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| A Name of web site | AA URL/ Address | Evaluation Notes or comments SUBJECT Abr.: INT= Internet; HIS= History; HEA= Health, Athletics, Preventative Care, Exercise; DIS= Distance Education & Learning/Training; COM= Community Participation & Governance; DEV= Individual Development, Recreational, Spiritual UN = United Nations Agencies Prog & Funds UPL = USA Presidential Libraries | AA INT UN LIB HIS HEA DIS COM DEV UPL or-H | Ease navigate. Avoid Top 10 Mistake: 01_Frames -Over use; 02_Bleed edge tech; 03_Scroll text or loop animation; 04_Complex URLs; | Material Unique collections/materials—potential value [list or refer] ----- --------<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<05_Orphan pages; 06_Long scroll navigate page; 07_Lac Navigation support, 08_Non-standard link colors; 09_Outdated info; 10_Slow | Unique Links other sites?<<<<<<<<<download times; for further definition of 10 mistakes see http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990502.html | Online reference sources accessible? [list most valuable ones] | Rating Scale: 1= not return 2= likely no return 3= good may return 4= very good 5= great | Used for Exercise: e.g. 2, | Main Subject: Preservation, Access, etc. to be used | |
| a 1875 Town of Walnut Hill | http://www.ioweb.com/lhf/1875town.html | Considered the best agricultural museum - good background on-line | HIS | 3 | post-Civil War community on the Iowa frontier. | http://www. | Yes with some pictures | 3 | The major interpretive theme of the town is the interdependence between farmers and the craftsmen and merchants |
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| A day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson | http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/index.html | Good Educational Site or if need to review basic Bio nfo. Moved from previous "Day in the life" to "Jefferson" | HIS | 3 | brief Biography , timeline physical description, links | http://www. | 3 | ||||
| A Research Roadmap for Your Topic, | http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/teach98/sources | Very good presentation of the reasons/importance of Primary sources where are possible sites | HIS | 3 | Online Resources from the National Archives and Records Administration | Y | 4 | Just full text of the basic document | |||
| Abraham Lincoln - Assassination Page from Roger Norton | http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln.html | Good on-line source Especially for Students and sr. hobbyists, trial testimony and pictures | HIS | 3 | summary of the Lincoln Assassination. Eyewitness Account of the Chase and Capture of John Wilkes Booth. | links gathered and created by Roger Norton. | 3 | The Military Commission The 1865 Conspiracy Trial |
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| Academic Info:Native Americans Studies: Digital Library [Edit | http://www.academicinfo.net/nativeamdl.html | Good example of a simple portal site by a non-profit with specific subject. May suggest another after viewing links. Seems like one long page | HIS | 4 | Subtitled An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources. includes:Meta-Indexes, General Collections, Legal Materials, Speeches & Articles, Databases & Projects, Image Galleries, Online Exhibits | Multiple for subject | Links to some full text- - | 4+ | Beware if you like history and story telling can get caught reading the speeches and stories -): | ||
| African American Resources at the Smithsonian | http://www.si.edu/resource/tours/afafam/start.htm | On-line brochure -Takes very long to load but it is great overview, narrative and pictures of what is available on subject in various museums associated with Smithsonian | HIS | 3 long load time for brochure | programs related to African and African American issues and resources. |
http://www. | yes brochure | 4 | |||
| Any Day in History | http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/ | Quick look of interesting facts for any day | HIS | 3 | http://www. | y just highlights | 4 | ||||
| Archives Library Information Center of National Archives and Records Administration | http://www.nara.gov/nara/naralibrary/refmenu.html | See Subject matter | HIS | 3 Limited subject matter | archival administration, administrative history, American history and government, biography, information management, and government documents | Some | 3+ | Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration | |||
| Autobiography: http://www.bibliomania.com/NonFiction/Jefferson/ | http://www.bibliomania.com/NonFiction/Jefferson/ | Full text of Autobiography - I had read the multi volume set by others -Want to revisit this "Autobiography" | HIS | 3 | full Text of TJ Autobiography | http://www. | y | 4 | |||
| BBC Education - 20CVox Twentieth Century |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/20cvox/what.shtml | Vox provides listeners with a . The clips . | HIS DIS | 4 using real audio can listen | short montages (4 - 5 minutes long) giving a human perspective on how events and development shaped daily live |
http://www. | 4 | colorful and representative archive of oral history | |||
| Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography: |
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/biography/TheAutobiographyo | Great on line -First by chapter and makes load easy. Good example of solution for long UNICEF docs. Simple Directory with 41 chapter of a few pages each. | HIS | 3+ | auto biog on line - sample of many others at same site | http://www. | y | 4 | |||
| California Heritage collection | http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/k12/index.html | Good Presentation - Limited use | HIS | 3 | California History, U.S. History, the Great Depression, Mexican Independence Day, Primary Sources, Archives, Social Studies, Chinese-Americans, Ethnic Studies, Migration |
On-liine resource of Nat'l /archives | Yes: to Lesson Plands Competencies and Standards | 3 | |||
| Center for American History's Website | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/CAH | Appears to be finding aids for material in various formats some photos with text in exhibits category | HIS | 4 | Texas, Texans, and the Alamo | http://www. | 4 | ||||
| Center for Documentary Studies | http://www-cds.aas.duke.edu/about/index.html | Could have simpler first page. Long Scrolling Text."About file" comes up first. Duke U. | HIS | 3 | use photography, oral history, film, and narrative writing to bring to light stories of lives and events that they find relevant to larger community, historical, and cultural questions | http://www. | y | 3 | independent nonprofit organization affiliated with Duke University in the USA. |
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| Christian Science Monitor - Black History Project | http://www.csmonitor.com/atcsmonitor/specials/bhmonth/p%2Dbhindex.html | Very Well presented, Text and some audio. | HIS or-H | 4 | diverse multimedia experience, which captures the essence of people of African origin from around the world |
http://www. | Y & with some audio | 4 | A . | ||
| CIA Electronic Document Release Centre | http://www.foia.ucia.gov/ | Dark background, slow load number of pictures on first site | HIS | 3 | Part of FOI Project, Includes Annual Report of Historical Review Program CIA | http://www. | 3 | ||||
| Commonly Requested Federal Services | http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Services/ | Excellent Portal Site | HIS/GOV | -Social Security, Veterans, Pensions... Student Aid, Fellowships, Grants..Medicare, Medicaid, Aging, AIDS.. Space, Copyrights, Passports, Travel Warnings. |
multiple | n | 4 | Fraud, Auto Recall...Taxes, Jobs, Military. Residential, Commercial, and Vehicles.. Postal Service... Housing Information. .. One Stop Business Link to Government… |
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| Consider the Source: Historical Records in the Classroom. | http://unix6.nysed.gov/services/teachers/ctstoc.htm | Teaching Resources and trying to address common questions A Publication of the NYS Archives and Records Administration, | HIS | 3 | issues of Teachers Find Historical Records & Historical Records Enhance Learning and Skills Development, bit maps of sample doc | Sample record plains | Sample record plans | 3 | What are Historical Records? Why Do Teachers Use Historical Records? How Do Historical Records Fit into the Classroom? | ||
| Conversations with History - | http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations | Looks to be interesting interviews, But very slow to respond on two occasions. Feb 200 Ok. site uses real player for Video. | HIS or-H | 3 | distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work, in unedited text and video formats |
http://www. | Y | 2 | |||
| Digital Libraries project for Virginia Tech | http://Scholar.lib.vt.edu/digilib/ | interesting to have access to specific journals online | HIS | 3+ Full site search | Journals Published by Scholarly Communications Project | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ | 3+ | ||||
| Duke University Special Collections Library | http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/ | Collections of Documents on history can be found at this site. | HIS | 3 | http://www. | 3 | |||||
| DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY | http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu | Slow load of first site picture - But elegant and direct pointer to site index | HIS UPL or-H | 3 | Oral history Transcript files | http://www. | y | 4 | 200 SE 4th Street Abilene, KS 67410-2900 PHONE: 785-263-4751 FAX: 785-263-4218 EMAIL: library@eisenhower.nara.gov Museum Hours: |
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| Florida International University Digital Library | http://fludi.fiu.edu | Error in Cgi when trying to view picture. On second attempt acces to site a few days later -not possible. | HIS | 2 Browse by subject History | Image Sound Video Text | http://www. | 2 | ||||
| FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY & Digital Archives | http://www.academic.marist.edu/fdr/ | Good Presentation of material with Thumbnail pictures. Good Choice of Themes to highlight collection | HIS UPL | 3 | 10, 000 Digitized Documents including German diplomatic, | http://www. | Y | 4 | 511 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538-1999 PHONE: 914-229-8114 FAX: 914-229-0872 EMAIL: library@roosevelt .nara.gov Museum Hours | ||
| Free Speech Movement: Student Protest | http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/FSM/ | Limited Time Period But good context presentation with related links. Simple first screen | HIS or-H | 4 | U.C. Berkeley, 1964-65 Searchable transcripts of oral history interviews about the American Free Speech movement. | http://www. | 4 | 3 | |||
| GEORGE BUSH LIBRARY | http://csdl.tamu.edu/bushlib | Items organized by year with plans to expand categories | HIS UPL | 3 | 38,000,000 pages of official and personal papers, 1,000,000 photographs, 2,500 hours of videotape, and 70,000 museum objects |
http://www. | Y | 3 | 1000 George Bush Drive West College Station, TX 77845 PHONE: 409-260-9554 FAX: 409-260-9557 EMAIL: library@bush.nara.gov Museum Hours: |
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| GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY | http://www.ford.utexas.edu | Relatively small collection compared to some o other pre sites, Some good on-line exhibits | HIS UPL | 3 | Featured papers: Nt'l Security Council Minutes, Speeches by date etc. | http://www. | Y | 2 | 1000 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2114 PHONE: 734-741-2218FAX: 734-741-2341 EMAIL: library@fordlib.nara.gov | ||
| GERALD R. FORD MUSEUM | http://www.ford.utexas.edu | Site is same for Library and Museum thought are in two different Physical locations | HIS UPL | 3 | http://www. | 2 | 303 Pearl Street, NWGrand Rapids, MI 49504-5353 PHONE: 616-451-9263 FAX: 616-451-9570 EMAIL: information.museum@fordmus.nara.gov |
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| Great Speeches from History | http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/ | Has full text but last update for speech of week was Dec 1998 at height of impeachment scandal | HIS | 3 | Has speech of the week, on-line historical speeches , Abe Lincoln , Vietnam etc. | http://www. | y | 3 | - from The History Place. | ||
| H-Oralhist HOME PAGE | http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~oralhist/ | Good presentation. Also analysis of approach to oral hist subject. | HIS or-H | 3 | network for scholars and professionals active in studies related to oral history. The History of Oral History. |
http://www. | y | 3 | |||
| HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY | http://www.trumanlibrary.org | Simple interface. With whimsical search using "Harry's glasses : |
HIS UPL | 3 | Photos, Docs, WW years etc. | http://www. | 3 | 500 West U.S. Highway 24 Independence, MO 64050-1798 PHONE: 816-833-1400 FAX: 816-833-4368EMAIL: lbrary@truman.nara.gov Museum Hours |
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| HERBERT HOOVER LIBRARY | http://hoover.nara.gov | Mostly File lists and finding aides - maybe this reflects the conservative nature of the former president.:-) | HIS UPL | 3 | Under :Research section Collections: Papers & Photos broken into sub groups pa" | http://www. | 2 | 210 Parkside Drive P.O. Box 488 West Branch, IA 52358-0488 TX 78705-5702 PHONE: 319-643-5301 FAX: 319-643-5825 EMAIL: library@hoover.nara.gov Museum Hours |
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| Historic Audio Archive | http://www.webcorp.com/test/audioarchive.htm | Great "Rogues and heroes" | HIS O-H | 3 | Real Audio files of Richard Nixon, JFK, Martin Luther King Jr and others "Nixons Greatest Hits" | http://www. | y | 4 | |||
| JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY | http://carterlibrary.galileo.peachnet.edu/ | Starts on first page with "Documents and Photos on the Web" tells how to get on line access and search related. | HIS UPL | 4 | 83 multi page Docs are selected for highlighting via NAIL, Speeches available from this site | http://www. | y | 4 | 441 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307-1498 PHONE: 404-331-3942 FAX: 404-730-2215 EMAIL: library@carter.nara.gov Museum Hours: |
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| JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY | http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/ | Clean intro site -Grea tinfo on -line | HIS UPL | 3 slow load of pictures | on-line exhibit, Speeches, sound files , pictures and Docs etc. on-line developed from the ready reference book of Lib staff. | http://www. | y | 4 | Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125-3398PHONE: 617-929-4500 FAX: 617-929-4538 EMAIL: library@kennedy.nara.gov Museum Hours: 9 am |
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| Library of Congress Resources Available Online | http://www.loc.gov/ | Good portal to the collections including drafts etc. of Gettysgurg Address. | HIS | 3 | portal to American Memory, Exhibitions, Thomas, American Treasures of LOC. | multiple | y under collections | 4 | Only known photo fo Lincoln at Gettysburg | ||
| Links to the Past (National Park Service) | http://www.cr.nps.gov | Slow load first screen - Where are the documents? Has a text version but banner come sup late | HIS | 2 | Parks and History Maritime, Archeology, Civil War, Historical places and Structures, Peoples and Cultures | http://www. | y | 3 | |||
| LYNDON B. JOHNSON LIBRARY | http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ | Simple Presentation with cartoon on entry but did not take long to load. | HIS UPL | 3 | Photo, Telephone, Oral History, Biographies recordings in adobe Acrobat format for transcript interviews | http://www. | y | 3 | 2313 Red River Streetstin, TX 78705-5702 916-5137 FAX: 512-916-5171 EMAIL: library@johnson.nara.gov Museum Hours |
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| Making of America | http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/index.html | primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. | HIS | 3 | on-line 634,068 pages African Slave trade, Poems of Grace Greenwood, History of New-England Emigrant Aid Co. | http://www. | y | 3 | The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. | ||
| National Geographic Pub index | http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/index.html | subject indexing to Magazines, Books, and Films and Videos produced by the Society. | HIS | 3 long process to obtain what needed | subject indexing to Magazines, Books, and Films and Videos produced by the Society. | http://www. | y | 3 | not sure of doc delivery. Says can print. But mine didn't. I think just citation | ||
| National Museum of Women's History | http://www.nmwh.org/ | Very interesting Home page. Using corner of HOME and MAP. However second banner does not take direct to collections | HIS | 3 | The NMWH is dedicated to preserving, displaying, interpreting, and celebrating the historic contributions of women. | http://www. | y | 4 | can walk through exhibit or more indepth doc coverage | ||
| Native Americans: Oneida Nation: |
http://oneida-nation.net/ | limited but good collection some on-line | HIS | 3 | Brief History , the nation next door | http://www. | Y | 3 | |||
| Navy Oral History Collection - | http://hometown.aol.com/famjustin/usnoentry.html | Great material for those with interest in or served in Navy or Merchant Marine | HIS or-H | 3 | providing naval, coast guard, and merchant marine stories, biographies, photographs, and documents. |
http://www. | Y | 4 | Includes Exec. Ofice memorandum and links | ||
| New Deal Network | http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm | Best multimedia Project, American Association of History and Computing, 1999. Subject limited but includes some full text and links education project-using site. | HIS | 4+ | Photo Gallery Documents Classroom Online Resourcesand bibliographical materials | Lesson plans, Web projects, . | yes | 4+ | Resources on FDR and the Great Depression, Picture Photo Gallery> Over 4000 Images. | ||
| NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF | http://sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/nixon.html | Starts with talk about Nixon Staff - doesn't seem to be much on line | HIS UPL | 3 | mostly list of docs available | http://www. | yes | 3 | National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-713-6950 FAX: 301-713-6916 EMAIL: nixon@arch2.nara.gov |
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| NY Daily News Photo Archive | http:/www.dailynewspix.com | Too dark Background, query by caption, file name and partial text. | HIS | 3 | Photos on a regular basis | http://www. | yes descriptions only | 3 | |||
| Online Resources from the National Archives and Records Administration | http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/teach98/sources/archives.htm | Useful for specific inquires related to source material from us Gov. | HIS | 3 | Very good guide to Finding records in the National Archives of the United States by record group e.g. Senate, House of Representatives | On Line Exhibits and Presedtial Libraries | y | 4 | |||
| online, the Vermont Historical Society web site. | www.state.vt.us/vhs | Historical Topics: includes archaeology, Civil War, historic preservation, etc. | HIS | Q4uite good | collects artifacts and documents that reflect the entire history of the state, every geographical area, and every chronological period. preserve history makes Vermont special place live, work, and visit |
Vermont archival repositories, etc. | Yes | 3 | Sites especially for educators; Vermont Museums, local historical societies, Genealogy.some war letters and underground railroad | ||
| Open University Family and Community History Home Page | http://hcrl.open.ac.uk/SocSci/da301/homepage.html | Some interest - seems if on CD- Could eventually be on WWW access. | HIS | 3 | 3 courses for active or would-be researchers in Family and Community History. Material gathered via past classes | http://www. | Y but mst on CD-rom | ||||
| Oral History Association | http://omega.dickinson.edu/organizations/oha/ | Portals to links and publications Excerpts of some publications trying to sell | HIS or-H | 3 | Oral History Evaluation Guidelines including Principals and Standards | n | 3 | ||||
| Oral History Internet Resources (Michigan Oral History Association) | http://scnc.leslie.k12.mi.us/~charnle2/ohlinks.html | NOW see H-ORALhisat | HIS or-H | 1 | Methods, Centers and Projects | http://www. | n | 3 | |||
| Oral History Links (University of Hawaii at Manoa) | http://www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/oral_hist/links.html | OK Portal - not to much additional | HIS or-H | portal | http://www. | 2 | |||||
| Oral History Project for Adult Education Classes | http://hub1.worlded.org/TEACHERS/oralhist/ma2a.htm | Good sample of approach to Oral History could be developed with material as a template to get history of various organizations. What is a minimal set of information to collect? | HIS DIS or-H | 3 | Lessons and Resources for Oral History with samples | http://www. | y | 4 | from New Bedford Division of Adult/Continuing Education New Bedford, MA 02740 | ||
| Oral History Society Home Page | http://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/oralhis.htm | Oral History Society Home Page - good intro with quote and "what is Oral History" Slow load on Journal | HIS or-H | 3 | Journal published twice a year | http://www. | n | 3 | dedicated to the collection and preservation of oral history | ||
| Perseus Project | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ | Slow Loading First page with Picture graphic | HIS | 3 After first load easy access with good graphics | library's catalogs document 523 coins, 1548 vases, over 1400 sculptures, 179 sites and 381 buildings. Each catalog entry has a description of the object and its context; most have images. This web site currently publishes over 33,000 pictures! | second Sources, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/secondary.html | YES | 4 | Art & Archaeology Atlas Texts & Translations Text Tools & Lexica links to Greek Art and Languageetc. |
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| Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library | http://jeffline.tju.edu/archives/phdil | Very slow load for first page, some interesting photographs | HIS | 3 | 3,000 Images, Photographs and art work | http://www. | 3 | See use reproduction statement | |||
| Presidential Libraries System | http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html | Portal Site guide to The Presidential Libraries System, made up of 10 presidential libraries and One presidential projects. repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, and other historical materials of U.S. Presidents since Herbert Hoover |
HIS UPL | 3 | Each library offers a variety of public programs and works with educators to foster the use of primary source material by students. |
http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html | y most have some text | 4 | Good overview of Relationshjip of Individual Libraries to NARA, Holdings and programmes for the 9 Libraries | ||
| Primary Sources and Activities - National Archives and Records Administration, | http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/ | Good educational site also links to national history standards and National Standards for Civics in Government | HIS | 4 | Constitution Day and Lessons, Fight for equal Rights, Black soldiers in civil War with Photos, Lincoln , Roosevelt etc. | Teaching Docs | y | 4 | National Archives and Records Administration, History in the Raw, was recommeneded at http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/raw.html but not avialable the parent site was | ||
| Primary Sources Network: Oral Histories | http://primarysources.msu.edu/curricula/intro/upsthree/ | Should revisit with any interest Oral History Project people. | HIS | 3 | How to Conduct an Oral History Interview; Examples of Good and Bad Techniques; Oral History Internet Resources; Selected Bibliography | y | 3 | Links to Oral History Internet Resources, Associations , Projects and Collections | |||
| RONALD REAGAN LIBRARY | http://www.reagan.utexas.edu | Moving Icons on entry, but does not take along time to load. BIOS and Photo on-line. Docs you can order later. The "image man" | HIS UPL | 3 | Major Speeches, Photos and Biographies Photos available on Line and Biographical sketch | http://www. | n | 3 | 40 Presidential Drive Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600PHONE: 800-410-8354 FAX: 805-522-9621 EMAIL: library@reagan.nara.gov Museum Hours: | ||
| Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II | http://history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm | Slow Load of Photo on first entry | HIS or-H | 3 | Interview in recent past | http://www. | y | 3 | |||
| Schools for the New Millennium: Community in History | http://cttl.rice.edu/projects/neh/resources/oralhistory.html | To be revisited for oral story project - good links and samples of approach | HIS-ORL, DIS or-H | 3 | links to Notes on Oral History in the Classroom. How Oral History can be an interdisciplinary link to many subject areas, integrating various courses in a project | http://www.baylor.edu/~Oral_History/Introduction.html | y | 3 | Workshop on the Web: Introduction to Oral History Baylor University Institute for Oral History A very good guide to the nuts and bolts of oral history. |
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| Site for the Journal of History and Computing | http://mcel.pacificu.edu/JAHC/jahcindex.htm | Just being started - | HIS | 2 | Archive of last two years | http://www. | Yes | 3 | |||
| Smithsonian Institution | http://www.si.edu/newstart.htm | Wohooo. Elegant presentation and great content | HIS | 5 | Pictures attached to some journal articles & Smithsonian Photographs on line http://photo2.si.edu/ | Interactive web site : Kids Castle http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/ | Y | 5 | excellent example of the use of the million dollar space on first page; Current issues of some Journals, Research Reports Series | ||
| Social Security Administration Oral Histories - s. | http://www.ssa.gov/history/orallist.html | Disclaimer on First page -Very simple approach. Slow loading picture when load interview. But includes Sound clip & Photos. Good Format | HIS or-H | 4 | oral history transcripts and archive Old and New collections | http://www. | y | 5 | |||
| Teaching Resources on the Web | http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/teaching_sites.html | good portal to outside but also to full text inside Georgetown Virtual Library | HIS | 3 | American studies Virtual Library at Georgetown | http://www. | y | 4 | |||
| The African-American Mosaic A Library of Congress Resource Guide the Study of Black History and Culture | http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html | Pictures and text highlighting the various collections | HIS | 3 | Colonization, Liberia, Personal Stories and ACS New Directions, Abolition, Influence of Prominent Abolitionists, Conflict of Abolition and Slavery, Migration, Western Migration and Homesteading, | http://www. | yes Picture & text images | 4 | Nicodemus, Kansas , Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration, WPA, Cavalcade of the American Negro , Authors and the Federal Writers' Project , Ex-slave Narratives, | ||
| The American Philosophical Society | http://www.amphilsoc.org/ | Some on-line of recent issuance's describing the collections | HIS | 3 | Mostly on-line descriptions of the Guides to the collections | http://www. | y | 3 | |||
| The American Radicalism Collection | http://www.lib.msu.edu/spc/digital/radicalism/ | Small Attractive Collection, Interesting how covered the copyright issue | His | 3 | Specialized collection believed to be in public domain | http://www. | Yes | 3 | Black Panthers, I.W.W., Japanese Americans, Rosenbergs American Radicalism |
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| The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School | http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/search.htm | Simple interface. Unique information related to diplomatic | HIS UN | 4 | Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy | http://www. | YES Treaties | 4 | |||
| The LibertyOnline Thomas Paine Library | http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Paine/ | Revisit for use with History American Rev - also nte how full text is presented similar to FTP site. Page was not found but then upper right corner gave full text? | HIS | 3 | online library of Thomas Paines works. | http://www. | 3 | ||||
| The White House Virtual Library | http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/ | Good Site Search by key word | HIS GOV or-H | 4 Easy to Navigate | Press Briefings & Radio Addresses - some audio | http://www. | Yes | 5 | Note use of PDI Persistent Document Identifiers (PDI) | ||
| Thomas | http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html?68,9 | Excellent source of US docs | HIS GOV | 4 | Legislation, Congressional Record, and Committee Information | http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/mdbquery.html | y | 4 | |||
| UN Dag Hammarskjold Library | http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/ | Simple first screen and others have been redone to reflect this approach | HIS | 4+ | UN documentation Research guide; maps including some peacekeeping, Consolidated Lib ref. Guide for UN list of Depository Libraries, System | http://www.unsystem.org/depolib/ | Y | 4+ | Link between maps and Full text describing Mission | ||
| UN Pictorial History | http://www.un.org/UN50/Photos/intro.html | Good source - but online-seems to only have one picture for each time period in beginning years. Then nothing since 1996?d | Hits UN | 3 slow loading Gif format | 2000, Photo Some back to 1945 - good source for site | http://www. | 3 | 50.charge payable to UN for each UN photo used in publication whether obtained form Photo Lib or downloaded? Different scale for non-profits? | |||
| University of Virginia Special Collections Ð Family Papers - Jefferson | http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/ | First Screen opens with "electronic Text Center" thousands of SGML coded leech text & Images | HIS | 3 | Electronic Texts by or to Jefferson (More than 1,700 items, including some color manuscript images) |
http://www. | y | 3 | |||
| US State and Local Gateway | http://www.statelocal.gov/ | Well Organized | HIS/GOV | 3 | Note Reference page Bookshelves. | http://www.statelocal.gov/referenc.html | Y mostvia portal to other site | 4 | |||
| Vermont History on the Web | http://www.state.vt.us/vhs/links/hist.htm | Portal Site - good for what it was | HIS | 3 Straight forward list | No = Portal site | 3 | |||||
| Victorian Women's Writers Project | http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/index.html | Interesting copyright statement(c) 1997, | LIB DIS HIS | 3 | transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century, anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, volumes of poetry, verse, drama. | http://www. | y | 5 | Indiana Univ claim copyright only to original contributions made by the Victorian Women Writers Project participants and other members of the university community. | Indiana University makes no claim of copyright to the original text.Encoded using the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). | |
| Wills on the Web | http://websearch.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.ca%2Dprobate.com/wills.htm | Has Celebrities and ordinary people. Interesting last update Nov 1999 | HIS | 4 -didn't see way to search maybe only browse | Benjamin Franklin to Princess Diana dispensed with their worldly possession |
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| World History Archives | http://websearch.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.hartford%2Dhwp.com/archives/ | Simple approach. Worth revisiting for use | HIS | yes good browse | teaching World history from working class perspective | http://www. | A huge repository for documents for teaching and understanding contemporary world history. |