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Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Images
  • Journal (Free Content)
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com

Excerpt: 

Welcome to the ADHS Daily Register
And to the online home of The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal (SHAD). The site will be updated on a daily basis with news, publications, or resources of interest to members of our group. We encourage you to check back often. Keep reading to find out more about the site and how to contribute to it.

Annotation: 

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society uses this site as a clearing house for news and information relating to their targeted subject area. The site contains excerpts and links to current news articles from around the world as well as book reviews and historical essays. The site also houses the online edition of the society's academic journal, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs. A menu on the right side of the page allows users to find information on a host of topics including various types of drugs and alcohol and drug related policies and events in specific countries.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck : works and heritage

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Government
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.crhst.cnrs.fr/i-corpus/lamarck/?lang=en

Excerpt: 

Biography of Lamarck
This section of the Lamarck Site contains documents and testimonies concerning the life of the french scientist. Texts which, on some points of Lamarck's life, sometimes constituted the only information source, as for example the ambiguous funeral oration pronounced by Georges Cuvier or the anecdotes printed by Isidore Bourdon, who declares that he received them from Lamarck himself, at the end of his life.

Annotation: 

This site is a project of the French Center for Research in the History of Science and Technology. The site contains digitized versions of a range of manuscripts produced by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a noted Zoologist whose work influenced early evolutionists like Darwin. The manuscripts include letters, books, discourses, memoirs, and others. There are also sections devoted to his critics and his pupils. The site is offered in English, but almost all of the material is only available in French.

Voices of Civil Rights

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Government
  • Images
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Non-Profit
  • Primary Source
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/

Excerpt: 

AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress have teamed up to collect and preserve personal accounts of America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all. We invite you to share your story and explore this site, a tribute to those who were a part of the civil rights experience and to the continuing quest for equality. Begin by learning about the power of a story.

Visit the History Channel's companion educational website for excerpts from the documentary, Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights.

Annotation: 

Voices of Civil Rights is a website sponsored by AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress to collect and archive first-hand accounts of civil rights developments in the United States with a focus on the second half of the twentieth century. The site includes more than 500 primary accounts dealing with efforts to end discrimination based on race, gender, age, and disability. The site also includes supplemental resources such as images, timelines, music videos, links, and essays on continuing efforts to achieve a more equal society.

Review: 

Voices of Civil Rights is a website sponsored by AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress to collect and archive first-hand accounts of civil rights developments in the United States with a focus on the second half of the twentieth century. The site includes more than 500 primary accounts dealing with efforts to end discrimination based on race, gender, age, and disability. The site also includes supplemental resources such as images, timelines, music videos, links, and essays on continuing efforts to achieve a more equal society.

The primary function of the site is to collect letters and historical materials from people who witnessed the civil rights movement first-hand. A user can read the accounts of others or submit a letter of their own. The submission process requires two steps. First, a writer must type their story and define certain descriptors such as year, subject, and state. Then the writer must agree to the site’s terms and conditions and provide their name, email, phone number, and contact information. The site reserves the right to edit, reproduce, and distribute submitted stories and images. Most of the letters range from 200-500 words.

For users hoping to read the stories, the accounts are searchable by state, topic, and year, or a user can search by keywords. Each resulting entry provides a title, the author’s name, and a two-line excerpt. A user can also browse the letters without searching, but this is a slow process because the site will only display ten entries at a time. In addition to the letters, the site offers a timeline, images, a feature on Jackie Robinson, and a quiz to test your knowledge. The site incorporates several different mediums in its presentation as well. Besides the letters which can be read, slideshows and music videos offer a visual element and a few interviews provide audio files along with their transcripts.

Beyond the historical materials, Voices of Civil Rights also includes much information about the continuing civil rights movement. In 2004, the site sponsored a bus tour, entitled “Across America,” that visited cities across the American South and South West commemorating civil rights advances, gathering stories, and assessing current knowledge and attitudes about civil rights. The tour is documented with videos of various stops, journal entries by tour writers, and photos. The site also offers several bios of new leaders who have recently founded or joined civil rights initiatives and essays about what the past has to teach the present, new challenges that must be faced, and the protests that can be heard in contemporary culture.

Voices of Civil Rights contributes to the civil rights discussion by stretching our understanding of what “civil rights” include. Among the many stories of freedom marches, voter registration drives, and sit-ins are other stories about discrimination against Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asians. There are also stories about the push to recognize and fight age discrimination and the experiences of people with disabilities, from physical handicaps to special education needs. These histories are sometimes overshadowed by the celebration of victories over Jim Crow in the South, but other issues certainly deserve the attention they receive here, and the collection of personal accounts in these civil rights battles should help raise the level of their study and discussion.

Miles Travis
George Mason University
May 6, 2005

chymistry of Isaac Newton

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Links
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/index.jsp

Excerpt: 

Isaac Newton wrote at least one hundred thirty one manuscripts, totaling approximately one million words, on the subject of alchemy, work that would today fall under the general rubric of "chemistry". With the support of the National Science Foundation, this scholarly online edition is one part of an integrated project that combines new research on Newton's chymistry with an online edition of his manuscripts. In the future, this edition will include all of Newton's chymical writings in word-searchable form with annotations indicating their sources and the degree of Newtonian input into them.

Annotation: 

The Chymistry of Isaac Newton site is a project that will give researchers access to Newton's writing on Chemistry, a field for which the scientist is not well known. In the future, the project will be an important supplement to other sites such as the comprehensive Newton Project at London's Imperial College; however, the project is just getting off the ground and only one manuscript is available at this time.

Ampère and the history of electricity

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Physical Sciences
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/?lang=en

Excerpt: 

This research project "Ampère and the history of electricity" is developed by the CRHST with the partnership of the Académie des sciences, la Société des amis d'Ampère, le Musée Ampère à Poleymieux et l'Ecole Centrale Lyon. It was financed by the Ministère de la Recherche (programm "Création de produits de médiation scientifique en libre accès sur l'internet"), EDF Fondation, CNRS et la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie.

Annotation: 

This website houses digital images and transcriptions of various André-Marie Ampère manuscripts. The site is geared toward users fluent in French. The site offers an English language version, but even the English pages contain some French text, which makes the site difficult for non-speakers to navigate. The manuscripts are organized by type and topic, and they are searchable, although the search almost certainly recognizes only French keywords and phrases. The site also contains other contemporary primary sources on the field of electro-magnetism and a bibliography of Ampère's published works.

Folklore.org

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Links
  • Non-Profit
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.folklore.org/

Author: 
Andy Hertzfeld
Excerpt: 

The Apple II was officially introduced at the First West Coast Computer Faire in April 1977, one of the very first trade shows dedicated to the newly emerging microcomputing industry. I loved the Computer Faires because they were attended by passionate hobbyists in the days before commercial forces completely dominated.

In April 1981, a few members of the Mac team took off the afternoon and drove up to San Francisco to visit the seventh West Coast Computer Faire at Brooks Hall. The biggest splash at the show was the unveiling of the Osborne I, from a brand new company named Osborne Computer, which was touted as the world's first portable computer.

Annotation: 

Folklore.org is an online history collecting site that allows users to view stories, rate and add comments to these stories, and create stories of their own. The site serves as both an archive of popular histories and a facilitator of new collecting projects. The only project hosted as of yet is about the original Macintosh development team.

Review: 

Folklore.org is an online history collecting site that allows users to view stories, rate and add comments to these stories, and create stories of their own. The site serves as both an archive of popular histories and a facilitator of new collecting projects.

Currently, the only project hosted by the Folklore.com site is a collection of stories about the original Macintosh development team. This project served to launch the site and attract users, so most of the stories are written by Andy Hertzfeld, who is also the author and designer of the site. Hertzfield chose the Macintosh history as a starting point because he says, it was “the most important event that I played a part in.” Although the site has not yet benefited from a large group of contributors, there is a significant body of information contained in more than a hundred entries ranging from 200 to more than 1500 words. The stories are searchable, and cross referenced in categories such as “software design,” “bugs,” “personality clashes,” and “marketing.” The stories are well written, and in some cases, the comments add richly to the original content.

The Folklore.org site is not limited to Macintosh or computing history. New projects will eventually be added as the site expands. Users can propose projects for which they would like to act as editor, and if accepted, the Folklore.com administrators will help set the project. Users can also add their own stories to any current project by creating an account and obtaining a username. This process is quick and simple, requiring no additional information besides a name and email address. Once logged into an account, the user can create stories using an automated form; however, the site administrators retain a large amount of editorial control by approving or rejecting stories before they are published on the site. Comments posted to existing stories also undergo an approval process, although a user does not need an account name to post comments or submit ratings. Additionally, the site maintains a RSS feed so that users can be notified of new postings and updates.

Although the Folklore.com site is helpful for its stories alone, it also promises to contribute to the online collecting effort through the software Andy Hertzfeld developed to run the site. The software is a set of CGI scripts written in Python, and after it is stabilized sufficiently, Hertzfield plans to release it as an open-source download that other online collectors can install on their own servers. Collectors will have to have some technical savvy, but the scripts should facilitate the collection of popular history on user-friendly, easily customized sites.

Miles Travis
George Mason University
April 25, 2005

History of Science Links

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • University
URL: 

http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/10-HisSci/links/

Author: 
Robert A. Hatch
Excerpt: 

A general index of topics is provided in the box below. Click the topic of your interest. Users interested in a particular person, place, or topic are also reminded to use the 'Search' or 'Find' function found under 'Edit'.

Annotation: 

This site contains an extensive list of links to sites dealing with a wide range of history of science topics. The sites are grouped by topic from general introductions to libraries and graduate student resources. Along with typical web resources, some of the listings here include sources that may be included less often on other link pages: for example, links to listserves and chat pages.

Historic Pittsburgh

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/

Author: 
University of Pittsburgh Library
Excerpt: 

Historic Pittsburgh is a digital collection that provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area on the Internet. This website enables access to historic material held by the University of Pittsburgh's University Library System, the Library & Archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. The project represents a model of cooperation between libraries and museums in providing online access to their respective materials.

Annotation: 

Historic Pittsburgh offers a variety of materials to browse including images and a general timeline of the city's history. It also includes finding aids and powerful searches of 1850-1880 census records for Pittsburgh and Allegheny City and thousands of images. There are over 1,000 maps available in high-resolution images, and a full-text search of over 500 books.

U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Educational
  • Exhibit
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/steel/

Excerpt: 

The Digital Library Program is proud to present the U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, a series of more than 2,200 photographs of the Gary Works steel mill and the corporate town of Gary, Indiana held by the Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana University Northwest. In images of compelling diversity, historians and the general public can view all aspects of this planned industrial community: the steel mill, the city, and the citizens who lived and worked there.

Antique Spectacles: The on-line museum and encyclopedia of vision aids.

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Artifacts
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Images
  • Links
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.antiquespectacles.com

Author: 
Dr. David A. Fleishman, M.D.
Excerpt: 

This site will provide a concise Developmental History of Spectacles as well as explain all the contributions of people from many nations who were important along the way.

Website Goals:

To educate interested visitors and professionals and stimulate further research

To increase public awareness and thereby nurture a deeper appreciation in general

To complement the other websites which have information on this topic

To attract the newest generation of collectors (who may wish to join the only collectors clubs, the OAICC and the OHS)

To create a forum where scholarly people can have a dynamic exchange of information and ideas

To share images of the finest and most interesting historical items in both private and public collections from around the world

Annotation: 

Antique Spectacles hosts extensive information about spectacles, eyeglasses, telescopes, and other vision aids through the centuries. A glossary, bibliography, and interpretive essay provides an introduction to the topic while than 900 images are available for viewing, including a virtual museum with nine curated collections.

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