Friday, September 26, 2008

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project [http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/] The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers is a project dedicated to bringing Eleanor Roosevelt's writings (and radio and television appearances) on democracy and human rights before an audience as diverse as the ones she addressed.

Among the many topics explored on this excellent website are: The Selected Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt: The Human Rights Years; The My Day Project; and much more.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project is a university-chartered research center associated with the Department of History of The George Washington University.

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm] The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We intend to add value to these primary sources by linking to other documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

Emphasis is on European and U.S. history from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Also available on the site is Project Dana, a human rights archive.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Exploring the Early Americas

Exploring the Early Americas [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earlyamericas/ ] - Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. It provides insight into indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds. The exhibition includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere. [SOURCE: Library of Congress, Exploring the Early Americas]