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Emma Spaulding Bryant Letters The Digital Scriptorium, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Features ten letters written in the summer 1873 from Emma Spaulding Bryant to John Bryant, her husband and a politician in the Georgia Republican Party after the Civil War. The letters, taken from the John Bryant Papers at Duke University, are accompanied by images and background notes. These documents are “unusually frank for this time period,” according to the author of the site, and they “reveal much about the relationships between husbands and wives in this era, and shed light on medical practices that were often kept private.” Presented by Duke’s Digital Scriptorium, which provides “access to historical documentation through the use of innovative technology and collaborative development projects with Duke University faculty, students, and staff.” Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Urban Landscape The Digital Scriptorium, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. A searchable database of approximately 1,000 historical images from 14 collections at Duke University, focusing mainly on cities and towns in the American South from the late 19th century to the 1980s. Includes 41 aerial views taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1918 of towns in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina; 150 picture postcards of southern towns from the turn of the century to the 1960s; 22 photos of the 1886 earthquake in Charlotte, SC; 32 photographs taken in Savannah, GA around the turn of the century; 28 taken in Cheraw, SC, in the early 20th century; 112 shot in Durham, NC, from the turn of the century up to 1950; and 66 photos, taken mostly in Durham, for 18 Duke University undergraduate documentary photography projects created between 1979 and 1985. The site also includes a series of 97 photographs taken in Salem, MA, in the 1890s; 31 images from the Philippine Islands and other Far East locations taken between 1899 and 1902; and four series of 218 photographs by documentarist William Gedney taken in New York, San Francisco, and Benares, India. Especially of value for students of urban architecture and for those interested in images of southern street life. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2008-10-14.
The Economists’ Papers Project The Digital Scriptorium, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. The documents are presented by Duke’s Digital Scriptorium, which provides “access to historical documentation through the use of innovative technology and collaborative development projects with Duke University faculty, students, and staff.” Other projects underway at the Scriptorium include searchable databases of early 20th-century advertising and 19th-century sheet music. Papers of 25 modern, eminent economists Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 1998-07-24.
Political Thought Page Kansas State University, Political Science Department. Furnishes 15 partially-annotated links to political theory resources arranged in four categories: “Idealism and the Ancient World”; “Realism”; “Liberalism”; and “History as Progress.” Also includes nine “short pieces that raise questions of contemporary significance, inspired by the classics” on political thinkers from Plato to Marx; a recent newspaper article relating Machiavelli to contemporary times; and a link to the transcript of a 1992 interview with Francis Fukuyama, along with accompanying audio and video clips. A site useful as an introduction to western philosophical writings on political theory and for its attempt to relate classical theory to contemporary issues. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2001-07-17.
Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848–1998 National Women’s History Project. Furnishes secondary materials concerning women’s rights efforts in the U.S. from 1848 to the present. Includes a 5,000-word history of the movement; a 7,000-word chronology of political activism; six curriculum ideas; a detailed list of activities for high school students, librarians, and teachers to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the movement; listings for 54 prominent women’s history organizations, arranged alphabetically by state; basic information and/or links for 60 groups that treat contemporary women’s issues; and descriptive listings for 18 “costumed history performers” who portray public figures in women’s history. The site is sponsored by the National Women’s History Project, “a nonprofit organization, founded in 1980, that is committed to providing education, promotional materials, and informational services to recognize and celebrate women’s diverse lives and historic contributions to society.” Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2008-10-08.
Center for Working-Class Studies Center for Working-Class Studies, Youngstown State University. Introduces an organization begun in 1996 that “creates social spaces for civic and academic conversations on working-class life and culture and its intersections with other identities and serves as a clearinghouse for information on working-class culture, issues, and pedagogy.” The site presents information about the Center, its outreach programs and electronic discussion network; a 1,000-word essay defining working-class studies and commenting on recent trends; six course syllabi; online student exhibitions for a course on “Working in Youngstown,” which deals with the history and representations of work in “Steeltown, U.S.A.” and throughout the U.S.; 88 abstracts of papers presented at the 1999 conference on “Class, Identity, and Nation”; 84 partially annotated links to related resources, including 24 for museums on working-class and labor history; and a bibliography organized into 24 thematic categories such as “Working-Class Fiction,” “Class as Culture,” “Class Perception in the U.S.,” and “Class and Sexuality.” A useful site for introducing students to discussions of class and labor issues in American history. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2007-10-22.
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Jerry Goldman, Northwestern University. See JAH web review by Melvin I. Urofsky. Reviewed 2001-09-01. Features audio files, abstracts, transcriptions of oral arguments, and written opinions on more than 3,300 Supreme Court cases. Includes more than 3,000 hours of audio of arguments in selected cases going back to 1955 and all cases since 1995. Users can access cases through keyword searches or a list of 13 broad categories, including civil rights, due process, first amendment, judicial power, privacy, and unions. Also provides easy access to the 20 most popular cases—such as Roe v. Wade (abortion), Gideon v. Wainwright (right to counsel), Plessy v. Ferguson (segregation), Grutter v. Bollinger (racial preferences in school admissions decisions), and Bush v. Gore— determined by numbers of hits to the site. Also offers images and biographical outlines for every justice who has served on the Court. “The Pending Docket” provides briefs of pending cases, along with links to relevant opinions; additional material on selected cases; a summary highlighting cases decided in the previous session with a breakdown of the voting of individual justices; and a forum for discussions of selected recent cases. The site also includes a “virtual tour” of the Court building; links to all the written opinions of the Court since 1893; and audio of speeches by a handful of justices. Of great value for those practicing law and studying its history. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIO. Website last visited on 2007-10-18.
Virtual Greenbelt: A Local History of Greenbelt, Maryland Department of American Studies, University of Maryland. A collaborative effort of the faculty and students in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland, this site provides images, interviews, and other materials on the history of Greenbelt, Maryland, a New-Deal-era planned community in the Washington, D.C. area. One of three planned garden towns built during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency, Greenbelt was designed to provide affordable housing in a pleasant setting. The site features five oral history interview texts and excerpts from eight other interviews about Greenbelt during World War II. It includes over 80 photographs of the interior and furnishings of the Greenbelt Museum, a restored house furnished with objects from 1936–1946, as well as over 50 images of community businesses, schools, social and recreational activities from the 1930s through the 1950s. Roughly 60 online papers written by University of Maryland undergraduates are included as well. This easily navigated site offers an index for images and online papers. A good site for local and history project ideas and for studying material and consumer culture of the mid-20th century. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2000-11-21.
FedWorld U.S. Department of Commerce. Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Naval Historical Center United States Department of the Navy. This website contains collections of photographs and paintings on navy people, ships, and aircraft; historical overviews; chronologies; bibliographies; and documents on the history of the U.S. Navy. “Wars and conflicts of the U.S. Navy” offers material on wars and naval campaigns from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm, including overviews of naval history, chronologies, bibliographies, and oral histories from World War II. The photographic section offers hundreds of paintings and photographs of U.S. Navy ships and aircraft from the early republic to the present. The visitor can browse entries alphabetically or by type. Images are accompanied by descriptions and many of the entries have multiple images available. “African Americans and the U.S. Navy” offers photos and paintings of African Americans who served from the 1860s to the 1970s. “Nurses and the U.S. Navy” provides photos and images of nurses from the 19th century to 1941. The section also offers dozens of images of U.S. Navy recruiting posters and a feature with images and descriptions of U.S. Navy ships insignia. Naval Art Gallery offers 24 galleries including “Women in Uniform” and “The Invasion of Normandy.” Additionally, the Operational Archives Branch offers Commander Naval Forces Vietnam (COMNAVFORV) monthly summaries from 1966 to 1973. “Sources of U.S. Naval History” provides dozens of links to archives holding material on the U.S. Navy. Also, there are complete guides to doing research at the Naval Historical Center and extensive information its available on-site collections. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 2007-10-18.
The White House Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Concord Review Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Elac Theatre Theatre Arts Department, East Los Angeles College. history of theatre Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Ron Wall Miniatures Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
History House Sebastian Good, Ian Quigley and David Rodriguez. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
The Spirit of Invention Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
City Gallery Steve Knoblock, ed. history of photography and current issues chat room Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Living History Joseph Shelby. links to living history groups in the DC area Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers Dennis Boals. This site was designed to encourage K-12 teachers to use the Internet as a learning and teaching tool and to help them locate useful online resources. It serves as a gateway to museum exhibits, lesson plans, syllabi, and oral history and archival materials. Under the heading “American History” there are 11 time periods, from Colonial to Recent, plus 7 categories, including civil rights, oral history, military history, and organizations. These are not always well organized, however, as sites on the Red Scare and Flappers appear under the heading “Depression.” Anywhere from 20 to 200 semi-annotated links, of varying quality, appear within each heading, but some are quite good and this site is worth exploring. Resources Available: TEXT, IMAGES. Website last visited on 0000-00-00.
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Government William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar. This website, sponsored by Yale Law School with the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), is a collection of over 3,500 full-text documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. The documents are divided into four century categories: pre-18th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. Includes treaties, presidential papers and addresses, and colonial charters, as well as state and federal constitutional and legal documents. The documents are grouped into 64 Major Collection categories as well, such as Thomas Jefferson’s papers, American diplomacy, and the Cold War. All materials can be accessed through an alphabetical list, through the Major Collections page, through the four century pages, or by a keyword search. All of the search modes are easily navigable. Though most of these documents are directly related to American history, the site also includes over 100 documents on ancient, medieval, and Renaissance history, European history, and modern diplomatic documents such as the Hamas Covenant. The site is ideal for researching American diplomacy, constitutional, political, and legal history.
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Resources Available: TEXT. Website last visited on 2008-10-06.
