Gilder Lehrman Institute
From ArchivesWiki
Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. Increasingly national and international in scope, the institute targets audiences ranging from students to scholars to the general public. It helps create history-centered schools and academic research centers, organizes seminars and enrichment programs for educators, partners with school districts to implement Teaching American History grants, produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions, and sponsors lectures by historians. The institute also funds awards including the Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and George Washington Book Prizes and offers fellowships for scholars to work in history archives, including the Gilder Lehrman Collection.
Contents |
[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: 19 W. 44th St., Ste. 500, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (646) 366-9666
Fax: (646) 366-9669
E-mail: gli@gilderlehrman.org.
Web page: http://www.gilderlehrman.org.
Online Finding Aid: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/index.php
President: James G. Basker
[edit] Hours and usage restrictions
[edit] Collection Summary
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, contains more than 60,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States. The collection’s holdings include manuscript letters, diaries, maps, photographs, printed books, and pamphlets ranging from 1493 through modern times. Search the collection online at http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/index.php. The holdings of the Gilder Lehrman Collection may be consulted by qualified researchers in its reading room by appointment.
[edit] Usage Discussion
Suggestions for approaching the material:
Housing and getting by for less in the area:
