M&D related web resources

[Doug Millison]

The Scout Report
March 22, 2002
Volume 8, Number 10
Internet Scout Project
University of Wisconsin
Department of Computer Sciences

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2.  Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/

Sponsored by the Academic Affairs Library at the University of Chapel Hill,
Documenting the American South (last mentioned in the April 18, 1997 _Scout
Report_) is a collection of sources on Southern history, literature, and
culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th
century. This Web site has grown considerably since its inception and
currently contains over 1,000 books and manuscripts that depict slavery,
literature, education, and religion in the South through the words of the
people who experienced them. This digitized collection currently contains
six chapters: First-Person Narratives of the American South; Library of
Southern Literature; North American Slave Narratives; The Southern
Homefront, 1861-1865; The Church in the Southern Black Community; and The
North Carolina Experience, Beginnings to 1940. One of six chapters on the
site is what Joe Hewitt, North Carolina's associate provost for university
libraries, calls "our signature project," which is an expansive collection
of North American slave narratives published in English in books and
pamphlets up to 1920. At present, more than 230 narratives are available
online from persons including Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and many
others. In short, this phenomenal collection is not just for educators and
researchers, but for anyone interested in Southern slavery and history. [MG]


3.  George Washington: A National Treasure
http://georgewashington.si.edu/

George Washington: A National Treasure is a national exhibit that focuses on
the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart in
1796 (the last painting of Washington before his death). An historic tour
from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, this painting will travel
across the country to eight major cities for the first time. The portrait is
currently at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, and will remain
there until June 16, 2002. Over the next two years, the painting will travel
to seven other cities: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis,
Oklahoma City, Little Rock, and New York City. Currently, Internet users may
explore this historical portrait at the above listed site using three
different filters: symbolic, biographic, and artistic. Each filter
highlights a distinct component of the portrait, provides background
information, and offers an interpretation of each individual element. In
addition, the site contains biographical information on Washington's life,
an exhibition schedule, and a teaching section for kids. [MG]