Part of the 1859 Map of Kent County Delaware (French), showing Leipsic. Source: Library of Congress Over the past several years there has been an enormous increase in the number of historical maps that are available online. These digital, on-demand collections are a great aid for those seeking to understand the past, whether it is for…
Media Outlets Interested in Mason-Dixon Line
All around parts of the Mason-Dixon Line, communities are observing the start of the 250th anniversary of the beginning of one of America’s most famous boundaries. The work by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, establishing the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, took five years, from 1763 to 1768. To settle royal land grants for the…
Newly Launched Newspaper Search Engine Focuses on Searching Historical Papers.
Efficiencies for researchers continue evolving at a rapid pace as important resources are digitized, allowing the materials to move beyond the confines of libraries, historical societies, and archives. These open sourced, easily accessible collections on the web, greatly enhance our ability to study the past, as often untapped materials are available on-demand from a classroom,…
Online Resources Help Researchers Tap Into TV & Radio Broadcasts
There are significant online resources to help scholars and the public locate and use video and audio recordings of broadcasts, and we are seeing some great advances in this area. One of those involves the Internet Archive, a source of web-based content since the late 1990s. Beginning with printed matter and websites, the aggregator and…