| Archives\Records\Photos
|
www.iowabroadcasting.com
The Iowa Broadcasting Archives maintains a
permanent collection of materials relating
to the history, development and contribution
of radio and television in Iowa.
|
| http://sunsite.berkeley.edu
Digital
Library Information Resources - resources
related to digital imagery & copyright
issues.
|
| www.archimuse.com
website
that publishes the papers from "Museums
and the Web" conferences sponsored by
Archives and Museum Informatics
|
| http://library5.library.cornell.edu/moa
Making
of America a digital library of primary sources
on American social history from the antebellum
period through reconstruction - the collection
is strong in education, psychology, American
history, sociology, religion and technology.
|
| http://memory.loc.gov
American
Memory - Historical Collections for the National
Digital Library - provide resources for libraries,
archives, museums and historical societies
to create digital collections of primary resource
materials.
|
| www.nara.gov/nhpic
National
Archives and Records Administration - supports
a wide range of activities to preserve, publish,
and encourage to the use of document sources
relating to the history of the United States.
State Historical Records Preservation and
Access Grants.
|
| www.coshrc.org
Very
good compilation of books to archives and
records information on sites - includes a
guide with links to State pages with different
types of information - definitions of records,
electronic records policies, micro-film statistics,
procedures manuals etc.
|
| www.geocities.com/infomgmt_resource_list
Records
and information Management Resource List -
List of 3431 links in 238 categories of interest
to archivists and records managers.
|
| www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html
"Ready,
Net Go,!" Archival Internet Resources
- contains master list of archives websites
worldwide, archival search engines, and professional
resources for archivists
|
| www.vraweb.org
Visual
Resources Association Info for photo, film,
and video archivists, photographers, art historians.
|
| http://www.earlyamerica.com/
The
focus is primary source material from 18th
Century America-- all displayed digitally.
|
|
www.nedcc.org
Northeast
Document Conservation Center. An on-line preservation
manual for archival collections can be found
under their publications section.
|
www.umvphotoarchive.org
Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Imaging Archive
(UMVDIA) from the Richardson-Sloane Special
Collections Center of the Davenport Public
Library.
|
| Arts
|
www.iowaartscouncil.org
Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department
of Cultural Affairs
|
| www.metroarts.org
Metro
Arts Alliance
|
| www.arts.usa.org
Americans
for the Arts - good information about community
cultural development and a great list of publications
they make available
|
| www.communityarts.net
Community
Arts Network - promotes information exchange,
research and critical dialogue for community
based arts. Has a great "reading room."
|
| http://arts.endow.gov
National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Numerous art
related grants
|
| Conservation/Preservation
|
| www.appraisers.org
Find an appraiser by state, city, discipline
and specialty.
|
| http://palimpsest.stanford.edu
Conservation
on line - a full text library of conservation
information, covering a wide spectrum of topics
of interest to those involved with the conservation
of library, archives and museum materials
|
| www.cci-icc.gc.cu
Canadian
Conservation Institute - access to CCI publications
including the CCI notes and technical bulletins
on conservation of museum objects and general
conservation news
|
| www.collectioncare.org
Northern
States Conservation Center - good information
and links on collection care
|
| http://aic.stanford.edu
American
Institute for Conservation - National membership
organization of conservation professionals
- good information on various conservation
topics
|
| consdist-request@lindy.stanford.edu
Conservation
Distribution List - Open to conservators,
conservation scientists, curators, librarians,
administrators and others whose work life
touches on the preservation and cultural property.
To subscribe: Send a one line note. Subscribe
consists of your first name, your last name
to:
|
| www.cr.nps.gov/csd/publications/conserveogram/conserv.html
Conserve-O-Gram
series offers information on care of museum
and archival collections. They are short,
focused leaflets about caring for museum objects,
published in loose-leaf format.
|
|
Discussion
Forums
|
| www2.h-net.msu.edu/
Edited
lists and web sites publish peer reviewed
essays, multimedia materials, and discussion
for colleagues and the interested public.
Provides access to book reviews, book discussions
on H-Net discussion lists, announcements,
and job guide (mostly academic history jobs)
|
| listserve@listserv.syr.edu
Book
- Arts - L :electronic meeting place of the
book arts based at Syracuse University
To
subscribe: Send a message to listserve@listserv.syr.edu
The
message should read: subscribe Book_Arts -
L First Name, Last Name
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| Education
(distance,
heritage,history, museum, etc)
|
The
Hoover Presidential Library Presents: "Lou Henry
Hoover's Cross-Country Adventure" http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hhlmgame/hhlmgame.html
An online educational game from the Hoover Presidential
Library & Museum. This game gives teachers an
additional tool in the classroom to excite kids
about learning. "Lou Henry Hoover's Cross-Country
Adventure" is based on the National Social Studies
Strands of citizenship, culture, economics,
geography, history, science, technology & society,
and social studies skills.
|
Iowa
History Online
http://fp.uni.edu/iowaonline/index.htm
An online collection of the best teaching resources
about Iowa. Based upon the recommendations resulting
from a large survey of Iowa history teachers,
this site is organized around 10 “Frequently
Asked Questions” which address the needs Iowa
teachers consistently cited when responding
to the survey.
|
Explorations
in Iowa History Project
http://fp.uni.edu/iowahist/
The objective of this project is to collect,
organize and disseminate primary sources materials
for instructional use by elementary and secondary
Iowa history teachers. The materials are organized
around two periods of Iowa's history:
* Frontier Life in Iowa ( 1833 - 1870 )
* Social and Economic Development of Iowa (
1870 - 1940 )
Included are original diaries, letters, memoirs,
maps, travel schedules, advertisements, government
documents as well as lesson plan ideas for teachers.
These supplemental materials not only engage
students in the craft of the historian but also
apply problem-based methodologies consistent
with best teaching practices.
|
CampSilos
http://www.campsilos.org/index.htm
CampSilos is an educational web site focusing
on the development of American agriculture.
Targeting students in grades 4-8, the site provides
online educational material related to the natural
prairie, pioneer farm life, early agricultural
technology, the story of corn from its early
Indian origins to the present, and 21st century
technological advances including applications
of GPS and biotechnology. Activities and lesson
plans feature such diverse activities as virtual
field trips, mystery photos, group games, problem-based
activities, primary source materials, scavenger
hunt and history detective research using online
resources and links to national standards.
|
Investigating
CampSilos Excursions
http://www.campsilos.org/excursions/index.htm
CampSilos Excursions offers learning materials
through virtual field trips to Iowa’s historic
and cultural resources in the Silos &Smokestacks
National Heritage Area. Fourth through eighth
grade students become museum curators and explore
historic photographs, letters, and artifacts
depicting pioneer farm life and the development
of agriculture. Web-based research activities
and pre- and post-field trip lesson plans are
linked to national standards in the areas of
language arts, social studies and history.
|
| www.k12connections.iptv.org/
Offers
distance learning experiences for elementary
and middle school students through the interactive
classrooms of the Iowa Communications Network
(ICN).
|
| www.myhistory.org
You
can exchange family stories, explore the nation's
past, and make your story part of the American
heritage we all share.
|
| www.sitesforteachers.com
A
list of the best teacher's resource and educational
sites on the net.
|
| www.history.org
National
Council for History Education is dedicated
to promoting the importance of history in
schools and in society.
|
| www.edweek.org/
Online
education newspaper of record
|
| http://www.teachtci.com
History
Alive! offers
inspiring professional development and curricular
materials created by and for teachers. Our
goal is to help you engage all learners in
your diverse classroom.
|
| historymatters.gmu.edu/
History
Matters is designed for high school and college
teachers of U.S. History courses.
This site serves as a gateway to Web resources
and offers useful materials for teaching U.S.
history.
|
| Genealogy-Family
History
|
| www.africanaheritage.com
The Africana Heritage Project was begun in
order to assist African Americans who are
researching their family histories. AHP's
mission is to rediscover the valuable records
that document the names and lives of slaves,
freedpersons, and their descendants.
|
www.iowagenealogy.org
The Iowa Genealogical Society is a nonprofit
educational organization founded in 1965 to
promote the research and recording of family
history and the gathering and preservation of
the records of our historical past.
|
| www.ngsgenealogy.org/
The
National Genealogical Society is a service
organization that leads and educates the national
genealogical community. and assists members
in tracing family histories since 1903.
|
|
www.ahgp.org/index.html
Iowa
History and Genealogy Project
|
| http://iagenweb.org
IAGenWeb
is part of the US
GenWeb Project, a group of volunteers
working together to provide Internet websites
for genealogical research in every county
and every state of the United States.
|
| http://iowagravestones.org
Iowa
Gravestone Photo Project
|
| http://iowawpagraves.org
Iowa WPA Graves Registration Survey Project
|
| www.alhn.org/
This
site serves as point of entry into independent,
genealogical and historical web sites.
|
| www.qcmemory.org
Genealogy
website of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections
Center of the Davenport Public Library.
|
| Heritage
Tourism-Historic
Sites
|
| http://www.iowacivilwarmonuments.com
Iowa Civil War Monuments - includes a photo, brief description of the monument and directions about how to locate the monument. Some historical information included. |
| http://www.jeffersoncountytrails.org/HTrail/index.htm
Jefferson
County Heritage Trail |
| www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/hardin
Explore
the proud agricultural history of Hardin County,
Iowa! This National Register of Historic Places
travel itinerary highlights 27 historic places—barns,
civic buildings, churches, railroad depots,
schools and libraries—that depict the
history of the county, the "Heart of
the Heartland."
|
| www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana
Discover the Amana Colonies, a historic utopian
society located in the rolling hills of Iowa's
River Valley.
|
| www.ole.dot.state.ia.us/historicbridge
Iowa's
Historic Bridges - A searchable database of
Iowa's historic bridges.
|
www.alexisparkinn.com/the_iowa_city_airport.htm
This site provides information on one of just
seven original U.S. Air Mail hangars still standing
nationwide and represents an exciting, revolutionary
period of aviation history.
|
| www.silosandsmokestacks.org/
Silos
& Smokestacks is a regional heritage tourism
program involving more than 80 communities,
sites, and attractions in northeastern Iowa.
It presents and interprets American agriculture,
agribusiness, and farm life, past and is dedicated
to recognizing, preserving, promoting, and
celebrating northeastern Iowa’s contributions
to world agriculture.
|
www.iowahatlady.com
This site is dedicated to Alvina Sellers. Alvina
is known throughout Iowa and beyond for her
vast collection of hats and equally amazing
collection of good natured humor to go along.
|
| http://zeus.ia.net/~iowalha/
Iowa
Lincoln Highway
|
| www.lisco.com/iowamormontr/
Iowa
Mormon Trail
|
| www.discoveringthe6.com/
Highway
6 History
|
| http://members.tripod.com/~Write4801/riverboats.html
Missouri/Mississippi
River Steamboats
|
| www.danishwindmill.com/
Danish
Windmill Elk Horn, IA
|
www.aljibar.com/gcolony/index.html
Shelby
County, IA German Colonies
|
| www.dubuqueland.us
Dedicated to the German, Austrian, Swiss,
Liechtenstein and Luxembourg heritage of the
Dubuque area.
|
| Historic
Preservation
|
www.preservationonline.org
Features stories about historic preservation
as well as excerpts from the award-winning magazine
online. Plus, readers can post "911"
calls about an imminent teardown, which helps
to get the word out to save the property.
Also popular are historic properties real estate
listings.
|
| www.ic-fhp.org
Friends of Historic Preservation is located
in Iowa City, Iowa.
|
www.iowabarnfoundation.org
The Iowa Barn Foundation is dedicated to preserving
Iowa’s rural buildings, symbols of Iowa's early
heritage. The primary mission of the Iowa Barn
Foundation is to educate the public about Iowa’s
vanishing barns and to provide barn restoration
matching grants to help property owners restore
their barns.
|
www.iowapreservation.org
The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
(IHPA) helps build partnerships that enhance
Iowa's economic and cultural future through
the preservation of the significant historic
resources.
|
| www.PreservationDirectory.com
Preservation
Directory is a an excellent source of information
for preservations. It has has a database with
over 13,000 cultural resource organizations
and historic sites. In addition there are
over 700 links to cultural resource websites
along with a bookstore and photo database.
Well worth a look.
|
| www.sovereigncapital.com
Sovereign
Capital Resources is a boutique investment
banking firm that specializes in providing
equity placement and financial advisory services
for historic rehabilitation tax credit transactions.
|
| www.nthp.org
National
Trust for Historic Preservation - a private
nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting
the irreplaceable. It sights to save historic
buildings and the neighborhoods and landscapes
they anchor. Good resource.
|
|
www.ncptt.nps.gov
National
Center for Preservation Technology and Training
- an interdisciplinary effort by the National
Park Service to enhance the art, craft, and
science of preservation and conservation,
offers grants for preservation technology
and training, has good directory at preservation
related internet resources and other good
information
|
| www.sculpture.org
International
Sculpture Center
|
| www.cr.nps.org
National
Park Service - access to publications from
the NPS including Conserve O Grams and other
collection care and management publications
|
| www.heritagepreservation.org
Heritage
Preservation (formerly NIC) works to ensure
the preservation of American's collective
heritage - SOS - Save Outdoor Sculpture, Conservation
Assessment Program (CAP), numerous preservation
links, good publications
|
| History
(General)
|
| www.thehistorynet.com
This
site has hundreds of articles and links to
U.S. and World History, including interviews,
battles, and a daily quiz
|
| http://www.aaslh.org/
American
Association of State and Local History provides
leadership, service, and support for its members,
who preserve and interpret state and local
history in order to make the past more meaningful
in American Society.
|
| www.theaha.org/
American
Historical Association-a professional organizations
for all historians.
|
| www.oah.org/
promotes
the study and teaching of the American past
through its many activities.
|
| http://history.searchbeat.com/
History
timelines for a variety of history topics
|
| www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm
Civil
War Center - an index of Civil War & information
|
|
www.discovery.com/guides/history/historybuff/historybuff.html
Contains
a wide assortment of history info and history
activities suitable for all ages.
|
| historymatters.gmu.edu/
History
Matters is designed for high school and college
teachers of U.S. History courses. This site
serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers
useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
|
| http://sb2.abc-clio.com:81/
Provides
on-line access to ABC-Clio's American: History
and Life and Historical Abstracts with their
extensive coverage of history journal articles
and dissertations.
|
|
www.burlingtonroute.com/
Burlington Route
Historical Society
|
| www.cnwhs.org/index.html
Chicago
and Northwestern Historical Society
|
| www.trainweb.org/cgw/
Chicago
and Great Western Page
|
| http://odur.let.rug.nl/ahc/
The
Association for History and Computing aims
to promote and develop interest in the use
of computers in all types of historical study
at every level, in both teaching and research.
|
| www.firstladies.org/
National
First Ladies' Library devoted to the lives
and activities of America's First Ladies.
|
| Iowa
(History
& Cultural Organizations)
|
| www.humanitiesiowa.org
Humanities Iowa
|
| www.culturalcorridor.org
Johnson County Cultural Alliance
|
| http://iowaculturalcoalition.org
Iowa
Cultural Coalition
The Iowa Cultural Coalition serves as the
main advocacy, technical assistance and communications
network available to people and organizations
who create and appreciate all forms of art,
historic preservation, museums, science and
cultural educational endeavors in Iowa. ICC
serves the needs of every Iowan by supporting
the people and resources in the state that
make it a joy to live here.
|
www.iowamuseums.org
Iowa
Museum Association
The mission of the Iowa Museum Association is
to provide quality training and development
to Iowa museum professionals and volunteers,
advocate for support of member museums, and
build a strong community of museums in Iowa.
|
| www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap
Step
into Iowa's Heritage. Old Capitol Museum web
site is designed for use by multiple age groups
and audiences; the University of Iowa community,
historians, architectural historians, school
children and the general public. Received
the 1999 Web Site Award presented by Iowa
Division of Tourism and Travel Federation
of Iowa.
|
| www.germanamerheritage.org/
German-American
Heritage Center Davenport, IA
|
| www.dkmuseum.org/
Danish
Immigrant Museum Elk Horn, IA
|
| www.ncsml.org/
National
Czech and Slovak Museum and Library Cedar
Rapids, IA
|
| Iowa
(General)
|
| www.iowa-counties.com
Iowa
Counties - comprehensive information resource
relating to State of Iowa, historical facts
& information
|
www.iowaballroom.com
The Iowa Ballroom Project; historic Iowa Ballrooms
|
| www.roadsideamerica.com/map/ia.html
Roadside
America Iowa attractions
|
www.roundbarn.org
Slayton Farms Round Barn
|
| www.prairieghosts.com/oldpot.html
"Haunted"
Pottawattamie County Jail
|
|
http://samuel.igsb.uiowa.edu/browse/rift/mineola.htm
The Mineola Rift
|
| www.catt.org
Carrie
Chapman Catt Childhood Home project
|
| http://thefarmstead.org/
Carstens
1880 Farmstead Pottawattamie County, IA
|
| www.state.ia.us/
State
of Iowa Home Page
|
| Iowa (History)
|
|
http://www.uni.edu/iowaonline/prairievoices/
Prairie Voices: Iowa Heritage Curriculum
|
|
http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/
IPTV's Iowa Pathways is an online learning environment that challenges students to create their own story of the state as they explore the people, places, events and ideas of Iowa. The student experience features different ways to view and interact with Iowa content.
|
| Libraries
|
| http://library5.library.cornell.edu/moa
Materials
accessible here are Cornell
University Library's contributions to
Making of America (MOA), a digital library
of primary sources in American social history
from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
|
| http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Historical
Collections for the National Digital Library
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary
source materials relating to the history and
culture of the United States.
|
| www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
|
| Museums
& Historical Societies
|
| www.iowamuseums.org
Iowa
Museum Association
The mission of the Iowa Museum Association
is to provide quality training and development
to Iowa museum professionals and volunteers,
advocate for support of member museums, and
build a strong community of museums in Iowa.
|
www.ameshistoricalsociety.org
Ames Historical Society
|
www.eldondepotmuseum.org
Eldon Depot Museum
The depot of the Rock Island Line in Eldon,
Iowa has been restored and developed into a
public museum. |
www.marblerock.org
Marble Rock Historical Society
|
www.appanoosehistory.org
Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining
Museum
|
| www.oxfordjunctionmuseum.bravehost.com
Oxford Junction Museum
|
www.PrairieTrailsMuseum.org
There
is something here to interest everyone! The
large main brick building houses 25,000 artifacts
in five galleries covering over 21,000 sq. ft.
The eye-catching red Heritage Barn contains
an extensive collection of early farm artifacts
displayed in interesting interpretive exhibits.
|
| www.oberlinheritage.org
Oberlin
Historical and Improvement Organization a
museum that operates the Oberlin Heritage
Center in Oberlin, Ohio. O.H.I.O.'s mission
is to preserve and share Oberlin's unique
heritage and to make the community a better
place to live, learn, work, and visit. O.H.I.O.
sponsors a rich diversity of public programs.
A member of the Time Travelers Network.
|
| www.archimuse.com
Website
that publishes the papers from "Museums
and the Web" conferences sponsored by
Archives and Museum Informatics
|
| www.imls.gov
Institute
of Museum and Library Services Independent
federal agency - provide numerous grants for
museums and libraries including General Operating
Support, Museum Assessment Program, Conservation
Project Support, Conservation Assessment Support,
National Leadership Grants
|
| www.aam-vs.org/index.htm
American
Association of Museums - through advocacy,
professional education, information exchange,
accreditation, and guidance on current professional
standards of performance, AAM assists museum
staff, boards, and volunteers, a lot of good
information
|
| www.amn.org
Art
Museum Network - official Website at the worlds
leading art museums links to Association of
Art Museum Directors
|
www.allamakeehistory.org
Allamakee Historical Society
|
|
www.floydcountymuseum.org
Floyd
County Historical Society in Charles City
|
www.rootsweb.com/~iaoahs
Oelwein Area Historical Society
|
www.parkermuseum.org
Parker Historical Society of Clay County
|
www.pchsm.org
Paulding County Historical Society and Museum
|
|
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5660/index.htm
Pottawattamie
County Historical Society
|
| www.community.heartland.net/tabor-library/historical.htm
Tabor,
IA Historical Society
|
| http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajchs/jchs.html
The
Jones County Historical Society
|
| Other
Interesting Sites
|
www.villisca.com
The
documentary Villisca: Living with a Mystery
explores the relationship between an Iowa
town's past and present. The film tells the
story of a town forever altered by a crime,
and the saga of an ongoing struggle between
residents with competing views on the event's
historical and economic significance. Shot
on 16-mm film over a five-year period, Villisca
examines the effect of the crime on the town,
the county, and the state in the decades following
1912. The Web site features trailers and supplemental
information.
|
| www.bibliofind.com
Bibliofind
A database of the offerings of several thousand
booksellers around the country. Some foreign.
Extremely useful for finding any used books
|
| http://silent-movies.com/Langdon/
Harry
Langdon Society (born in Council Bluffs)
|
| www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/iowamay16-jg-photos.html
Pacific
Junction, IA 1999 Tornado
|
| www.bridgew.edu/depts/maxwell/humanit.htm
Lists
of humanities sources
|
| www.topica.com/
Choose
from 1000s of newsletters and topics.
|
| www.abebooks.com
Advanced
Book Exchange
|
| www.politicalgraveyard.com
Political
Graveyard - a database of historic cemeteries,
find where politicians, judges, diplomats
and other important people were born, lived,
died and buried, find politicians by offices
held, date or year born or died, and many
other categories
|
| www.westegg.com/inflation
Allows
you to enter an amount of money form a given
year and instantly calculates the equivalent
value in another year. Covers 1800-1999. So
if you read that a farm family paid $18 for
some photographs in 1899, you can instantly
calculate that it would be like spending $350
in 1999. Useful for anyone who reads history
and often gets misled by statements about
nostalgia and how things cost in the past
|
| www.refdesk.com
Contains
links to many reference resources.
|
| www.rleggat.com/photohistory
A
History of Photography from its beginning
till the 1920's by Dr. Robert Leggatt - of
interest to photo curators and historians.
Contains descriptions of significant photo
processes and photographers, museum of interest
and bibliography.
|
| www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/road/road.html
This
collection consists of materials from Helen
Gunderson's "The Road I Grew Up On"
project documenting change in rural Iowa.
|
| www.cr.nps.gov/csd/
National
Park Service Museum Management Program Technical
Assistance
|
| Search
Engines
|
| www.slider.com
Slider
search engine- a directory of over 2.5 million
websites, ftp search, whole web search and
a free encyclopedia. Soon will have a shareware
section and many more features and content.
|
| www.altavista.com
Altavista.
- Preference in search engines is subjective,
but can be more precise with Altavista by
use of quotation marks around phrases than
with any other search engine I have tried.
|
| www.google.com
Excellent
search engine
|
| www.searchenginecolossus.com
Hundreds
of search engines to choose from. Colossus
offers links to search engines from 149 countries.
Conduct exhaustive web searches. Search the
web using your choice of language.
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