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1755-The French and Indian War
Larry Roux.
Text-based site showcasing research of Larry Roux, the site-designer, concerning French soldiers during the French and Indian War. Organized into six main sections: soldier lists, references (books), White Coats (author’s book), events/places to visit, other links, and document of the month, which consists of 12 links to sites on the American colonial and revolutionary period. History of the war divided into four sections in essay form. Those searching for primary documents on the war will find a set of retyped primary documents, placed on the site once a month. Also lists 65 books in English and French. The primary documents are especially useful as teaching aides.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 1998-09-01.
Views of the [Irish] Famine
Steve Taylor, Manager of Instructional Media Services, Vassar College.
Images and articles on the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1851, including some pre-famine material on related events. Taken primarily from newspapers in London and Ireland, the site includes 74 images and 16 articles from the
Illustrated London News; short reports and articles from the
Cork Examiner, September 1846 to December 1847; 17 illustrations and two articles from the
Pictorial Times of 1846 and 1847; 30 cartoons and four articles from London’s
Punch; and the contents of an 1847 pamphlet,
Narrative of a Journey from Oxford to Skibbereen during the Year of the Irish Famine by Lord Dufferin and G. G. Boyle. Provides a master picture list of 99 illustrations and cartoons from the materials, arranged by depicted subjects such as cabins, landlords and ejections, begging, food riots and attacks, relief, workhouse, funerals, voyage, and life in America. Also presents a list of 44 links to related resources. Although the site lacks contextual material, other than sentence-long biographical data on some of the cartoonists, it offers visitors visual and textual material that was available to contemporary Irish and English readers of popular print forms to make sense of the Famine.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2008-10-08.
Civil War @ Charleston
William J. Hamilton.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Women at War
Kaylene Hughes, U.S. Army.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2001-09-12.
A-Bomb WWW Museum
A-Bomb WWW Project.
This is a somewhat random collection of material designed to inform visitors about the effects of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to encourage discussions about world peace. The Hiroshima City University Department of Computer Science produced the site, which is divided into twenty pages. Pages that address the effects of the bomb include interviews of 700 to 900 words with five survivors and a survey of attitudes of second-generation Hiroshima citizens and children towards the bombing. There are 13 images of objects in the Peace Memorial Museum and 12 photographs that portray the effects of the bomb on Hiroshima. A 600-word essay describes the bomb and its physical effects. Pages that focus on peace include a tour of Peace Park, messages from the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the 19-page transcript of the Hiroshima Peace Forum, attended by Shimon Peres, Kenzaburo Ooe, and Takeshi Hiraoka. A bibliography provides titles for 37 books about the bomb and links to 30 other bomb related sites. Site may be useful for discussion of the cultural legacy of the bomb.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2001-05-30.
A Cybrary of the Holocaust
Michael Declan Dunn.
Created in 1995, this site presents an impressive body of primary and secondary source materials about the Holocaust. Offers an wide range of contemporary and historical resources, including more than 100 images from concentration camps and the Warsaw ghetto; more than 30 drawings and paintings by Holocaust survivors; interactive maps of two concentration camps; the text of the 1942 Wannsee Protocols; four interviews with historians; lesson plans for teaching about the Holocaust to school children; background essays; survivor narratives, poetry, and literature; letters, speeches, and posters by Nazi perpetrators; and scores of links. A sophisticated search engine guides users through the site’s poorly organized and sometimes confusing interface. The site’s author is a website marketing consultant. Particularly useful for elementary and secondary school teachers seeking to design student projects, this is an extremely rich collection of material.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2001-07-16.
The Interactive Florida County Atlas
Institute of Science and Public Affairs, Florida State University.
current info (demographic and economic statistics) for all of Florida’s counties
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Richard Nixon Audio Archives
Webcorp.
Audio clips from a number of famous talks and speeches delivered by Richard Nixon. The materials include Nixon’s 1974 “Farewell Speech,”; his 1973 “I am not a crook” speech, delivered upon the release of the Watergate tapes; nine selections from the 1952 “Checkers Speech”; five clips from the famous “Kitchen Debates” with Khrushchev in 1959; and 17 selections from Nixon’s remarks to reporters upon losing the California gubernatorial race in 1962, in which he exclaimed, “Just think how much you’re gonna be missing. You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.” No accompanying text or background information is included.
Resources Available: AUDIO.
Website last visited on 2001-07-16.
Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government
Eyler Robert Coates, Sr.
This site provides access to more than 2,700 quotations by Thomas Jefferson. Hosted by the University of Virginia, the site is designed and maintained by an individual admirer of Jefferson. The home page provides a 350-word description of the site, which is divided into six sections and 56 subsections of about 50 quotations each. For each quotation, from five to 100 words, the site provides a date, context, and citation information. Visitors may download a collection of 400 popular Jefferson quotations. Sections range from the “Fundamentals of Government” to the “Prospects of Self-Government.” Subsections cover topics such as inalienable rights, foreign relations, and the duties of citizens. The site may be searched by subject and search terms are highlighted within search results. There are links to 27 archives of Jefferson material, while 11 other links lead to sites about ideas that Jefferson is associated with, such as liberty and human rights. An annotated bibliography includes eight books about Jefferson. This site will be useful for anyone interested in what Jefferson had to say on topics related to government.
Resources Available: TEXT.
Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
The Virginia Newspaper Project
Errol Somay, Project Director.
new url added by M.O. 7/14/00
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
National Archives and Records Administration.
Created for a 1994 exhibit, this site examines poster art as a method of persuasion during World War II. Featuring 33 posters and one audio clip—the song “Any Bonds Today?”—the materials are divided into two sections. The first, which focuses on themes of “patriotism, confidence, and a patriotic outlook,” is arranged into five subsections: “Man the Guns!”; “It’s a Woman’s War Too!; ”United We Win“; ”Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, Or Do Without“; and ”Four Freedoms.“ The second section, also arranged into five subsections, presents posters that attempted to foster ”feelings of suspicion, fear, and even hate," a distinctly different strategy of propaganda. The materials are contextualized by background essays of 100–400 words in length. Although limited with regard to number of items, the site will be valuable for those studying wartime depictions of gender and race, and the power of images to further national goals.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIO.
Website last visited on 2001-07-16.
Portrait of Black Chicago
National Archives and Records Administration.
Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES.
Website last visited on 2001-09-12.
