We Remember Richard Gilder
Posted by Gilder Lehrman Staff on Tuesday, 05/19/2020
James Basker Remembers Richard Gilder
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Spring 2020 Online Courses: Meet the Professors for Historiography
Tuesday, 11/12/2019
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with the Gilder Lehrman Institute. We highlight here one of the five courses offered in the coming semester.
Read more Spring 2020 Registration Now Open for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program
Thursday, 11/07/2019
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with the Gilder Lehrman Institute. The online program offers a unique and affordable opportunity for educators to work with two dynamic and eminent institutions dedicated to lifelong learning and career preparedness.
Read more Colin Calloway Receives the 2019 George Washington Prize
Tuesday, 10/29/2019
Colin Calloway, winner of the $50,000 George Washington Prize for his 2018 book, The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation, was honored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and Washington College at the Union League Club in New York City on October 24, 2019.
Read more David McCullough Speaks to a Full House of Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Students
Thursday, 10/24/2019
On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, Gilder Lehrman Institute Trustee David McCullough gave a book talk at Trinity School, a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School in New York City. The auditorium was packed full with more than 240 students and teachers from schools across New York City. McCullough’s new book, The Pioneers, was given to all the students attending.
Read more Learn about the Institute's Work with a Civil Rights Leader and NYC Students
Tuesday, 10/15/2019
In September 2018, the Gilder Lehrman Institute discovered that the creator of a document at the center of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, is now living in New York. We brought the Reverend C. Herbert Oliver to the Gilder Lehrman Collection to talk about his experiences in Birmingham in the 1960s. Over the course of the next year, we continued to find ways to highlight the Reverend Oliver’s visit on our blog.
Read more The Gilder Lehrman Institute Presents Alysha Butler with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award
Tuesday, 10/08/2019
On October 2, 2019, in the Grand Ballroom at the Yale Club in New York City, Alysha Butler of McKinley Technology High School in Washington DC was presented with the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Award.
At the event, Gilder Lehrman staff, Affiliate School teachers, trustees, and other friends of the Institute celebrated the recipient and the teaching of history in the United States.
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Recent Press Mentions
The Gilder Lehrman Institute in Philanthropy Magazine
The Hamilton Education Program in Education Dive
In an article published today on Education Dive, Urban Assembly Media High School student Yadry Monsanto discusses her Hamilton Education Program experience on April 25, 2018:
Lewis E. Lehrman's Lincoln and Churchill: Statesmen at War
We are pleased to announce the latest publication by Lewis E. Lehrman, the co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, a renowned historian, and a National Humanities Medal winner. Lincoln & Churchill: Statesmen at War, provides a new perspective on two of the greatest English-speaking statesmen and their remarkable leadership in wars of national survival. In the first book-length comparison of these two renowned war leaders, Mr.