THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE of AMERICAN HISTORY ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Lincoln-Hamlin campaign banner, 1860 (GLC05553) Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization supporting the study and love of American history The Gilder Lehrman Institute through a wide range of programs and resources for students, teachers, scholars, and history enthusiasts. The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s website, of American History www.gilderlehrman.org, serves as a gateway to American history online with rich resources for educators, designed specifically for K-12 teachers and students. 2 Annual Report 2011 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are pleased to share with you some of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s high points in 2011: Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academies received the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, chosen by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academies were among twelve youth programs across the country to receive the award—the highest honor such programs can receive in the United States. The award was presented at the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama. Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman were awarded the William E. Simon Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Social Entrepreneurship from the Manhattan Institute for founding the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In 2011, the final portion of the Gilder Lehrman Collection was donated to GLI and the Institute became the owner and steward in perpetuity of the entire archive of more than 60,000 unique historical documents. The number of GLI Affiliate Schools grew to 1636 members in fifty states and nine different countries. The eighth annual National History Teacher of the Year Award, co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, HISTORY ®, and Preserve America, was presented to Stacy Hoeflich, a fourth grade teacher at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia. New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined in the ceremony honoring Ms. Hoeflich. The Institute added ten new seminars to its roster of forty Teacher Seminars serving nearly 1000 teachers this year— From the Revolution to the Civil War, William Faulkner and Southern History, The Civil War: A Multimedia History, Culture and Politics in the Age of the Cold War, Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Caribbean, Lincoln and Emancipation, From Civil Rights to Black Power, Presidential Politics, Civil Rights, and the Road to Brown , The Civil War in Global Context, and Native American History. Gilder Lehrman raised more than $6 million in contributions from 391 foundations and individuals. We thank all of you for your support and encouragement, and we look forward to great progress in 2012. Sincerely, JAMES G. BASKER LESLEY S. HERRMANN President Executive Director wwwww.gwi.lgdielrdleerhlerhmramna.onr.og rg 3 3 --- Board of Trustees Co-Chairmen Richard Gilder Lewis E. Lehrman James G. Basker ThTeh Ge Gildiledre rL Lehehrmrmaann IInnssttiittuute Daniel P. Jordan of Ameorifc Aanm Heirsitcoarny THriussttoereys David McCullough andA Advdivsiosoryry B Booaarrdd ((2200111) John L. Nau III President James G. Basker Executive Director Lesley S. Herrmann 4 Awnwnwu.gaill dReerploerhtr 2m0a1n1 .org Trustees and Advisory Board Advisory Board Joyce O. Appleby Kenneth L. Burns Henry Louis Gates Jr. Joseph C. McNay Professor of History Emerita Filmmaker Alphonse Fletcher University Professor Chairman University of California, Los Angeles and Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Essex Investment Management Company Ric Burns African and African American Research Harvard University Edward L. Ayers Filmmaker James M. McPherson President George Henry Davis ’86 Professor University of Richmond S. Parker Gilbert Andrew Carroll of American History Emeritus Chairman Emeritus Princeton University Founder and Director Morgan Stanley Group Thomas H. Bender The Legacy Project University Professor of the Humanities Steven Mintz New York University Allen C. Guelzo David Brion Davis Director, Graduate School of Henry R. Luce Professor of Arts & Sciences Teaching Center Sterling Professor of History Emeritus and Carol Berkin Civil War Era Studies Columbia University Director Emeritus, Gilder Lehrman Center for Gettysburg College Presidential Professor of History Emerita the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Baruch College and The Graduate Center Yale University Russell P. Pennoyer City University of New York Roger Hertog Partner Andrew Delbanco Vice Chairman Emeritus Benedetto Gartland & Company Judy Roth Berkowitz AllianceBernstein Julian Clarence Levi Professor Chair Trustee in the Humanities Clement A. Price Rockefeller University Columbia University James O. Horton Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Benjamin Banneker Professor Emeritus of History and Director, Institute on Ethnicity, Ira Berlin Richard Ekman of American Studies and History Culture, and the Modern Experience Distinguished University Professor President George Washington University Rutgers University University of Maryland Council of Independent Colleges Kenneth T. Jackson Diane Ravitch Lewis W. Bernard Joseph J. Ellis Jacques Barzun Professor in History Research Faculty Chairman and Founder Ford Foundation Professor of History and the Social Sciences New York University Classroom, Inc. Mount Holyoke College Columbia University Elihu Rose Victoria Bjorklund Drew Gilpin Faust David M. Kennedy Vice Chairman, Rose Associates Inc., and Partner Donald J. McLachlan Professor Adjunct Professor of Military History Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP President Harvard University of American History Emeritus Columbia University Stanford University David W. Blight David Hackett Fischer Michael Serber Class of 1954 Professor of American History Roger Kimball and Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the University Professor and Earl Warren Former Principal Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Professor of History Co-Editor and Co-Publisher Academy of American Studies Yale University Brandeis University The New Criterion Richard White Gabor S. Boritt Seymour Fliegel Thomas LeBien Margaret Byrne Professor of American History President and Gilder Senior Fellow, Stanford University Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Vice President and Senior Editor Center for Educational Innovation-Public Civil War Studies Emeritus Simon & Schuster Education Association Gettysburg College Gordon S. Wood Richard C. Levin Alva O. Way University Professor Emeritus Richard Brookhiser Eric Foner President Brown University Senior Editor DeWitt Clinton Professor of History Yale University The National Review Columbia University Patricia Nelson Limerick Christopher Leslie Brown Ellen V. Futter Professor of History, University of Colorado, Professor of History President Boulder, and Faculty Director and Chair of Columbia University American Museum of Natural History the Board, Center of the American West wwwww.gwi.lgdielrdleerhlerhmramna.onr.og rg 5 5 Table of Contents 6 Annual Report 2011 Table of Contents TEACHER SEMINARS ..........................................................................................................................................................8 HISTORY SCHOOL PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................................................10 TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY GRANTS .............................................................................................................14 NATIONAL HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD .....................................................................................16 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ...........................................................................................................................................18 HISTORY SCHOLARS PROGRAM .................................................................................................................................20 SCHOLARLY FELLOWSHIPS ...........................................................................................................................................22 PRIZES AND AWARDS .......................................................................................................................................................24 WEBSITE .................................................................................................................................................................................28 HISTORY NOW .......................................................................................................................................................................30 PUBLICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................32 THE GILDER LEHRMAN COLLECTION ....................................................................................................................36 EXHIBITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................38 GILDER LEHRMAN CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SLAVERY, ABOLITION, AND RESISTANCE AT YALE UNIVERSITY ................................................................................................................44 FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................................50