The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, http://www.gilderlehrman.org. Created by Thirteen/WNET and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Maintained by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, N.Y. Reviewed Jan. 1-7, 2008

Abstract

The co-chairmen Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman founded the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History (gli) in 1994 in New York to promote “the study and love of American history.” The gli serves several audiences including historians, educators, students, and the general public. The institute's Web site is at once an archive, a teaching resource, an electronic exhibit, and a central repository for American history resources. Historians and teachers can find the resources that most pertain to their profession by going to the links designated for them. The collection specializes in the colonial, revolutionary, antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras, as well as in slavery and women's history during those periods, but it also includes an impressive range of resources and documents covering U.S. history to the present day. To limit my analysis, I focused on what the site offers regarding the experiences of freed slaves in the...