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Close to the library are the archives, a small collection of letters, meteorological and astronomical observations, papers and drawings related to the scientific and administrative life of the Bologna Observatory. The earliest documents date back to 1696, when a group of astronomers, lead by Eustachio Manfredi, planned the creation of an astronomical institute and the building of the tower. A reorganization of the archives is in progress, in order to give electronic access to documents, but saving the original structure of the archives itself.

The Museum is devoted to:
Promoting an awareness of the history of computing,
Supporting research in the historiography of computing,
Providing support to teachers at all levels who are attempting to teach the history of computing.

The Web site was constructed by staff in The Bancroft Library and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Its core resources draw on the Library's extensive collections of archives and oral histories, as well as resources created by and for the landmark symposium "Biotechnology at 25: Perspectives on History, Science, and Society" held on campus 12-13 March 1999 to celebrate the discovery of gene-cloning technology (recombinant DNA).

Our first phase of development was completed in October 1999; it was a prototype including a sample of available resources and a fully indexed streaming video of one of the Symposium participants, Stanley N. Cohen. We are seeking funding to enrich the prototype with high quality indexed video and audio files representing a broad selection of scientists and others who participated in the Symposium or are represented in the archival and oral history collections of the Library.

We will continue to build the Web site as we acquire and process materials, with a goal of providing a unique collection of primary materials for scholars in secondary and higher education and for the general public.

The Einstein Papers Project (EPP) publishes in large book format The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, an edition of twenty-five planned volumes of Albert Einstein's scientific, professional and personal papers, manuscripts and correspondence. Eight volumes have been published so far by Princeton University Press; two more are in preparation, to be published within the next three years. Most of the original documents in the Einstein collection are located at The Albert Einstein Archives at the Jewish National and University Library at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

DoHistory invites you to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. Although DoHistory is centered on the life of Martha Ballard, you can learn basic skills and techniques for interpreting fragments that survive from any period in history. We hope that many people will be inspired by Martha Ballard's story to do original research on other "ordinary" people from the past.

This collection contains over 3,000 images of scientists, laboratories, and scientific apparatus. A selection of these prints, engravings, and photographs is reproduced on this site. Photographs of any of these images may be ordered from an on-line order form.

The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States. They depict the development of cartographic style and technique, highlighting the achievement of early railroaders. Included in the collection are progress report surveys for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional maps, maps showing land grants and rights-of-way, and route guides published by commercial firms.
All of the items presented here are documented in 0RAILROAD MAPS of the United States compiled by Andrew M. Modelski in 1975. The bibliography contains 623 railroad maps of the United States.

The primary purpose of this site is to provide a forum in which interested individuals can participate in on-line discussions of programming language and software engineering topics. It is hoped, that in time, such discussions will result in publishable articles or serve as the basis for conferences on selected topics. A secondary purpose is to archive original documents, materials, and commentaries associated with specific programming languages and software engineering tools and techniques.

Throughout the forty years of the study it was periodically reivewed by U.S. Health Service officials. In each case the study was extended based on the argument that stopping the study, while helping these individuals, would interfere with the benefits to medical science of studying this untreated disease (Jones, 1989). For a justification of the study by one of the researchers, see the following movie. The study was stopped by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare only after its existence was leaked to the public and it became a political embarrassment.

The first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, Blackwell came to Geneva in 1847 to study at Geneva Medical College, an ancestor to Hobart College and the only institution that would admit a female ‘pre-med’ to its all-male ranks. In a dedication ceremony for the sculpture on October 1, held in conjunction with the Kick-Off celebration for the Colleges’ capital campaign, President Hersh underscored the sculpture’s particular resonance for an institution defined by a coordinate philosophy