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Sipapu: The Anasazi Emergence into the Cyber World John Kantner, Department of Anthropology & Geography, Georgia State University. Traces the prehistory of the Chaco Anasazi Indians of the Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. The culture flourished beginning in AD 900 and mysteriously disappeared in AD 1150. This site provides information on Anasazi architecture, religious rituals, possessions, and everyday lives, as interpreted through archaeological findings. Students can explore 3-D models of a subterranean structure and a room interior. Also provides bibliography of more than 200 unpublished and published scholarly works on the Anasazi. Some time lines and interactive archaeological maps are still under construction. Great resource for survey students interested in Anasazi or archaeology projects in general. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO. Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
Who Killed William Robinson? Ruth Sandwell and John Lutz. See JAH web review by Stephen Robertson. Reviewed 2004-06-01. The deaths of William Robinson and two other black men on the British colony of Salt Spring Island (British Columbia) between 1867 and December 1868—attributed by an all-white jury to an aboriginal man—are examined in this site, which offers inquests, trial records, newspaper accounts, diary entries, maps, private correspondence, and artists’s depictions and reconstructions. Through these hundreds of images and documents—which together constitute a social history of ethnically and racially-mixed Salt Spring Island—students may pursue explanations for Robinson’s murder, and, more broadly, relations among white colonists, black settlers, and aboriginal peoples. Also gives four links and a 39-title bibliography for further research. A “teacher’s guide” is available upon request. The authors are affiliated with the history department at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Useful for student-teacher explorations into race relations in 19th-century Canada. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2008-10-09.
World Fact Book Central Intelligence Agency. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Digital Atlas of the U.S. William Bowen, Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge. More than 100 maps based on information taken almost entirely from 1990 census data. Maps chart American population and race, ancestry, citizenship, wealth, and education. Also furnishes similar atlases for California, New York City, Washington, DC, and Boston. A useful resource for those studying cultural, economic, urban, and regional geography in the late 20th century. Resources Available: IMAGES. Website last visited on 2001-07-06.
Fedstats Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy. statistical information from various U.S. Government Agencies Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
JSTOR: A Comprehensive Archive of Scholarly Journal Literature JSTOR. [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED] Electronic database that provides access to back issues of more than 100 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, including 15 history (including the American Historical Review and the Journal of American History), 13 economics, 9 anthropology, and 12 political science journals. The keyword/author/title search engine with sortable findings is user-friendly. The site maintains an annual “moving wall” for posting journal articles, so that articles are available from the first volume published through issues published from two to five years prior to the current year. For example, the American Historical Review issues are available through the 1995 issues, and in one year the 1996 issues will be posted to the site. Ideal for student and scholar searches for secondary source material. Note that this service is only available through subscribing libraries. Members of certain scholarly societies may also subscribe for a fee. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2003-12-01.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: History & Social Studies U.S. Department of Education. This megasite brings together resources for teaching U.S. and world history from the far corners of the web. Most of these websites boast large collections of primary sources from the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the National Archives and Records Administration, and prominent universities. There are more than 600 websites listed for U.S. history alone, divided by time period and topic: Business & Work, Ethnic Groups, Famous People, Government, Movements, States & Regions, Wars, and Other Social Studies. While most of these websites are either primary source archives (for example, History of the American West, 1860–1920) or virtual exhibits, many offer lesson plans and ready-made student activities, such as EDSITEment, created by the National Endowment for the Humanities. A good place to begin is the (Subject Map), which lists resources by sub-topic, including African Americans (67 resources), Women’s History (37 resources), and Natural Disasters (16 resources). Each resource is accompanied by a brief annotation that facilitates quick browsing.
Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
Voices of the Shuttle: Minority Studies Page Alan Liu. This site is a gateway to hundreds of links to minorites studies. Topic headings include African-American, Asian-American, Chicano, Latino, Hispanic, Immigrant/Refugee, Jewish, Pacific, Native American, and European minority cultures. Searchable by word, the site gives partial annotations for many links. An excellent, eclectic collection of a wide range of material. Created by an English professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 1998-07-01.
U.S. History Index Martin Lorenz-Meyer, Department of History, University of Kansas. This gateway presents hundreds of links relating to American history and culture. Arranged in 26 categories that intersperse areas of study—such as “Labor History” and “Urban and Suburban History”—with professional concerns—such as “Employment and Funding” and “Teaching Resources”—with time periods. Provides neither annotations nor search functions. Although the author notes that because of “lack of funding this site is no longer supported or updated” and the site was last updated in April 1998, many of the links are still operable and useful. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2001-07-06.
Historical Text Archive Don Mabry, Mississippi State University. This website offers articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links on history topics. Each section is organized by geographic region and subject. There are more than 680 articles, more than 60 e-books, and more than 6,000 links available. “Articles” also includes documents, essays, and photographs. There is a keyword search function. This site was an early repository of U.S. and world history links on the web and although it is now not as comprehensive as some others, it is still very useful as a starting point for researching a wide variety of historical topics. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2005-12-15.
Horus’ Web Links to History Resources Department of History, University of California at Riverside. This site is designed to “introduce the diversity of educational and research resources available on the web not ordinarily consulted by historians and history students.” Material found here is somewhat non-traditional and includes antique and decorator catalogues, post cards, genealogy resources, museums outside the U.S., and nonprofessional historical organizations. Relatively easy to use, it includes a searchable database, tips for using the site, and both an alphabetical listing and subject listing of links. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Wars for Vietnam: 1945–1975 Robert K. Brigham, Department of History, Vassar College. An introduction to the history of the Vietnam War, this site was developed for a course taught by Robert Brigham, “the first American scholar given access to the Vietnamese archives on the war in Hanoi.” The site offers a 3,000-word overview of the war and features 20 primary documents, including the 1954 Geneva Peace Accords, the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and several items translated by Brigham, such as a 1965 letter from the Hanoi Politburo to the Communist Party in the South. Also includes 47 links to related resources, historical and contemporary. A useful site that concentrates on the military and diplomatic dimensions of the war. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2003-11-13.
Women’s Studies Women’s Studies, University of Maryland. This site, by the Women’s Studies group at the University of Maryland, presents primary materials relating to women’s history. Offers the texts of the 1848 “Declaration of Sentiments,” and Sojourner Truth’s 1851 speech, “Ain’t I A Woman?” Additionally, the site furnishes essays and timelines concerning the 19th amendment, a newsletter entitled Women of Achievement and Herstory, and 39 biographical sketches, which range from approximately 75 to 150 words each. The presentation is haphazard, and the search engine is cumbersome. The site is perhaps most valuable for its examination of the 1920 ratification of the 19th amendment. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2000-10-20.
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York David Phillips. This site, which was created in 1995, presents the hypertext edition of urban reformer Jacob A. Riis’s landmark book, How the Other Half Lives, an important document in American urban and immigrant history first published in 1890. The site contains the full text, as well as the original 44 illustrations, but has “reformatted Riis’s original long list of statistical information into a more comprehensible set of statistical tables.” A useful resource for the study of urban and ethnic history and American reform efforts, as well as the history of photography and journalistic writings. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2003-07-17.
American History Archive Project Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College, Columbia University. Interesting in conception, but not fully developed yet. Most of the links are broken. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Mexican Revolution of 1910 Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso . Photos placed here by the UTEP Institute of Oral History; there aren’t any oral histories available, however. Photos include refugees from Mexico crossing the Rio Grande during the Revolution, 1917 Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Mexico History Directory Mexico OnLine. A semi-touristy directory of Mexican History sites. Includes info in both Spanish and English, and seems fairly creative in its presentation and selection of material. Little about U.S. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Bob’s Haitian Corner Bob Corbett. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Haiti: A Chronology of Invasions and Integration into International Trade David Alvarez and Salah Hassan. This page is a simple chronology of invasions of Haiti, constructed by two graduate students at the University of Texas. Although the information presented here is somewhat narrow, and although there are no images or additional links, this is a useful and comprehensive page that reaches back to 1492 and forward to the present. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
World War I: Trenches on the Web Mike Iavarone. An independent historian assembled this collection of materials relating to World War I. The site focuses heavily on military and diplomatic aspects of the war, providing 25 maps, 10 documents, 42 biographical sketches, 33 musical clips, 56 posters, five reviews of books and a television documentary, 23 timelines, approximately 150 links to related sites, more than 100 photographs grouped into six collections, a 6,500-word essay on the war’s origins, and a reading list of more than 100 titles, as well as sections on war “trivia,” weapons, and artwork, and access to discussion groups. A user-friendly site that will be useful primarily to those interested in military history. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIO. Website last visited on 2001-07-09.
World War I Document Archive Jane Plotke, Richard Hacken, Alan Albright, and Michael Shackelford. See JAH web review by Christopher Capozzola. Reviewed 2004-07-01. Hundreds of documents and thousands of images relating to World War I, with particular emphasis on military, diplomatic, and political dimensions. Documents are arranged both chronologically and by type, including governmental documents, personal reminiscences, the war at sea, and medical aspects. An “image archive” currently contains two viewable sections—a photo archive of 1,844 images in 15 categories, including individuals, locations, heads of state, commanders, refugees, war albums, and animals; and “Medals of the Great War,” that provides photographs and 100-word descriptions. Last updated in July 2001, the image archive promises to include images of flags, maps, artworks, and ephemera in the future. The site also offers full-text reproductions of more than 50 contemporary and recent books, some of which cover participation in the war effort of African Americans, American Indians, and women; a biographical dictionary of 500–700 word entries for more than 200 names; a bibliographical essay covering more than 100 titles; and approximately 125 links to related sites. The authors—volunteers from a World War I electronic discussion network—encourage user participation in expanding the site, a valuable source for those studying military and diplomatic aspects of the war.
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Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2008-10-14.
The Unofficial Charlie Chaplin WWW Page Juha Pasanen. A typical fan page that is seemingly comprehensive. Includes book reviews—with a review of the latest scholarship on Chaplin—an image archive, and an internet movie database. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Filmography of Charlie Chaplin Glen Pringle. Comprehensive listing of Chaplin’s films, arranged by studio, that also includes some good photos. Links to each film do not allow viewer to see them, but rather to get details such as genre, director, studio, writers, and music, and other details. No essays or contextualization—a straight list. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Chaplin Film Locations: Then and Now Gerald Smith. “This site is dedicated to present & future Chaplin enthusiasts who are & will be constantly seeking information about Charlie and his times.” A creative site, aesthetically pleasing, that includes brief essays on Chaplin’s major films, “then and now” photos of the locations of his films, and other links. Not as comprehensive as previous, and a bit more idiosyncratic, but perhaps as useful. The “unofficial” page is the best. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIO. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
A History of American Agriculture 1776–1990 [with updates to 1997] Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. American agricultural history is provided in 11 timelines, covering economic cycles, farm economy, farmers and the land, farm machines and technology, crops and livestock, transportation, agricultural trade and development, life on the farm, farm organizations and movements, agricultural education and extension, and government programs and policy. The charts are accompanied by more than 50 images. The site also contains updates covering the years 1990–1997 and is linked to other U.S. Department of Agriculture sites. A useful introduction to basic historical events about agriculture, arranged chronologically. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2001-07-09.
Industrial Workers of the World “This page includes the preamble to our constitution, and some answers to frequently asked questions about the IWW. For more information about the IWW, look in the Union Hall. To join the IWW, click on ’Join the IWW’ and fill out our online form. Check out links to other cool sites in the Solidarity section.” This site is not historical in any sense, but it’s a nicely done page, with photos. Also includes “links to other workers waging class war on the web” and summaries of a handful of recent articles about IWW Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Western Front Association “WFA members and branches are involved in many different aspects of ’Remembering’, from their own research into family, military or social history, through the maintenance of memorials and battlefield sites, to caring for veterans and their spouses. Among our members are subject-matter experts on just about every aspect of the Great War. The WFA is a tremendous worldwide clearing-house for information of all sorts, and has a real camaraderie, all aimed at remembering those who trod a long, long trail before us.” This is a British organization with links to British home pages on the War. Non-scholarly, and not a comprehensive listing of information. Includes a discussion group section. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Jacob Lawrence Visual Archive and Education Center Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation. Images of more than 800 paintings and drawings of Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), “the first American artist of African descent to receive sustained mainstream recognition in the United States.” Called the “History Painter,” Lawrence, who began his career in New York at the end of the Harlem Renaissance, was acclaimed for several series of paintings on historical themes, which can be viewed in this site. These include biographically inspired works on the lives of Toussaint L’Ouverture, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown. His 1941 narrative series of 60 paintings, “The Migration of the Negro,” on the 20th-century movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North, brought national attention to Lawrence. The site includes a 1,500-word biography, a 9,700-word timeline, three essays ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 words on Lawrence’s artistic technique; a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography of more than 400 titles. Also provides links to 11 related sites—including a 1995 interview with the artist—and seven lesson plans for high- and middle-school students on the Tubman and Migration series, Lawrence’s work as illustrator for novels by Langston Hughes and other authors, and other themes. Valuable for those studying art history, African-American history, and cultural endeavors to attach expressive meaning to historical subjects. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2002-06-18.
