We Remember Richard Gilder
Posted by Gilder Lehrman Staff on Tuesday, 05/19/2020
James Basker Remembers Richard Gilder
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Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize
Wednesday, 09/18/2019
Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation (Oxford). One of the nation’s largest and most prestigious literary awards, now in its fourteenth year, the George Washington Prize honors its namesake by recognizing the year’s best new books on the nation’s founding era, especially those that engage a broad public audience.
Read more Celebrating Thomas Edison in the Collection on the Anniversary of His Lighting New York City
Wednesday, 09/04/2019
On September 4, 1882, the first electrical lighting in New York City signaled a new era of urban illumination.
Pearl Street Station, the first central power station in the world, was operated by Thomas Alva Edison and the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York, which would later become Consolidated Edison, and it was from here the switch was flipped.
Read more Scholarships and Loans Available for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History
Tuesday, 09/03/2019
There is still time to apply for fall courses in the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program.
Read more Meet the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists
Tuesday, 08/13/2019
Congratulations to the ten 2019 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists!
Read more Gilder Lehrman Collection Advice for Home Care of Family Photographs and Documents
Thursday, 08/08/2019
Summer 2019 Marketing and Communications intern Olivia Luntz recently interviewed archivists and curators at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to create a Gilder Lehrman Institute piece on Medium about preserving family documents at home.
Read more 2019 Teacher Seminars Conclude for the Summer
Wednesday, 08/07/2019
The 2019 Teacher Seminars have come to a close. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars of 2019 offered teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources.
From June 16 through August 3
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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.