Friday, February 21, 2003

Even though President's Day was celebrated last Monday, George Washington's Birthday isn't until Saturday.  So - here are some sites where you can read more about our first president. Rediscovering George Washington from PBS George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress George Washington's Mount Vernon 11:09:38 AM    comments? []

Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Happy 194th Birthday to Abraham Lincoln! Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project From Northern Illinois Univ. Abraham Lincoln Papers  From the Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln Bookshop 12:53:03 PM    comments? []

Monday, February 03, 2003

Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? Some of our local students have become interested in the Shakespeare authorship controversy.  Here are some sites to help them find more information. Much Ado About Something from Frontline (PBS) The Shakespeare Mystery also from Frontline (PBS) Shakespeare Resouce Center Shakespeare Authorship Round Table Shakespeare Authorship Information Centre Brief History of the Shakespeare Authorship Question 5:28:18 PM    comments? []

Thursday, December 19, 2002

Southern Illinois' Cahokia Mounds in the News New clues to ancient Mississippi culture. Archaeologists are revising the role Cahokia played in the cultural revolution of Indians up and down the Mississippi. [Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech] 10:26:46 AM    comments? []

Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Vatican Library Goes Virtual. Vatican Library Goes Virtual: "No Longer for Scholars' Eyes Only. With the help of Hewlett-Packard, the Catholic Church makes historic documents accessible on the Web that only academics and church officials shared before. By Chloe Veltman. [Wired News]" [Chi Lib Rocks!] 2:32:15 PM    comments? []

Saturday, December 07, 2002

December 7, 1941 Remembering Pearl Harbor from National Geographic USS Arizona Memorial from National Park Service Air Raid on Pearl Harbor from American Memory; Library of Congress Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech 10:42:26 AM    comments? []

Tuesday, December 03, 2002

- "A 37-volume collection of George Washington's p .... - "A 37-volume collection of George Washington's papers is now available online, giving unprecedented access to the Founding Father's personal documents and correspondence." More than 17,400 papers in John C. Fitzpatrick's "The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799" were recently posted on the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center, a searchable Web-based database." (from CNN) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] 12:07:51 PM    comments? []

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