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Black/African Related Resources (Art McGee/Penn)
Art McGee, University of Pennsylvania.
Wide-ranging page with links on African & African-American studies, contemporary issues and progressive organizations
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
A Biography of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Sandra Thomas.
The site presents a 13,400-word biography of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), former slave, brilliant orator, author of a famous autobiography, publisher of the anti-slavery newspaper
North Star, and advisor to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Divided into five chronological sections, the biography successfully introduces Douglass’s career as one of the most important voices for racial justice in American history. Also includes a brief chronology, a list of nine titles for further reading, and, most important, an electronic edition of Douglass’s autobiography. No illustrations or images.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
Steven Mintz, University of Houston.
Unadorned and easy to navigate, this comprehensive website contains forty-six first-person accounts of slavery and African life dating from 1682 to 1937. Each document is introduced with an illustrative sentence or short paragraph that describes the historical context. There are both recognizable and unknown actors in this website. Former slaves such as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman, as well as white abolitionists such as John Brown express forceful, if familiar, condemnations of slavery. In addition, there are unheralded historical voices that not only speak poignantly, but also reflect different (African-centered) perspectives. For example, a ship doctor’s searing report of the Middle Passage; a slave husband’s anguished letter to his wife after she was sold; and black social reformers’ protests against the cruel punishments of slave owners. When taken together, the assembled testimonies, including those by women, present slavery as a deeply entrenched institution that provoked a wide range of compelling commentary.
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Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices
The Digital Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University.
An exhibit of primary source material relating to slavery from the late 18th century to emancipation in the 19th century. Reproduces or describes 33 documents, such as a broadside announcing a reward for the return of a runaway slave, a map delineating slave labor on an indigo plantation, a New York bill of sale for the purchase of a slave in 1785, and an 85-page memoir written in 1923 by Elizabeth Johnson Harris, an African-American woman from Georgia who relates stories and experiences of her parents and grandparents, who had been slaves. The site “showcases the kinds of rare materials that under scrutiny reveal the ambitions, motivations, and struggles of people often presumed mute.”
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2008-10-08.
Universal Black Pages
Aliu Macalou, Larry Ward, and Derrick Brown.
The primary purpose of the UBP is to maintain a comprehensive listing of African-diaspora-related Web pages at a central site. A secondary purpose of the UBP is to encourage development of categories and topics which are not currently available. The UBP facilitates this development by serving as a resource by which one can avoid duplication of effort.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
Department of English and Program in American Studies, University of Minnesota.
Descriptive information about the lives and works of 136 "women writers of color in North America” is provided in this site, designed primarily for high school and college classroom use. Offers introductory material, including images, bibliographies, quotations, biographical sketches, and critical views with regard to writers such as Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Evelyn Lau, Winona LaDuke, Terry McMillan, and Alice Walker. While the site concentrates primarily on 20th-century figures, it also contains 10 entries on women from the 19th century, including Sarah Mapps Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. The material is arranged into four indexes: name, birthplace, racial/ethnic background, and significant dates. Annotated links to 18 related resources are included. The site relies on contributions from interested students and teachers, and promises to grow to more than 500 entries in the future.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Freedmen and Southern Society Project.
Features 44 primary documents relating to the emancipation of African American slaves between 1861 and 1865. Includes a letter by General William T. Sherman explaining why he refused to return fugitive slaves to their owners; an 1864 letter from Annie Davis, a Maryland slave, to President Abraham Lincoln asking him to clarify her legal status; a description by a Union general of a bloody battle at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana, where a brigade of black soldiers fought; and documents from the federal and Confederate governments relating to significant events. The documents—transcribed from originals housed at the National Archives—are accompanied by sentence-long annotations, as well as an authoritative chronology of events leading to legal emancipation. This site is part of a larger effort underway by the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, “supported by the University of Maryland and by grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities” to publish the multivolume, “Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861–1867.”
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2008-10-09.
The Black World Today
Don Rojas or Michael Codrington .
Includes news service, and all sorts of other resources, including black profiles, book listings, technology updates, a chat facility, and links to other sites of interest.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Educational Resources on Wisconsin Indian Nations
University of Wisconsin System Disseminating Information on Wisconsin Indian Cultures.
Educational resources focusing primarily on Native American life and culture in Wisconsin are presented in this site, which includes 18 syllabi for undergraduate-level courses; three guides to teaching selected issues dealing with Native Americans; a bibliography on 22 Wisconsin Indian authors; and names and phone numbers of tribal representatives. Links to seven American Indian Studies programs in Wisconsin universities and colleges, two homepages for tribal colleges in Wisconsin, four additional Wisconsin sites of interest, and eight others dealing more generally with American Indians.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
History of the Cherokee
Ken Martin.
Created by a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. From five sections—History; Images and Maps; Genealogy: Cherokee and other Native Americans; Books and Newspapers; and Related Links—users can access excerpts from 12 historical texts; 18 images dealing with Cherokee history; and seven maps. In addition, the site provides a bibliography of 18 books and newspapers on Cherokee history; information on seven relevant booksellers; and 43 links on such topics as Cherokee genealogy, language, and tribal organizations. A useful starting point for those interested in Cherokee history and culture.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
Index of Native American Internet Resources
Karen M. Strom.
An index of Native American resources on the Internet. Contains hundreds of links on nearly every aspect of Native Americans. Lists major categories and gives links to sites related to it. Major topic headings are as follows: Culture, History, Education, Language, Health, Indigenous Knowledge, Artists, Galleries, Art Related Sites, Museums, Archaeology, Electronic Texts, Genealogy, Legal, Books, Non-Profits, Government, Music, Nations, Other, Video & Film, Commercial, Jobs, Announcements, Organizations, Activist Sites, Gaming, Home Pages, Bibliographies and Other Indices, Media, WWW Virtual Libraries. From each topic heading links to pictures, text, audio, archives, libraries, research information, presses publishing books by and about Native Americans, journals, sites by Native Americans, syllabi of Native American courses, and other information can be obtained. An essential site for researchers, teachers, students, and the general public.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIO, VIDEO.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Chickasaw Historical Research Page
K. M. Armstrong.
Dedicated to making documents available concerning the Chickasaw Indian Nation—originally located in the South but removed in the 1830s to Oklahoma territory. This site, created by a member of the Chickasaw Indian Nation, contains a collection of more than 130 letters written by, to, or about the Chickasaw between 1792 and 1849; the texts of more than 30 treaties; and more than 25 additional documents such as tribal rolls, census information, government records, and Bible entries. Includes a link to the author’s other site
Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory: 1837–1907, that contains a 650-word essay on Chickasaw Nation History and links to more than 15 additional sites pertaining to the Chickasaw and resources on more general Native American subjects.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2008-10-08.
Native American Women Playwrights Archive
William A. Wortman.
Includes a directory of Native American women playwrights, information on the Conference: “Women’s Voices in Native American Theater,” a bibliography on Native American women’s theater, and links to Native American authors
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Native American Authors
Nicole Campbell, Karen Jania, Lorri Mon, Michelle Sampson, Yolisa Soul, Internet Public Library.
Provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
CLNET History Resources
University of California, Los Angeles.
A gateway that purports to present more than 30 links to resources relating to Chicano/a and Latino/a history, but unfortunately contains 17 dead links and has not been updated recently. The remaining links include document collections, exhibitions, sites about Spanish-American history and the Mexican-American civil rights movement, and electronic essays on Hispanic notables such as Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. No search engine or background information.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
HAPI Online
Hispanic American Periodicals Index.
The searchable Web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index. From analyses of current issues to coverage of Latin American arts. Contains bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. $1 charge per article
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Stanford Center for Chicano Research
maribel@leland.stanford.edu, maria.chacon@forsythe.stanford.edu .
The SCCR provides a forum for the identification and examination of issues critical to Mexican American and Latino communities in California and across the nation. Under “other links” is a terrific resource: “Beginning Library Research on Chicano/Latino studies,” with vast bibliographies and guides.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2002-10-24.
Chicano: History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement
The National Latino Communications Center.
Designed to accompany a public television series on the Mexican-American civil rights movement, this site describes the four one-hour installments, broadcast and purchasing information, and illustrated, biographical sketches of more than 100 individuals featured in the series. Teaching and learning resources include: a timeline of the Mexican-American civil rights movement from 1875 to 1975; brief excepts from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and
Yo Soy Joaquin; and a useful bibliography of approximately 100 titles. Also offers 70 non-fiction and fiction titles suitable for grades 5–12; a smaller list of audio, visual, and software programs; and more than 90 links to related resources.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2001-06-25.
Ask Asia
The Asia Society.
A very sophisticated resource for studying/travelling to Asia. Educational resources include lesson plans, materials (maps and more), annotated bibliographies, a virtual gallery, and audiovisual resources.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2002-10-22.
Asian-American Resources
Robert Irie.
A gateway site directed at Asian Americans with links for clubs and organizations, media resources, and personal home pages. This site doesn’t seem to have any historical resources or teaching materials. I’ve changed the priority from a “2” to a “4”. I don’t think we should include it in www.history.—ks
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Washington State Digital Archives
Washington State.
This massive archive contains more than 84.5 million documents, more than 26 million of which are fully keyword searchable, from Washington State and Local agencies. These documents include contracts, birth, marriage, military, naturalization, death, cemetery, and census records, land records and surveys, oaths of office, maps, photographs, power of attorney records, and date from the late 19th Century to the present. A detailed list of collections is available through the Collections section under Record Series. Here, users will find detailed information on all record collections, including dates and counties available, and options to search by county or within sub-collections. The casual user may want to begin with several browsable featured collections, which contain photographs from the Spokane City planning department, audio recordings of the Washington House of Representatives Committee Meetings, and 200 photographs of daily life in the Big Bend region of the Columbia Basin. Useful for teachers and historical researchers interested in many aspects of life in the West, and those interested in genealogy with connections to Washington State.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIO.
Website last visited on 2009-11-12.
The Women’s Resource Project
Cheryl Friedman and Melinda Brown, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill.
List of Women’s Studies Departments in several countries; directory of gender-related listservs; and general links, including a few history links
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
