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Now for the first time: Individuals can subscribe to the Gilder Lehrman Collection!
Scholars, genealogists, journalists, curators, educators, students, and history enthusiasts can now view—and download—images from our entire Collection. Explore rare manuscripts, download Benjamin Franklin's signed copy of the Constitution, view Abraham Lincoln's handwritten notes—and much more.
About the Gilder Lehrman Collection:
One of the great archives in American history, the Gilder Lehrman Collection comprises more than 70,000 letters, diaries, maps, pamphlets, printed books, newspapers, photographs, and ephemera.
The Collection offers one-of-a-kind material—such as a letter from Columbus, an original printing of the Declaration of Independence, and rarely seen wartime letters from soldiers—that provides insight into American political, social, and economic history from 1493 through the twentieth century.
Explore the Gilder Lehrman Collection
Why subscribe to the Gilder Lehrman Collection?
- View and download unpublished manuscripts and diaries, maps, pamphlets, printed books, newspapers, and photographs spanning 500 years of American history
- Explore the lives of key historical figures such as George Washington, Frederick Douglass, and Eleanor Roosevelt in their own hand, through their letters, speeches, and official correspondence
- Read eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution, Civil War, and numerous other pivotal moments and eras in American history without leaving home
- Research at an affordable rate and on your preferred timeline—subscribe for a single month ($25) or full year ($100)
