★ ★ ★ ★ the Gilder Lehrman institute of american history ★ ★ ★ ★ the Gilder Lehrman institute of american history 19 west 44th street, suite 500 new york, ny 10036 646.366.9666 www.gilderlehrman.org ★ ★ annual report 2005 Staff The Gilder Lehrman Collection on deposit at the New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Telephone: 212.787.6616 Fax: 212.787.6551 Sandra Trenholm Director [email protected] Ana Ramirez Luhrs Reading Room Librarian [email protected] Jody Cary Rights and Reproductions Coordinator [email protected] Marisa Morigi Assistant Curator [email protected] Nicholas S. Setteducato Preservation Photographer [email protected] Robert Lee Manuscript Cataloger [email protected] Daniel Wolf Manuscript Cataloger [email protected] Alyson Barrett Manuscript Librarian [email protected] Krista Rupe the mission Special Projects Manager [email protected] Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of Irene Castilla American history. Increasingly national and international in scope, the Institute targets audiences Administrative Assistant ranging from students to scholars to the general public. It creates history-centered schools and academic [email protected] research centers, organizes seminars and enrichment programs for educators, partners with school Maribel Diaz Office Manager districts to implement Teaching American History grants, produces print and electronic publications [email protected] and traveling exhibitions, and sponsors lectures by eminent historians. The Institute also funds Cindy Muthuveren awards including the Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and George Washington Book Prizes and offers Intern Coordinator scholarly fellowships to work in history archives, including the Gilder Lehrman Collection. [email protected] The Institute maintains two websites, www.gilderlehrman.org and the quarterly online journal www.historynow.org, which offer educational resources for teachers, students, historians, and the public. annual report 2005 The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Advisory Board Co-Chairmen President Executive Director Richard Gilder James G. Basker Lesley S. Herrmann Lewis E. Lehrman Joyce O. Appleby, Professor of History Emerita, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois Professor University of California, Los Angeles of the Humanities, Harvard University Edward L. Ayers, Dean of the College and S. Parker Gilbert, Chairman Emeritus, Graduate School, Hugh P. Kelly Professor Morgan Stanley Group of History, University of Virginia Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor William F. Baker, President and CEO, of the Civil War Era, Gettysburg College Channel Thirteen/WNET Roger Hertog, Vice Chairman, Alliance Thomas H. Bender, University Professor of Capital Management the Humanities, New York University James O. Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor Carol Berkin, Professor of History, of American Studies and History, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, George Washington University City University of New York Kenneth T. Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, of History, Columbia University University of Maryland Daniel P. Jordan, President, Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman, Classroom Inc. Thomas Jefferson Foundation David W. Blight, Class of ’54 Professor of David M. Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan American History, Yale University, and Professor of History, Stanford University Director, Center for the Study of Slavery, Roger G. Kennedy, Director Emeritus, Resistance, and Abolition National Park Service Gabor S. Boritt, Robert C. Fluhrer Professor Roger Kimball, Managing Editor, of Civil War Studies, Gettysburg College The New Criterion (co-chair, Advisory Board) Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University Richard Brookhiser, Senior Editor, James M. McPherson, George Henry Davis ’86 The National Review Professor of American History, Emeritus, Kenneth L. Burns, Filmmaker Princeton University Ric Burns, Filmmaker Steven Mintz, John and Rebecca Moores Andrew Carroll, Founder and Director, Professor of History, University of Houston The Legacy Project John L. Nau III, Chairman, Advisory David Brion Davis, Sterling Professor of History, Council of Historic Preservation Emeritus, Yale University, and Director, Russell P. Pennoyer, Partner, Benedetto Emeritus, Center for the Study of Slavery, Gartland & Company Resistance, and Abolition Diane Ravitch, Senior Research Scholar and (co-chair, Advisory Board) Adjunct Professor, New York University Richard Ekman, President, Council of Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Director of Garden Independent Colleges History and Landscape Studies, Bard Joseph J. Ellis, Professor of History, Graduate Center Mount Holyoke College Elihu Rose, Vice Chairman, Rose Associates Inc. Drew Gilpin Faust, Dean, Radcliffe Institute and Adjunct Professor of Military History, for Advanced Study, Harvard University Columbia University Seymour Fliegel, President, Center for Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Schweitzer Professor Educational Innovation/Public in the Humanities, Emeritus, City University Education Association of New York Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University History, Columbia University Professor, Brown University Ellen V. Futter, President, American Museum of Natural History 2 gilder lehrman institute of american history Dear Friends, We mark the twelfth year of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In 1994, we set out to join the leaders of a national effort to restore the teaching, study, and writing of American history to a preeminent position in the education of our countrymen. We are grateful to the many institutions which have worked with us to this end. We thank the thousands of American leaders and citizens who have helped us. To teach our distinguished heritage to a great nation, proud of its common culture, continues to inspire us. We shall stand fast in this work, for it is one of the greatest continuing stories ever told. Richard Gilder Lewis E. Lehrman Co-Chairman Co-Chairman 3 gilder lehrman institute of american history Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are pleased to share with you some of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s high points in 2005: ● Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman were awarded the 2005 National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony in November. The award honors individuals and organizations whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities. ● In May, the Gilder Lehrman Institute received the first ever “Friend of History Award” presented by the Organization of American Historians. ● The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s quarterly online journal, History Now, was honored by the National Endowment for the Humanities as one of the best online resources for education in the humanities. ● The U.S. Department of Education awarded nine new Teaching American History grants to the Gilder Lehrman Institute and its partner Local Educational Agencies in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now a partner in twenty-five Teaching American History grants. ● The George Washington Book Prize, a new $50,000 annual award for outstanding published works on George Washington or the Founding Era, was presented by co-sponsors Washington College, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Historian and author Ron Chernow was honored for his book, Alexander Hamilton. ● The Gilder Lehrman Institute published Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-Slavery Writings 1760-1820, which restores to view some of the extensive anti-slavery literature that flourished in early America. The 2003 Gilder Lehrman History Scholars, undergraduates at the time, were among the editors of the book. ● The Gilder Lehrman Institute published The Founding Era, the first volume in its History in a Box series—document-based resources for teachers and students that address critical themes in American history. ● The Legacy Project’s collection of 20,000 letters from America’s wars, under the directorship of Andrew Carroll, was placed on deposit with the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Sincerely, James G. Basker Lesley S. Herrmann President Executive Director 4 gilder lehrman institute of american history Contents 06 Teacher Seminars 10 History Schools 15 Teaching American History Grants 19 History Teacher of the Year Award 22 Prizes 26 Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program 29 Scholarly Fellowships 35 Exhibitions and Public Programs 39 Websites 42 Publications and Resources 46 Gilder Lehrman Collection 48 Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University 52 Press Coverage 55 Grants Received 57 Partners 59 Appendix A: Schools and National Parks Represented in Institute Seminars in 2005 64 Appendix B: Traveling Panel Exhibition Sites in 2005 65 Appendix C: Institutional Partners at Which Projects Were Supported by the Gilder Lehrman Institute in 2005 66 Appendix D: Press Coverage in 2005 68 Staff 5 gilder lehrman institute of american history Teacher Seminars ★ Since 1994, more than 5,000 educators have participated in Gilder Lehrman Institute Teacher Seminars held across the United States and abroad. Participants in the “Coming to Terms with Washington“ seminar on the piazza at Mount Vernon. In 2005, the Gilder Lehrman Institute held 21 seminars for more than