Research Opportunities In Washington
Members of the GW community enjoy extraordinary resources for studying history on and off campus in the Washington, D.C., area. The following list offers a few examples:
National Libraries and Collections
- The Library of Congress: the largest and most diverse history collection of any library in the world.
- The Folger Shakespeare Library: the largest collection of Shakespeare materials in the world, plus major collections pertaining to the Renaissance and early modern Europe.
- The National Archives: the official archive of the United States federal government.
- The National Museum of the American Indian
Special Collections on Campus
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: research and outreach center devoted to Eleanor Roosevelt's writings on democracy and human rights.
- The First Federal Congress Project: research center and publisher of a multi-volume collection of documents relating to the creation of the U.S. federal government.
- The National Security Archive (Gelman Library): the world's largest non-governmental library of declassified documents, most of which pertain to the political and diplomatic history of the United States since World War II.
- Special Collections Research Center (Gelman Library): home to unique collections in African-American Studies, Jewish History, and American Labor History.
Area Studies Centers at GW
Gift from Albert Small Brings Unparalleled Historical Collection to GW
Donation of Washingtoniana Collection and $5 million will launch new museum focused on city of Washington. Albert H. Small, a 2009 recipient of the Presidential Humanities Medal, is donating his unparalleled collection on the history of Washington, D.C., to GW. Mr. Small’s Washingtoniana collection will be permanently displayed in the 156-year-old Woodhull House and a to-be-constructed adjacent museum on campus. The museum will include galleries and space for academic and scholarly activity.
NEH Funds Rags to Riches Project
The American dream is built on the idea that anyone can attain success no matter how humble his or her beginnings. Professor of History Tyler Anbinder is recruiting undergraduates to assist in a collaborative study of the rise of the American dream during the 19th century.