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Cool Site of the Month

Edgar Allen Poe Digital Collection is Cool Site of the Month

Posted on October 2, 2009 by jgreen

The Edgar Allen Poe Digital Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin in October’s spooky Cool Site of The Month! Launched to accompany the 2009 Poe Bicentennial exhibition, “From Out That Shadow: The Life … Continue reading →

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Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP) is Cool Site for September 2009

Posted on September 2, 2009 by jgreen

The Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP, the former Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact), provides new scholarly perspectives on contemporary international history by collecting, publishing, and interpreting formerly secret governmental documents. In response to the … Continue reading →

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New Netherland Institute is Cool Site for August 2009

Posted on August 3, 2009 by jgreen

The New Netherland Institute (formerly Friends of New Netherland) seeks to increase public awareness of the work of the The New Netherland Project (see more details below) and supports the Project through fund raising. The Institute assists authors of scholarly … Continue reading →

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Darwin by Post, or “What if Darwin had a Facebook© Page?”

Posted on July 1, 2009 by jgreen

Lloyd Library and Museum’s on-line exhibit is Cool Site for July! Lloyd Library and Museum’s contribution to the 2009 worldwide celebration of Charles Darwin’s bicentennial birthday and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his book “On the Origin of Species,” … Continue reading →

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On the Edge is Cool Site for May 2009

Posted on April 29, 2009 by jgreen

On the Edge: the Hidden Art of Fore-Edge Book Painting highlights a special collection of more than 200 high-resolution images of fore-edge paintings housed in the Rare Books Department of the Boston Public Library. A fore-edge painting is where the … Continue reading →

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World Pulse is cool site for April 2009!

Posted on April 13, 2009 by jgreen

From the World Pulse website: Introducing a New Frequency in Global Media World Pulse is a media enterprise covering global issues through the eyes of women. We are dedicated to listening to and broadcasting the unheard voices and innovative solutions … Continue reading →

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Papers of the War Department is cool site for March

Posted on March 3, 2009 by jgreen

Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 After a traumatic and devastating fire in 1800, many historians though that the early files of the United States War Department were essentially lost forever. Thankfully, the Center for History and New Media at … Continue reading →

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So This is Florida!

Posted on July 2, 2008 by jgreen

Broward County Libraries Division’s Bienes Museum of the Modern Book: The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is pleased to announce the opening of: “So This Is Florida: An Exhibition of Decorative Book … Continue reading →

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