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This site developed by NASA contains information on current projects (International Space Station etc.) as well as histories of previous NASA projects. Some of the interesting features are the extensive image galleries, mission summaries, descriptions of past project goals and outcomes, and news releases about future plans. The history pages contain large amounts of detailed historical information including several full-length books.

Titanic & Her Sisters provides brief histories of the Titanic and her sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic. Passenger, crew, and cargo lists of the Titanic are also documented, as well as menus and deck plans. The site also provides links to Titanic-related sites online and the locations of museums and memorials.

This site, created by Civil War reenactor Jan Romanovich, is devoted to the history of the United States Sanitary Commission, a government agency created in 1861 to coordinate military personnel war relief efforts. The Commission inspected each field army corps camp, hospital, and transport for cleanliness and efficiency, and it saw to the provision of food, clothing, bandages, hospital furniture, and other supplies for the wounded and administered to the Solders' Homes. The site includes 14 images of commission buildings, badges, and insignia; five patterns for the making of bandages, hospital gowns, and other hospital attire; 25 primary documents pertaining to the commission's work, including official correspondence, poems, handbills, and newspaper advertisements; and eight excerpts from secondary works describing the commission's work at specific battles. Also includes three full-text, contemporary essays by medical doctors about the treatment of venereal disease, amputation procedures, and the relief of pain and administration of anesthetics. It contains a four-work bibliography of Commission reports and histories of the Commission published in the mid-to late-19th century. This site is easy to navigate and provides some unusual material for research in Civil War-era medicine and 19th-century sanitary theories and practices.

The Red Cross Virtual Museum is an excellent resource for both basic historical information about the Red Cross and research material. An interactive timeline and extensive historical FAQ provide valuable information about the Red Cross and many its campaigns and activities. A section devoted to Exhibits and Collections contains images of many artifacts from commissioned artwork to knitting patterns. This sections should see much growth as the Red Cross has closed its visitor center in Washington D.C. and is in the process of making its materials available to the Virtual Museum. Of particular interest to researchers would be the Roll Call section in which many former Red Cross employees and volunteers have entered primary accounts of their experiences, many of which involve wartime or disaster relief.

The Historical Archive of the Kennedy Center provides historical overviews of NASA, rocketry and aeronautics. More in depth examinations of NASA'a space flight missions are available. These include not only accounts of the mission objectives and results, but primary documents, images, video and audio files. An excellent research source, with links to many other NASA sites of historical interest.

Resources related to Operation Desert Storm including sections devoted to the conflict, soldiers, equipment, and veteran services. Also contains a message board with primary accounts from veterans and information on Gulf War Illness.

This site looks at lesser known and controversial stories about the Titanic such as how it came to be known as "unsinkable," iceberg visibility, psychic forewarnings of the sinking, and a dozen other topics. Images of the ship and many of the characters involved are available. There are also links to other Titanic sites of potential interest. (Note: last site update was February 9, 2002.)

This site is a vast database of Thomas Edison's papers including 71,000 pages of correspondence and 12,000 pages of technical drawings. Processes for searching the site are complicated and visitors are recommended to read a 3,000-word guide to searching it. The site may be searched by name, date, or document type, by Folder/Volume, or by Series notes. Series collect documents in groups, such as scrapbooks and legal papers. The site includes over 2,000 facsimiles of Edison patents from 1868 to 1931 for products such as the electric lamp and the phonograph. More than 7,000 clippings from 103 journals and newspapers discuss Edison's achievements. Journals range from the American Engineer to the Westminster Gazette. "Document Sampler" contains over 20 documents including Edison's wife's design for a light bulb and a list of 19 different possible names for the phonograph. A collection of photographs, maps, and prints depict Edison, his environs, and his inventions. There are two chronologies of Edison's life on the site, the longer one running 13,0000-word. The site offers an 8,000-word essay on Edison's companies and over 20 pages about Edison and the development of the motion picture industry. A 70-item bibliography and a shorter 10-item version direct visitors to books and articles about Edison. The site links to 20 Edison-related websites. Because it is somewhat difficult to search, this site will be most useful to experienced researchers.

Collection of links to other virtual libraries which catalog sites in the following topics: Agriculture, The Arts, Business and Economics, Communications and Media, Computing and Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Information and Libraries, International Affairs, Law, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Recreation, Regional Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Society. Material is well maintained and can be browsed by subject or searched, and is available in English, Spanish, French and Chinese.

The Encyclopedia Titanica site is a gathering place for a wide variety of information regarding the Titanic, its crew, and passengers. The site hosts a bulletin board where historians and buffs can exchange questions and information. The site also offers short biographies for many of those onboard when the ship went down as well as deck plans, articles, images, and other Titanic paraphernalia.