Sigmund Freud Museum
http://freud.t0.or.at/freud/index-e.htm
The father of psychoanalysis receives an excellent and authoritative treatment about his life and activities at this Web site, sponsored by the Sigmund Freud Museum that is located in Vienna. The site is thematically divided into a number of sections -- a timeline of Mr. Freud's life, prevalent themes throughout his work, information about the museum, and a collection of video and audio clips. The timeline is a good place to start, as it offers an overview of Freud's achievements from his birth in 1856 to his death in London in 1939. The Themes section of the site contains details about the dominant themes in his work, such as his work with his daughter, Anna Freud, and a selected bibliography. The most fascinating part of the site is the video and audio clips of Freud, particularly when one considers that he was notoriously camera-shy and generally avoided the media. Overall, the site will prove to be helpful to students and other persons hoping to learn more about the world's most recognizable psychoanalyst. [KMG]
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Guide to Gay and Lesbian Resources: A Classified Bibliography Based upon the Collections of the University of Chicago
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/gaylesb/glguide.html
Compiled by Frank Conaway, Sebastian Hierl, and Sem C. Sutter at the University of Chicago Library, this thorough bibliography offers an excellent guide to the voluminous amount of scholarly work on gay and lesbian themes. The guide contains a brief introduction about the methodology and reasoning behind the nature of this guide, and also lists some significant resources that researchers may be able to draw upon. The guide itself is divided into 22 major sections, such as religion, humor, and domestic relations. The guide concludes with an index that will help users perform a quick search of any topics that are of interest. In total, the guide lists over 4500 monographs and serials dealing with this broad topic, and will be of great assistance when looking for scholarly materials in this area. [KMG]
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Ruavista
http://www.ruavista.com/
Over the past few decades, the role and function of "the street" in urban life has been reinvigorated as numerous scholars, policy makers, and urbanites have chimed in with their impassioned feelings and ideas on the subject. Marc Voelckel has provided his own site, Ruavista, to explore the diversity of street life and public culture, and, as he states, "Ruavista seeks to organize this richness and to share it with the greatest number of people worldwide and strives to promote a new form of urban tourism based upon visiting ordinary streets and paying attention to details rather than famous spots and beautiful architecture." The site itself features photographic essays from photographers (professional and amateur) around the world, including Paris, San Francisco, and Rio during the World Cup. Additionally, the Street Sounds section has a host of audio clips featuring the local sounds of such locales as a bird market in Jakarta, the call to daily prayer in Mali, and a panpiper in Bucharest. For those who love urban places and visual culture, this site will be one to visit over and over again. [KMG]
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History of the University of Georgia
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/reed/
While the Digital Library of Georgia has many fine projects and online documents, this is one of their latest additions. This massive history (over 3000 pages!) was written by Thomas Walter Reed, the longtime registrar of the University. After presenting the work to the University, Mr. Reed remarked, "It is not such as I would call anything like a finished piece of work, but it may do some good to file it away." The work has long been a favorite of researchers within the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and is now available in its original form online. Divided into 19 chapters, the work deals with the presidents of the Universities, the physical development of the campus, and its student life, along with containing a general profile of all the graduating classes. The document offers a first-hand perspective into one of the South's major universities, and one that researchers will be glad to have available with such ease. [KMG]
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Pick A Trail
http://www.pickatrail.com
Developed by the Wilderness Society, the Pick a Trail Web site offers general information about backpacking and hiking in the United States and different trails in other countries, such as the United Kingdom. The trails featured on the site are organized alphabetically, with a special emphasis placed on those trails leading through the US National Park System. Information on each trail includes a brief sketch of the host country, including basic climatic information, local topography, and the type of terrain that each trail traverses. Along with this material, there are short essays on subjects related to hiking, such as identifying local plant species, associated health risks, and what items to bring along. Rounding out the site is an interactive map of the United States that allows visitors to click on each individual state to obtain an overall profile of the trails located there. [KMG]
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The Buckminster Fuller Institute
http://www.bfi.org/
Presaging the movements of political ecology, "smart growth", sustainable development and other trends of the past three decades, R. Buckminster Fuller remains one of the most misunderstood Renaissance individuals of the 20the century. Today, Mr. Fuller is most well known for inventing the geodesic dome, which he hoped would become a model for low-cost housing across the world. Over his life, Mr. Fuller was awarded 47 honorary doctorates, wrote 28 books, and was the recipient of numerous architectural and design awards. As such, it is fitting that this Web site features a great deal of his work, including many of his statements on his conception of "design science," and not surprisingly a great deal of information on the geodesic dome and its uses. Other helpful material on the site includes numerous publications from the Institute, such as their newsletter and environmental news. Overall, a fascinating site that documents the life of Mr. Fuller and the Institute dedicated to keeping his philosophy and principles alive and meaningful. [KMG]
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Roger L. Stevens Presents
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/stevens/rs-preview.html
This exhibition preview from the Library of Congress highlights the work of Roger L. Stevens, one of America's foremost theatrical producers and impresarios of the 20th century. During his a career that lasted over fifty years, Mr. Stevens backed his first Broadway show in 1949 and soon became a moving force in American and British theater, eventually presenting over 100 plays and musicals in total. If these achievements were not enough, Mr. Stevens also served as the first chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The exhibit includes promotional material for a number of his productions (including West Side Story and The Visit) and production photos from plays like The Great White Hope, which starred James Earl Jones. [KMG]
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