Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Warren's Portraits Cabinet card photograph by Warren's Portraits, 3/4 seated

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05142 Author/Creator: Warren's Portraits Place Written: Boston, Mass. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1874 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card ;16.5 x 10.7 cm. Order a Copy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, three-quarter length portrait, seated. Notes from collector inscribed on verso.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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