Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was founded in
The Institute serves teachers, students, scholars, and the general public. Its activities include the following:
- creating history-centered schools;
- organizing seminars and programs for educators;
- producing print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions;
- sponsoring lectures by eminent historians;
- administering a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state through its partnership with Preserve America;
- awarding the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, George Washington Prize, and the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History;
- offering fellowships for scholars to work in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and other archives.
Website
The institute maintains a website to offer educational material for teachers, students, historians, and the public, and to provide up-to-the-minute information about the institute's programs and activities. The website offers learning modules on major topics in American history, podcasts from noted historians discussing their work, online exhibitions of primary source documents, and information about the institute's programs.
Journal
The institute publishes a quarterly online history journal, History Now, featuring articles by historians, teacher lesson plans, interactive activities, and advice from the archivist.
The Gilder Lehrman Collection
The collection contains more than 60,000 documents on deposit at the
Highlights of the collection include signed copies of the
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition was established at Yale University.[2]
Prizes
In 1990 the $50,000 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize was established by the institute and Gettysburg College.[3]
In 1999 the $25,000
In 2005 the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize was established by the institute, Washington College, and George Washington's Mount Vernon.[5]
References
- JSTOR 27694720. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "Welcome - The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition". Archived from the original on 2006-06-20.
- ^ "Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Frederick Douglass Book Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". 4 February 2012.
- ^ "George Washington Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". 4 February 2012.
External links
- Official website
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at Google Cultural Institute
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