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The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
Recipients of the 1999 LC/Ameritech Award, University of Chicago Library and Filson Historical Society of Louisville (KY) contributed this collection to American Memory in 2002. It consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material that documents European exploration and settlement of the Ohio River Valley. The majority of the collection is textual (i.e., choosing resource type "text"... |
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https://filsonhistorical.org/ |
Ohio Exploration Society
Frequently updated, the Ohio Exploration Society site is devoted to documenting the history and development of numerous sites of cultural importance, including cemeteries, Indian mounds, parks, and other aspects of the built environment. Extensive photo documentation is offered on the site, with commentary on each of the locales that provides background information about the history of each site.... |
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https://www.ohioexploration.com/ |
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Cleveland Digital Library: Virtual Cleveland History
Produced and maintained by the Special Collections staff of the Cleveland State University Library, the Virtual Cleveland History Web site is a fantastic omnibus of well-organized links to online historical resources about the greater Cleveland area. Within the site, the links are organized into four broad categories: date, format, location, and subject. The subject categories include real estate,... |
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http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/speccoll/cdl/ |
Frontier to Heartland: Making History in Central North America
Today, the midwestern region of the United States is colloquially referred to as the "heartland" of the country. How has this region changed over the years? This project from the Newberry Library's Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture allows visitors to explore this question via various critical essays and engaging primary documents. Visitors who are looking to learn more... |
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https://www.newberry.org/frontier-heartland |
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Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland
This fine Website from PBS coincides with the broadcast last week over local public television stations of the documentary film of the same name. Examining the settlement and cultivation of the Midwest through the focusing lens of the typical L-shaped farmhouse, the Website uses text, photographs, video, and audio to tell the story of agricultural life in the Midwest from the 1830s to the mid-20th... |
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http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/ |
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At Home in the Heartland Online
Developed by the Illinois State Museum, this site examines the history of the Midwest from 1700 to the present. The site divides the history of the Midwest into five periods corresponding roughly with recognized periods in the history of the American Republic: 1700-1800, 1800-1850, 1850-1890, 1890-1920, 1920-1950, and 1950 to the present. The exhibit for each period includes timelines, maps, oral... |
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http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/index.htm... |
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