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Internet Moving Images Archive

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Business and Industry
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Links
  • Professional Association
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.archive.org/movies/

Author: 
Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives and Internet Archive
Excerpt: 

This collection is free and open for everyone to use. Our goal in digitizing these movies and putting them online is to provide easy access to a rich and fascinating core collection of archival films. By providing near-unrestricted access to these films, we hope to encourage widespread use of moving images in new contexts by people who might not have used them before.

Annotation: 

This site offers films selected from the Prelinger Archives, a privately held collection of 20th-century American ephemeral films (films produced for specific purposes at specific times, not intended for long-term preservation). The site contains more than 800 high-quality digital video files documenting various aspects of 20th-century North American culture, society, leisure, history, industry, technology, and landscape. It includes films produced between 1927 and 1987 by and for U.S. corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, community and interest groups, and educational institutions. Some of the films depict ordinary people in normal daily activities, such as working, dishwashing, driving, and learning proper behavior. For example, one 1955 film illustrates the ¨comfort and delight of jet travel for Pan American World Airways and a 1930s film shows how and where bananas were grown and imported into the United States. The site contains an alphabetical index and printable list of all film titles. Note that viewing these movies requires a DSL or faster connection and, even with a fast connection, many of the movies take several minutes to load. This is an important source for those interested in American Studies, business and labor history, advertising and art history, cinema studies, and cultural history.

Exploratorium Museum - Memory Exhibitions

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/index.html

Author: 
The Exploratorium-Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception
Excerpt: 

Memory, a major exhibition at the Exploratorium, ran from May 22, 1998 through January 10, 1999. More than 40 new exhibits grouped into six broad areas guided visitors through the labyrinth of memory from personal, social, cultural, psychological, and neurological perspectives. To provide a better understanding of the exhibition, descriptions of the thematic sections follow. Memory was made possible by the National Science Foundation and sponsored by Bank of America.

Annotation: 

A collection of some of the displays from the above mentioned exhibition. Includes audio files of lectures which were presented, as well as several related articles and activities. Of particular note is a section devoted to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki which contains images, oral histories submitted to the site, and links for further study.

Einstein Papers Project

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Physical Sciences
  • University
URL: 

http://www.einstein.caltech.edu/

Author: 
Caltech Institute of Technology - Editorial staff.
Excerpt: 

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.

Annotation: 

Website for the Einstein Papers Project, which has begun to publish an enormous amount of Einstein's papers, both personal and professional. No online resources, however, except for a link to the Einstein Archives Online, which reproduces a portion of the collection.

IEEE History Center

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Engineering
  • Images
  • Links
  • Primary Source
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/

Author: 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Excerpt: 

The IEEE promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.

Annotation: 

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers History Center holdings include the IEEE Archives, which consist of the unpublished records of the IEEE and a collection of historical photographs relating to history of electrical and computer technologies, and a collection of oral history transcripts of pioneering engineers. IEEE History Center Newsletters are also archived (in PDF format). These newsletters provide information about the current activities of the Center, book reviews and a few articles about the history of electronic engineering.

American University Computing History Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://www.computinghistorymuseum.org/

Author: 
Dr. Tim Bergin
Excerpt: 

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.

Annotation: 

Site, which has not been updated since 2002, contains some images of historical computing devices and lectures from Dr. Tim Bergin's History of Computing class at American University. A related bibliography is also made available.

Internet and American Life

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Links
  • Primary Source
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp

Author: 
Pew Research Center
Excerpt: 

The Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the Internet through collection of data and analysis of real-world developments as they affect the virtual world.

Annotation: 

An excellent resource for those interested in the impact the Internet has made on the lives of Americans. The site holds reports written by staff members and experts, multimedia presentations, data sets covering a variety of topics, press releases and a comprehensive set of links. Incredible amount of primary and secondary source material for researchers.

AIP-Center for History of Physics

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Images
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Physical Sciences
  • Primary Source
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://www.aip.org/history/

Author: 
American Institute of Physics
Excerpt: 

Marie Sklodowska Curie opened up the science of radioactivity. She is best known as the discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two Nobel prizes. For scientists and the public, her radium was a key to a basic change in our understanding of matter and energy. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment.

Annotation: 

The American Institute of Physics has combined exhibits with educational syllabi, and archives in this deep site. Included are exhibits about Madame Currie, Albert Einstein, the electron, the transistor and Werner Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle. Archives include thousands of digitized images in the Emilio Sagres visual archive, and the book and manuscript catalogue of the Neils Bohr library. The site also includes online syllabi and sample readings for history of physics teachers, information about accessing information at AIP, and online newsletters relating to the library and Center for History of Physics.

Lighting the Way-An Experiment in Participatory History

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Library/Archive
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/lightproject/

Author: 
Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of American History
Excerpt: 

On this Web site, we hope to use the Internet to gather--as well as present--history. With your help, we want to explore changes in the science and technology of electric lighting over the past 30 years, especially the effects of energy issues on lighting.

Annotation: 

This project, produced by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, looks to expand the recent history of electric lighting and energy issues relating to lighting. An example of "participatory history," there is an attempt to record online the stories and memories of the people who have produced or dealt with electric lighting. This group includes: electricians, engineers, electrical researchers, inventors, utility workers, city planners, architects, retailers, consumers, and anyone else who has taken part in the buying, selling, installing, and designing electric lighting. Extensive input forms are available for each of these groups to add to the electronic archive the Smithsonian is building. The site also includes historical essays on commercial, industrial and residential lighting, particularly focusing on the last 30 years. An extensive bibliography, including articles and books from both professional societies and the popular press, adds to the background material on the site.

History of Microbiology Archival Projects

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Life Sciences
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Primary Source
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://HISTMICRO.YALE.EDU/

Author: 
William C. Summers-American Society of Microbiology
Excerpt: 

This "experimental history project" so to speak, is part of a program supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to explore the possibilities of using the internet to increase the collection of archival material in the history of recent science to supplement and complement expensive and time consuming oral history interviews and preparation of autobiographical memoirs. This site includes three projects devoted to topics in microbiology being developed and maintained through a grant to the American Society for Microbiology. Parallel projects are being developed by the Society for Neuroscience and the American Society for Virology.

Annotation: 

This site provides essays, timelines, and personal recollections of the history of research on plasmids, extremophiles and second generation antibiotics. Currently, only the plasmid portion of the site is fully developed. A timeline of plasmid research outlines major breakthroughs from 1903-1969, a glossary covers most of the important terms related to the field, and an extensive bibliography covers published papers on plasmids from the 1940s and 50s. Microbiologists and others involved with plasmid research can add their comments and recollections to the site's archive. In addition, the site contains links to other sites and professional associations interested in the history of microbiology.

Resources on The Tuskegee Study

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • University
URL: 

http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/composition/assignments/experiment/tuskegee.html

Excerpt: 

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.

Annotation: 

Collection of online resources regarding the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Includes links to articles, primary documents, images, and documentaries.

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