Posts Tagged ‘archives’
Know Your Archives: American Antiquarian Society Edition (Religion in American History)
An interesting history-related post from Religion in American History:
Those readers who have followed this blog for a while know of a regular feature called "Know Your Archives." I did a quick search and discovered that one of these posts had not yet been devoted to the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. If I missed it, please let me know--and link it in the comments.
I'm spending June at the AAS, so I'm not thinking about too many other academic topics beyond getting into the archive and working hard daily. (Now, thinking about other things, like moving my family halfway across the continent, ...
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Visiting the Archives: Or, Parker McKenzie Is the Ghost of My Next Book (Religion in American History)
An interesting history-related post from Religion in American History:
by Jennifer Graber
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Parker McKenzie's account of naming andfamily connections for Tonekeuh (Good Talk), a Kiowa prisoner-of-war atFort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida in the 1870s |
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Resources for those Researching Spiritualism and Occultism in American History (Religion in American History)
An interesting history-related post from Religion in American History:
Since 2009, Marc Demarest, Pat Deveney and others have been working to collect, digitize, and post various important Spiritualist and Occult periodicals that have only been available previously in archives or on microfilm. The effort is called the International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP) and was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Recent additions include The Banner of Light from 1857-1894, Proceedings of American Society for Psychical Research, Journal of American Society for Psychical Research, The Spiritual Scientist, and much more. Although there are a great number of periodicals ...
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WWII art from UK National Archives on Wikimedia (The History Blog)
An interesting history-related post from The History Blog:
More than 350 original World War II artworks from the National Archives collection have been scanned and uploaded to Wikimedia. Wikimedia UK gave the National Archives a grant to take high resolution pictures of part of their 2000-piece collection of art created for Ministry of Information propaganda during the Second World War. The long-term goal is to scan the entire collection, but they’re starting off with 350 posters, drawings, oil paintings, portraits, and caricatures by well-known artists and talented artists who should be well-known, including famous images and slogans.
The National Archives is hoping the new visibility of their ...
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National Archives Titanic Exhibit (About.com European History)
An interesting history-related post from About.com European History:
If you've read our article on the Titanic and want more information, Britain's National Archives have launched an online exhibition. It has crew and passenger lists, stories about some of those on board, podcasts and more.
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SciAm’s early archives free and patent models galore (The History Blog)
An interesting history-related post from The History Blog:
Scientific American has recently digitized its archives, every issue of the magazine from the first one in August 28, 1845 to the most recent. Most of them can only be accessed by subscribers to the print edition, educational institutions with a site license or on a pay-per-view basis. There’s brief window during which those of us of a historico-nerdly bent can wallow as deeply as we please in all of the oldest issues free of charge. Until November 30, all of the Scientific American issues published between 1845 and 1909 will be available for free.
Each issue has a ...
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Mrs. Mattingly’s Miracle, and the Miraculous Serendipity of Archives (RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY)
An interesting history-related post from RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY:
Paul HarveyIn the spring of 1824 in the young capital city of Washington, D.C., Ann Carbery Mattingly, widowed sister of the city's mayor, was miraculously cured of a ravaging cancer. Just days, or perhaps even hours, from her predicted demise, she arose from her sickbed freed from agonizing pain and able to enjoy an additional thirty-one years of life. The Mattingly ...
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1600 Folders of Documents Missing from British Archives? (About.com European History)
An interesting history-related post from About.com European History:
According to this article from the Telegraph, which appears to be drawing on a freedom of information request, there are 1,600 folders of documents missing from Britain's National Archives. Documents relating to Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Churchill and D-Day are all reported absent, many having not been seen since the early 1990s. Now, we're probably not talking about theft here, as an Archives spokesmen said most of the papers are probably still in the Archives but on the wrong shelves or on loan somewhere.
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George Washington Crossing The Delaware River