Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was founded in New York City by businessmen-philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman in 1994 to promote the study and interest in American history.^[1]

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 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, 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.