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Past Exhibitions
Free at Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery in America The Free at Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery in America was damaged during Hurricane Sandy and is no longer available for loan. Free at Last was the first...
Scholarly Fellowships | How to Apply
FELLOWS ARE REQUIRED TO Complete their research within one year of notification of the award Meet the Director of the Scholarly Fellowship Program at the Gilder Lehrman Institute during their research trip to New York City Submit an...
National Book Prizes | Frederick Douglass Book Prize
In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, the Institute awards an annual prize of $25,000 for an outstanding non-fiction book in English published on the...
Age of Revolution Essay Contest Winners 2015
Jordan D. Axe Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California "The American Revolution and Its Correlation to Patterns of European Revolutions" Ayah Elmansy Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, Stamford, Connecticut "The...
National Book Prizes
The Institute co-sponsors four national book prizes annually. Each recognizes the best book of the year in its field. A jury of leading scholars evaluates the entries and presents the top choices to the prize’s board for final...
Civil War Essay Contest Winners 2016
High School Division Click on the title to view a pdf of a winning essay. First Prize Catherine Cai, Garnet Valley High School, Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania "‘Army Disease ’ and America’s Changing Attitudes toward Drug Addiction"...
Scholarly Fellowships | Past Fellows
Below is a list of all recipients of Gilder Lehrman Fellowships since the program’s founding. The fellow’s name, home institution at the time of the fellowship, and project title are followed by the research archive and year of the...
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