Located at 9200 113th St North - Seminole, FL 33772 - (727) 394-6905
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Located at 9200 113th St North - Seminole, FL 33772 - (727) 394-6905 |
Seminole Library's Online Guide to history |
| WebChron: World History Chronology. Hyper text listing of the signficant historical events global, regional and cross-cultural. |
| Historical Text Archive A portal leading to primary source material or web directories for many time periods and regions. |
| World Wide Web Virtual Library History Maintained by the University of Kansas, the WWW-VL history central catalogue covers research methods, historical epochs, topics (such as the Holocaust or Women's history) and regional histories for all parts of the world. |
| The History Net "Where History Lives on the Net" |
| Historical Documents on the Internet Directory of web sources in history, |
| Avalon Project at Yale Law School A major collection of primary historical documents from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. |
| Encyclopeda of World History. "Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000." Has excellent maps. |
| History Link 101 "The cultures of Africa, Aztec, China, Egypt, Greece, Mayan, Mesopotamia, Rome, Olmec, Prehistory, Middle Ages and World War II are divided into categories of Art, Biographies, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures and Research and more." |
| Internet History Sourcebooks Project. A collection of primary document in the public domain. Covers many historical periods and themes. |
| Discovers Web Covers explorers from ancient to modern times with substantial emphasis on the Age of Discovery and North American explorers. |
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| African-American Perspectives 1818-1907 A collection of pamphlets at the Library of Congress | ||||
| The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Reference Guide to Study of Black History and Culture. Covering the nearly 500 year history of African Americans. | ||||
| African-American Odyssey: A quest for full citizenship. Digital collection of more than 240 items from the collections of the Library Congress depicting the African American struggle for equality. | ||||
| Martin Luther King Papers Project, which has placed several of Dr. King's most famous statements online along with biographical information, chronology and retrospective articles. | ||||
| Civil Rights: a status report. Comprehensive collection of essays on the Civil ights Movement and its legacy, Covers historical subjects (such as slavery and abolition), the major issues, events, legislation, court cases, organizations, and figures of the late '50s and | ||||
| The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences. Detailed biographies of distinguished African-American scientists and inventors from the past and present. | ||||
| Flashbacks: Black American History. A collection of essays written by several of the greatest figures in Afro-American history (Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King) published in Atlantic Monthly | ||||
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| Perspectives in American Literature Chapter 9 the Harlem Renaissance | ||||
| Rhapsodies in Black. Art of the Harlem Renaissance. | ||||
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| Brown@50 fulfiling the promise. Produced Howard University School of Law Includes chronology, brief history, cases and scholarship | ||||
| University of Michigan Digital Archive, Brown v. Board of Education. | ||||
| Brown v. Board of Education: 50th Anniversary Bibilography. Sponsored by the NAACP and the Association of Research Libraries. | ||||
| Separate is not equal. Special exhibit by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. |
| The American Colonist's Library: A Treasury of Primary Documents. An exhaustive collection full text primary materials relating to the political, legal, religious and philosophical and cultural foundations of the United States. Documents are in chronological order from ancient times to 1800. |
| American Memory. The Library of Congress's digitized collection of primary and archival material on American history and culture. Includes documents, sound recordings, photographs, prints and motion pictures. |
| The Founder's Constitution. Edited by Professors Ralph Lerner and Philip Kurland of the University of Chicago, is a massive compilation of the "thoughts, opinions and arguments of the Founders" and of the legal, historical and philosophical writings which influenced them, and which form the intellectual foundation of each part of the original Constitution and the first 12 Amendments. |
| A Century of Law Making for the New Nation A new project by the Library of Congress. Now has the complete records of the First and Second Congress, critically important source material for understanding the framing of the Federal Government. |
| A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents. From Magna Carta to Clinton's 1997 State of the Union address. Includes the Iroquois Constitution, the Monroe Doctrine, the Neutrality Acts of 1937 and 1939 and all presidential inaugural addresses. |
| Douglass. Archives of American Public Addresses |
| American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. Online directory of more than 5,000 historical and contemporary speeches, including famous statements from movies. |
| From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Hypertext of American History. Includes biographies, historic documents, essays on individual topics and information on the Presidents. Under construction. |
| The American Civil War. Data available on special topics (army life, specific units, music, weapons, etc.) and gateway to other links. |
| The Valley of the Shadow. A massive and ongoing collection of primary source material on the Civil War focusing on two counties, Augusta County Virginia and Franklin Pennsylvania. A University of Virginia research project. |
| The New Deal Network. At the heart of this site is a massive collection of documents and photographs from the period. |
| American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century. Created by the reference staff at Kingwood College Library this site covers the period from 1900 to 1980. There is a brief profile of each decade followed by information topics such as art and architecture, books and literature, fashions and fads, people and personalities and historical events. Each of these sections includes links to other web sites, Library of Congress subject headings and references to books in the Kingwood College Library Collection. |
| Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Transcribed from the print version of the DANFS, this is an unrivaled source of information on the history of all U.S. naval ships. Currently the site had detailed information on over 7,000 ships and vessels. |
| American Treasures from the Library Congress. Web version of the Library of Congress's exhibition of the "rarest, most interesting or most significant items relating to America's past," in its collection. IArranged by Thomas Jefferson's categories of "memory" (history), "reason" (philosophy) and "imagination" (fine arts.) |
| Ancient city of Athens Gives a virtual tour of archeological sites in and near Athens |
| The Ancient Greek World. An online exhibit produced by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Focuses on daily life, the economy, religion and the Greek view of death. Brief narrative accompanied by images of artifacts. |
| The Ancient Egypt Site. Created by a Belgian Egyptologist this site covers all aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization with particular emphasis on history and languge. Includes an online encyclopedia of ancient Egypt and directory of related web sites. |
| Ancient Roman Dishes Recipe collection |
| The Ancient World Web. Weekly updated guide to ancient history and culture, now featuring over 900 annotated links. Subjects covered include art, architecture, literature, daily life, history, mythology and science. |
| Dead Sea Scrolls, The Good source of general information on the Scrolls. Has summaries of material related to the scrolls held by the Library of Congress. Also has links to translations and images of the scrolls. |
| Diotima - women and gender in the ancient world Links to ancient texts and to contemporary scholarly papers (some abstracts, some full text) |
| Exploring World Cultures on the World Wide Web. College level resources for the study of ancient and medieval civilizations. Global in scope each section features a chronology, an image index, primary source material and links to related web pages. |
| LacusCurtius: into the Roman World Rich source of images, classic texts, maps, history and a directory of more than 1,500 sites related to ancient Rome. For additional resources on Rome visit the World Wide Web Virtual Library Ancient Rome Site. |
| The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago |
| Perseus Project Probably the most comprehensive site devoted to Classical studies. Has a complete library of Greek and Latin texts (in the original and in translation) and thousands of images. |
| Stonehenge Information |
| The Castles of Wales. Of particular interest are the many photographs and the large collection of essays focusing both on castles in general and medieval Welsh history. |
| Castles on the Web. A directory of links relating to castles and medieval history. |
| About.com Guide Medieval History Guide to Castles. Gateway to selected links on castles in Europe and Asia. |
| Plague and Public Health In Renaissance Europe Eyewitness accounts of the Black Death (1348) |
| The Labyrinth Resources for Medieval Studies A guide to medieval studies resources on the Web maintained by Georgetown University. |
| Online Reference Book for Medieval StudiesAn academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars. Each article has been judged by two peer reviewers for accuracy, currency and relevance. |
| The Middle Ages. A site created in 1994 by a high school history class. |
| NetSerf. Links for all aspects of medieval life, including architecture, culture, daily life, literature and history. |
| The Pestilence Tyme. Accounts, with commentary, of the Black Death in England 1348-1350 |
| Native Americans. This a large assembly of information sources on Native Americans mainly focusing on contemporary issues. These include legal, economic, educational and political issues of concern to Native Americans,. A number of tribal home pages are included. |
| Native American Nations Web directory maintained by Lisa Mitten, a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh who is a mixed blood Mohawk. Has a very extensive set of links for indivdual nations. |
| History of the Seminole Indians (published by the Florida Department of State) |
| Official Web Site of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. |
| The Curtis Collection. Web exhibit of Edward Sheriff Curtis's massive photographic study The North American Indian Curtis spent thirty years from 1900 to 1930 photographing, recording and documenting the culture of the First American. Notable features of this web site are tribal summaries which briefly describe the costumes, customs and traditions of the 80 tribes Curtis managed to cover and examples of his photgraphs. |
| Indian Country Today. Web version of the leading Native American newspaper with news and features from all Indian nations. Includes 3 month archive. |
| Laws and Treaties. Full texts of all the treaties concluded between theUnited States and the various Indian nations between 1770 and 1890. Compiled by Charles J. Kappler at the turn of the twentieth century, this is part of a continuing electronic publication project by Oklahoma State University Library |
| Catalog of the Scientific Community In the 16th and 17th Centuries Collection of 631 biographies. |
| The Galileo Project:"a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time." |
| The Nobel Prizes. Brief biographies (with Internet links) of Nobel laureates from 1901 to 1997. |
| World Wide Virtual Library in the History of Science, Technology and MedicineCovers scientific fields, biographical material and primary sources. |
| A Selection of Web and other Internet Sources for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine |
| Calendars Through the Ages. Describes varies calendars, history of the week and the month and origins of the calender |
| Distinguished Women of Past and Present |
| The Mining Company Guide to Women's History |
| The National Women's History Project |
| The Great War 1914-1918 One of the best starting points for research on World War I, with emphasis on the War Poets (Owen, Sassoon et.al). |
| Trenches on the Web An exceptionally comprehensive and well organized set of resources on World War I. A dramatic feature is the ticker tape type display of telegrams between Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas (the "Willy-Nicky" telegraphs) just before the outbreak of the war. |
| FirstWorldWar.Com Overview of the Great War, including primary documents, an extensive collection of mini biographies, an A-Z encyclopedia and digitized propaganda posters |
| World War II Resources A directory of primary source material, including major diplomatic collections and military history, such as publications of the United Army Military History Center. |
| World War II Commemoration Site assembled by Grolier. Articles from the Encyclopedia Americana, photographs, biographical information and links to other web sites related to World War II. |
| The History Place World War Two in Europe Time Line. Lists the most significant events in the history of World War II from the prewar period to the end of the War In Europe. Photographs and other information are linked to the dates. |
| The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Primary sources from the Truman Library. |
| The Cybrary of the Holocaust Many links including survivors' accounts, resources for students and links to transcripts of the Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg (incomplete) |
| The Nizkor Project "Nizkor" in Hebrew means "We will remember" site is dedicated to refuting Holocaust deniers. |
| The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy Includes a summary of the Holocaust, an interactive time line and a virtual reality examination of a concentration camp. |
| Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings. An ongoing compilation of documents and source material about mass killings and genocide in the 20th century. Created by Dr. S.D. Stein as part of a course On Comparative Genocide and the Holocaust at the Universities of Bristol and the West of England. Active links now cover the Holocaust, Yugoslavia and Cambodia |
| "Leave None to Tell The Story." Genocide in Rwanda. This is an 807 page study of the 1994 slaughter of more than 500,000 men, women and children compiled by Human Rights Watch. It dissects the deceptive discourse of genocide and shows how ordinary administrative tructures and practices were turned into mechanisms of murder." It also pays attention to the roleof the international community and its reaction to the genocide. |
| Anne Frank Online. Includes an illustrated biography of Anne Frank and excerpts from her diary. Other links may be added shortly to this site. |