists:

Brandan Elizabeth Adams from Virginia Weslyan College and Virginia Beach, VA
Nathan Adams from the University of Connecticut at Avery Point and Mystic, CT
Eric M. Ambler from the University of Southern California and Bethlehem, PA
Will Rice Anderson from Reed College and Madison, WI
Marc Spencer Appel from Yale University and West Nyack, NY
Beth Avila from the University of St. Francis and Fort Wayne, IN
Aaron LeVar Bell from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Greensboro, NC
Cameron Blevins from Pomona College
Keith Caniano from Kenyon College and Fairfax, VA
Steffi Cerato from Johns Hopkins University and Johns Island, SC
Wayne Spencer Coffey from American University and Austin, TX
Catherine Malane Collins from Louisiana State University Honors College and Baton Rouge, LA
Ashley B. Cundiff from Rhodes College and Camas, WA
Sara Damiano from Brown University and Westborough, MA
Nicholas DeRenzo from Boston College and Tampa, FL
Jean Fiddler from California State University, Fullerton and Downey, CA
Zachary Stuart Garrison from University of Missouri, Columbia and Jackson, MO
Joel Greenblatt from Kalamazoo College and Huntington Woods, MI
Hilary Handin from Union College and Albany, NY
Katharine Hart from Lewis and Clark College and Philadelphia, PA
Samuel Hemingway, III from St. Andrew's Presbyterian College and Evergreen, NC
Rebecca Hersh from the College of New Jersey and Ridge, NY
Amy T. Jen from Bryn Mawr College and Whitestone, NY
Irene Johnson from College of Notre Dame of Maryland and Colora, MD
Mark Johnson from Purdue University and West Lafayette, IN
Maeve Kane from Macalaster College and Elko, MN
Jaron D. Keener from New York University and Southfield, MI
Rebecca Lasky from Brown University and Bloomington, MN
Taber C. Lightbourne from Middlebury College and Brooklyn, NY
Jaclyn Lynch from the University of Texas at Austin and Houston, TX
Joshua A. Lynn from Marshall University and Millbrook, AL
Sean Malone from Sonoma State University and and Santa Rosa, CA
John Marks from Lynchburg College and Hillsborough, NJ
Shana Oltmans from Washington and Lee University and Albuquerque, NM
Daniel Osborn from Qunnipiac University and Mashfield, MA
Joseph P. Reidy from Bloomsburg University and Long Valley, NJ
Claire Reifsnyder from Wake Forest University and Arlington, VA
James Routh from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Franklinville, NC
Tara Saunders from Penn State University and Lancaster, PA
Drew Schroeder from Washington and Jefferson College and Pittsburgh, PA
Natalie Schuster from McKendree College and Pocahontas, IL
Samuel Conrad Scott from Harvard University and Madison, GA
Daniel Scotto from Gettysburg College and Marlboro, NJ
Abby Sexton from the University of Maryland and College Park, MD
Jessica Shewan from the University of Evansville and Indianapolis, IN
Michael J. Skocay from Tufts University and Lexington, MA
Robert M. Stephenson from Lynchburg College and Felton, DE
Whitney Stewart from the University of Saint Thomas and Kingwood, TX
Amanda E. Strauss from Willamette University and Stanwood, WA
Natalie Sweet from Lincoln Memorial University and Tazewell, TN
Meredith Utt from St. Olaf College and Maryville, TN
Jan van Ewijk from Washington College and Haarlem, MD

For more information about the program, e-mail scholars@gilderlehrman.org.