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WereYouThere.com: The Online Social Archive
http://www.wereyouthere.com

WereYouThere.com is an online social archive created by individuals interested in sharing their most memorable experiences and knowledge with others. We're actively seeking contributors who'll upload original text, photos and video to WereYouThere that convey a strong sense of time and place. Hundreds of individuals have posted first-person remembrances on our site about historical events, military service, natural disasters and other compelling stories. With each new entry, WereYouThere becomes a powerful educational resource that connects people through shared experiences. We invite you to directly support our mission to create the Web's largest online social archive by becoming an early user of our free service. Please take a few moments to review our site at http://www.wereyouthere.com. If you have any questions about our service, please feel free to send a message to walter@wereyouthere.com.

Reviews in History
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/

Reviews in History (http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews) is a freely accessible e-journal produced by the Institute of Historical Research in London, publishing reviews of recent history books and electronic resources across a broad geographical, chronological and thematic range. Suggestions for and offers to review are always welcomed, and should be directed to the deputy editor Danny Millum at danny.millum@sas.ac.uk.

New ECHO Gateway for the History of Science, Technology, and Industry
http://echo.gmu.edu

The Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce the relaunching of the ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) website at http://echo.gmu.edu. ECHO is a portal to over 5,000 web sites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry. In addition to better helping researchers find the exact information they need and granting curious browsers a forum for exploration, the new site also provides access to the latest in blogging on the topics of digital history and histories of science, technology and industry. The project is based at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (http://chnm.gmu.edu). ECHO has been funded by two generous grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The Social Museum Collection at Harvard University
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/socialmuseum

An online searchable database of more than 6,000 Progressive Era photographs and illustrations from the collection of the Social Museum of Harvard University is now available. Established in 1903 as the cornerstone of the newly founded Department of Social Ethics, the Social Museum served as an academic and public resource to encourage the comparative study of social conditions and institutions in the United States and abroad during the first three decades of the 20th century. This online feature is derived from the exhibition Classified Documents: The Social Museum of Harvard University, 1903-1931, which was on view January 20 through June 10, 2007, at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

A Modern African American Pioneering Journey
http://www.Blackheritageriders.com

Scholarly work, on specific themes related to the mission and as well as historical sites and events in the specified states in which the journey will take place, are welcomed.

The Sweetest Company Town Ever Built: Hershey, PA
http://flaglermuseum.us

Michael D'Antonio, author of Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams will discuss Milton Hershey's life and how he separated his company town from its faceless counterparts to create one of the only successful Gilded Age company towns. Web visitors can now experience the lecture series via a live, interactive, web seminar. Online visitors can listen to the lecture live, see the presentation, and e-mail questions to the lecturer. There is no charge to join the online lecture. Log on to URL http://67.19.90.10/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsa2aab9b56265. A small plug-in is required for first-time visitors. Click enter the room. When prompted please provide your first name and leave the password field blank.

Caretaker Jobs
http://www.caretaker-jobs.com

Caretaker-jobs.com is a free resource for property owners and custodians to find caretakers for historic homes, trust properties and other properties that require a live-in caretkaker. Trustees or property owners can post free confidential caretaker required ads and applications are forwarded.

SabbaticalHomes.com
http://SabbaticalHomes.com

SabbaticalHomes.com offers a worldwide home listing service for academics temporarily offering or searching for accommodations for rent, exchange or house-sitting. Registered users can also save their searches, keep a "favorites" list, track e-mail queries regarding their posting, and see how many times their listing is viewed. For academics posting a home, the comprehensive listing process allows them to include a detailed description of their property, up to 10 photos of their home, and up to five links to relevant web sites. Those seeking a home are able to include a detailed description of their request. Please feel free to browse our site and let me know if you have any additional questions or would like to speak to the founder. Thanks.

The Lincoln Administration
http://www.documentsonwheels.com/

A new web site devoted to the scholarly research of the Lincoln Administration years 1861-65 has been launched. This ten year project is in the process of digitizing the records of the National Archives and Records Administration, transcribing and indexing for powerful search capabilities. Other additions to the web site is a Special Features section which delves indepth into issues revolving around Lincoln. The first features are the "Election of 1860" and "The U.S. vs. Nathaniel Gordon." Currently records from the Treasury Dept.Rg 56, RG 206, Solicitor, RG 217, Misc. Records, the Pardons Attorney RG 204, RG 60 Dept. of Justice, and RG 153, are being placed online. There are approximately 2,000 documents currently online with more being added daily. This is a monumental project, but with the upcoming Lincoln Bicentennial and the 2011 Civil War Susquecentennial, now millions of people will have access to records that once required people to travel to D.C and to the Archives to view. The subscripton cost of $15 per month provides full access to these documents. Contact Information: Karen Needles, Documents on Wheels, 6904 Carleton Tr., College Park, MD 20740. (240) 462-9802. E-mail: documentsonwheels@yahoo.com.

A Treasury of World's Fair Art & Architecture
http://www.lib.umd.edu/digital/worldsfairs

The University of Maryland Libraries announces the launch of its newest open digital collection, "A Treasury of World's Fair Art & Architecture" (www.lib.umd.edu/digital/worldsfairs). This digital library provides access to art- and architecture-related images, virtual tours and contextual essays covering a broad number of world's fairs including the first international fair, the "Crystal Palace" in London in 1851, the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Images included in the Treasury were scanned from a variety of visual media such as photographs, stereographs, prints, illustrations, scrapbooks, sheet music, periodicals, maps and pamphlets. Many artifacts are represented as well, including trade cards, tickets, exhibitor entry forms, postcards, souvenir ribbons and scarves. The Treasury's collection is strongest for the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial exhibition and the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and includes broad coverage of most international expositions. This digital library was conceived and developed collaboratively by staff in multiple UM Libraries units, including the Art and Architecture Libraries; Digital Collections and Research, Technical Services Division, and Information Technology Division. We invite you to explore the collection by searching for specific images, exploring virtual exhibits and reading informative essays. For further information, please contact Patricia Kosco Cossard, Subject Librarian for Architecture and Historic Preservation, at pcossard@umd.edu

MIND Database
http://invention.smithsonian.org/MIND

A new database from the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center will guide researchers on where to find invention-related documents and collections. The MIND (Modern Inventors Documentation) database identifies the invention-related holdings of hundreds of archives across the United States. With over 1,700 records, the collections in the database cover a variety of subjects. Users simply submit a key word to search and if the invention is in the database it will note what materials exist about the invention, which repository holds the collection, and how to contact them for more details. Advanced search options allow the user to search by repository, inventor name, or collection title. Users can also search for inventions from a list of over sixty subjects. To access the MIND database, please visit: invention.smithsonian.org/MIND

Civil War Landscapes
http://civilwarlandscapes.org

The Civil War Landscapes Association web site is designed as an up-to-date and accurate resource for Civil War researchers and connoisseurs of history. This comprehensive web site provides the viewer with a front row seat to three-dimensional battlefield reconstructions, troop movement maps and animations, battlefield tours and video panoramas, and photographic coverage of monuments and signage at Civil War battlefields that the viewer may never have the opportunity to visit in person. The web site emphasizes how and why Civil War battles developed as they did through the use of maps, photography, video, and textual descriptions. In addition, many web site pages contain links to related topics or information, including biographic profiles, bibliographic references, timelines, and calendar summaries of Civil War events.

The Automobile in American Life and Society
http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu

The University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Science and Technology Studies Program, in collaboration with The Henry Ford, recently launched a new website and online archive, The Automobile in American Life and Society, at www.autolife.umd.umich.edu. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund, the site contains overview essays and case studies on the automobile’s relationship to labor, gender, race, design, and the environment, authored by Stephen Meyer, Margaret Walsh, Virginia Scharff, Thomas Sugrue, David Gartman, and Martin Melosi. Each essay is copiously illustrated with archival materials, most from the extensive collections of The Henry Ford, and supplemented with a variety of resources for teachers and students (annotated bibliography, definitions, reading comprehension and discussion questions, writing and research assignments). Also included are more than a dozen oral histories of major automobile designers taken during the 1980s by The Henry Ford, digitized and made available online for the first time.

ArchiveGrid
http://www.archivegrid.org

ArchiveGrid (www.archivegrid.org) is a new web site that offers faculty, scholars, librarians, and genealogists unparalleled access to archive records and finding aids to enable you to do the most comprehensive research possible on your subject. Search through nearly a million collection descriptions and get the information you need to arrange a visit or order copies. Access to ArchiveGrid is free from March 1 through May 31, thanks to a funding grant to support wider use by the academic community and general public. For more information, including how to link to ArchiveGrid on your Web site, see archivegrid.org/web/jsp/linking.jsp. ArchiveGrid has been developed by RLG, a not-for-profit membership organization of libraries, archives, and cultural organizations worldwide.

Institute for Constitutional Studies
http://docs.law.gwu.edu/ics/

The Institute for Constitutional Studies ("ICS") is our nation's only university-based institute dedicated to ensuring that future generations of Americans are informed about the substance and history of our Constitution. Established by the Supreme Court Historical Society and now located at the George Washington University Law School, ICS is co-sponsored by the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, American Political Science Association, and Association of American Law Schools. ICS prepares young scholars and educators to convey to their readers and students the important role the United States Constitution has played in shaping American society. ICS also provides a national forum for the preparation and distribution of humanistic

Antique Spectacles and Other Vision Aids
http://www.antiquespectacles.com/

This web site is dedicated to the history of eyewear.

Orange County Regional History Center
http://www.thehistorycenter.org

The Orange County Regional History Center unveiled its new web site on November 7, 2005.

World History Connected:the e-Journal of Learning and Teaching
http://www.worldhistoryconnected.org

Published by the University of Illinois Press. World history poses extraordinary demands upon those who teach it, challenging the talent of experienced instructors as well as to those new to the field. World History Connected presents innovative classroom-ready scholarship. WHC keeps readers up to date on the latest research and debates, presents the best in learning and teaching methods and practices, offers readers reviews, rich teaching resources, and reports on exemplary teaching. World History Connected is free, all articles are peer reviewed and can be downloaded for classroom use. The theme of the current issue is Teaching Africa in World History. Editors are Heather Streets of Washington State University and Tom Laichas of the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences. Tim Weston of the University of Colorado is the Associate Editor and the Book Review Editor is Ane Lintvedt of McDonogh School. Reach us at http://wwwworldhistoryconnected.org or connect through the History Cooperative archive at http://www.historycooperative.org.

Alexander Parris Digital Project
http://www.parrisproject.org

In September of 2004 the State Library of Massachusetts completed the Alexander Parris Digital Project. The project, an effort to digitize Parris material held in the State Library and the collections of six Boston repositories, produced a website and searchable, online archive containing images and transcriptions of more than four hundred items. Alexander Parris (1780–1852) was one of the most prominent architect-engineers of Massachusetts in the first half of the nineteenth-century. The digital archive holds material pertaining to fifty projects, from specifications for a Boston Customhouse to architectural drawings of Federal-style houses constructed in Portland, Maine. The Alexander Parris Digital Project was supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services Technology Act as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Visit the website at www.parrisproject.org.

Old State House Museum
http://www.oldstatehouse.org

The Old State House Museum is Arkansas's leading state history museum. Our web site also offers an extensive collection of history links, including several on teaching history.

Californiablackhistory.com
http://www.californiablackhistory.com

Californiablackhistory.com is the resource for information on primary sources in California heritage and up-to-date listings on historical events, exhibitions and meetings. It provides ongoing lesson plans for use by educators on the rich African-American experience from 1500 to the present. It is a resource for museums, schools and history enthusiasts for exhibitions, books, documentaries and tours.

College Board Survey

The College Board is currently gathering data for a curriculum survey on Advanced Placement U.S. History and European history. They have posted brief online surveys for teachers of these two subjects, which will help them to establish test specifications and course outlines. The U.S. history survey is online at: http://ntis01.ets.org/onyx/APUSHistory.htm. The European history survey is online at: http://ntis01.ets.org/onyx/APHistory.htm.

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