“America on the Eve of the Civil War,” a conference held in April 2009 and sponsored by the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, is now available online as a Webcast. Sixteen historians participated in this conference, which included four different sessions – “Taking Stock of the Nation in 1859”, “The Future of […]
13
Jan
10
Webcast – "America on the Eve of the Civil War"
Posted by sailerd Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Video3 comments
11
Jan
10
"WalMart and the Civil War"
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, VideoTa-Nehisi Coates, a contributing editor at the Atlantic, has an interesting essay on “the war between [battlefield] preservation and commerce.” This essay focuses on the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia and the controversy over Wal-Mart’s plan to build a store at a key location. In addition, check out the author’s video tour of this […]
18
Dec
09
American Geographical Society Library – Digital Map Collection
Posted by sailerd Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), MapsWhile I highlighted House Divided’s map collection a few weeks ago, another great resource is the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection. One can look through over 500 maps from around the world as well as from different eras (15th – 21st century). This collection has lots of interesting maps to check out, such […]
16
Dec
09
John Bull and Uncle Sam
Posted by sailerd Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Images, Lesson Plans“John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations” is an interesting exhibit of selected items from the British Library in London and the Library of Congress in Washington DC. The site is organized around several themes, such as “Exploration and Settlement,” “Common Language, Separate Voices,” “From Abolition to Equal Rights,” and “Popular Culture: […]
14
Dec
09
Utah Digital Newspapers, which is available from the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, is another great collection of digital newspapers. The project has over thirty newspapers between 1850 and the 1970s. There are three papers from the Civil War Era, all of which were published in Salt Lake County – Desert […]
11
Dec
09
While I have noted other digital historic newspaper projects in previous posts, another great collection is available through Missouri Digital Heritage. The site has three newspapers from the Civil War era – Border Star Newspaper (1858-1860), Liberty Tribune (1846-1848, 1852-1867, 1869-1878, 1880, 1882, and 1883), and the St. Louis Christian Advocate (1857 – 1879). The site […]
9
Dec
09
Immigration to the United States
Posted by sailerd Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Images, Letters & Diaries, Maps, Rare BooksHarvard University’s Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, which is available through their Open Collections Program, is a great resource that offers interesting primary sources that one cannot easily find elsewhere. This collection offers a wide range of material, including photographs, manuscripts, and books and pamphlets. While the focus is on immigration between 1789 and […]
7
Dec
09
Nineteenth Century Broadside Collection
Posted by sailerd Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Images, Letters & DiariesThe Enoch Pratt Free Library, a public library in Baltimore, Maryland, has a number of great digital collections available. While a few have materials related to the Civil War era, one particularly interesting collection is of broadsides published during the 19th century. Over 100 broadsides are available, including a number from the Civil War. As […]
30
Nov
09
I’ve pointed out digital newspaper collections before, but those largely featured publications from northern or western states. A great resource for southern papers is available from the University of Richmond’s Digital Initiatives, which has over a thousand issues of the Richmond Daily Dispatch published between 1860-1865. One can learn more about Richmond during the Civil […]
23
Nov
09
Transatlantic Telegraph
Posted by sailerd Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Historic Periodicals, ImagesThis section of the “History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications” website is a great resource on the first transatlantic cable in 1858. The site offers lots of information, but the best are the transcripts and images from publications such as Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Newspapers provided readers in 1858 with detailed accounts on […]
