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This site hosts Professor Nicole Riesenberger's course in Fifteenth-Century Italian Art at the University of Maryland. The tabs at left link to the interactive map, course syllabus, class schedule and assigned readings, image collections, and additional resources. The image collections are grouped according to the class schedule. Students can study images either by browsing collections or using the search bar at left. One might search for an artists' name, title of an artwork, city, or date, for example. The interactive map is populated will all relevant course content, including images, 3-D models, Power Point slides, and links to other supplmental content.

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This site hosts Professor Nicole Riesenberger's course in Fifteenth-Century Italian Art at the University of Maryland. The tabs at left link to the interactive map, course syllabus, class schedule and assigned readings, image collections, and additional resources. The image collections are grouped according to the class schedule.

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Reading Cities is a digitally augmented text platform that serves teachers and researchers of texts and urban environments.

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African American Transatlantic Abolitionism

Welcome to my African American Mapping Project!

Here you will find information on formerly enslaved African Americans who made radical and politicized journeys to the British Isles during the c19th to educate British audiences about slavery, racism, and lynching. They spoke in large cities and small fishing villages across the length and breadth of the British Isles, published thousands of copies of their slave narratives and spoke to millions of people. The maps of their speaking locations are designed to be visual monuments of their courageous and inspiring activism, and how Britons walk past sites rich in Black activism on a daily basis.

African American Activist Frederick Douglass is the main focus of the project, although it has grown to include Moses Roper, Josiah Henson, James Watkins, and Ida B. Wells, to name a few. Douglass was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, feminist and advocate of social justice. He travelled to Britain in 1845 for 19 months, lecturing against slavery in the United States.

To an American audience, Douglass is perhaps the most famous fugitive from slavery, but in Britain he is less well known, despite the fact he achieved great celebrity in the mid nineteenth century.

His lectures in Britain and Ireland were fascinating works of oratory and they provide extraordinary insight into Douglass' life, as well as Victorian society in the 1840s and beyond. The controversies Douglass created and became embroiled in illustrate his electrifying capacity as an oratory and performer. Douglass returned to the States in 1847 a free man: British abolitionists had purchased his legal freedom.

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Frederick Douglass in Britain and Ireland

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Welcome to my African American Mapping Project! Here you will find information on formerly enslaved African Americans who made radical and politicized journeys to the British Isles during the c19th to educate British audiences about slavery, racism, and lynching.

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About the Object of History Project

The Object of History is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and George Mason University's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. The project was conceived of in an effort to find a low cost way for students and teacher of U.S. History to have access to the museum's collections and the expertise of the curators. As a result the materials on the site are designed to improve students' content knowledge of standard topics in U.S. History and to improve their ability to understand material culture objects as types of historical evidence.

A second goal of the project is to provide smaller museums and historical societies with a model for creating similar materials using their own collections and expertise. Hence, in January 2008, we will offer a downloadable package that will include templates, a database structure, and a guide to creating object lessons using the software. This free package will be available to all interested users and will be composed using open source software.

Project Management

Roy Rosenzweig, (Principle Investigator, Senior Historian) Director of CHNM

Judy Gradwohl, (Senior Museum Specialist) Associate Director NMAH, Office of Public Programs

Sharon Leon, (Director) Director of Public Projects, CHNM

Julia Sytsma Garcia, (Associate Director) Program Assistant, Office of Public Programs, NMAH

Amy Bartow-Melia, (Museum Education Coordinator) Director of Education for Public Programs and Outreach, NMAH

Matt MacArthur, (Museum Coordinator) Director, New Media Program, NMAH

Elly Greene, (Education Coordinator)

Curator Interviews

NMAH: William Lawrence Bird (Curator, Division of Politics and Reform); Lisa Kathleen Graddy (Deputy Chair and Curator, Division of Polititcs and Reform); Peter Liebhold (Chair and Curator, Division of Work and Industry), Magdalena Mieri (Director, Program in Latino History and Culture); Fath Davis Ruffins (Curator, Division of Home and Community Life); David Shayt (Associate Curator, Division of Work and Industry); Barbara Clark Smith (Curator, Division of Politics and Reform); William Yeignst (Chair and Curatory, Division of Home and Community Life).

Research and Annotations

CHNM: Robert Colby (Research Assistant); James Halabuk (Digital History Associate); Ben Huggins (Research Assistant); Alexis Hurter (Research Assistant); Sharon Leon (Research Assistant Professor, Department of History and Art History) Allison O'Connor (Research Assistant); Michael O'Malley (Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History); Jenny Reeder (Research Assistant); Roy Rosenzweig (Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History & New Media, Department of History and Art History); Heather Velez (Research Assistant).

Website Development

Web Designers: Jeremy Boggs, Stephanie Hurter

Programmers: Kristopher Kelly, Ammon Shepherd

Video Editing: Andrew Graulich

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The Object of History | Behind the Scenes with the Curators of the National Museum of American History

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Hevelin Fanzines

This month's featured collection: SF, fantasy, and horror fanzines collected by Rusty Hevelin.

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DIY History is a crowdsourced volunteer project from the University of Iowa’s Digital Library. Register or Login to start transcribing.

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All Night. All Day. We Will Fight For Freddie Gray

This is a people’s archive. For the people. By the people. Owned by all.

Preserve the Baltimore Uprising began as a digital repository designed to preserve and make accessible original content captured and created by individual community members, grassroots organizations, and witnesses to the protests that followed the death of Freddie Gray on April 19, 2015.

Since then, we have been called to witness and respond to the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and others.

In light of these events, we renew and expand our commitment:

Help us gather and preserve the different perspectives and experiences of protest and unrest. Too often, history is shaped by official accounts. When the history of the Baltimore Uprising is written, we want to make sure it can include voices from the streets as well as voices from the halls of government.

Share your stories. Show us what you've seen. Help us preserve the photographs you took or the sign you carried. Together, we will tell a more complete, inclusive, and just story of the long movement for Civil Rights.

This Omeka based collection site was built by Denise D. Meringolo, Director of Public History at UMBC, who is solely responsible for the explanatory text here and on the About Page. The collection site resides on an independent web hosting platform, Reclaim Hosting. The materials you donate are preserved in partnership with the Maryland Center for History and Culture.

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Home · Preserve the Baltimore Uprising: Your Stories. Your Pictures. Your Stuff. Your History.

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"Soleful" Impacts

In the field of athletics, there are many elements that go toward shaping a sports experience, for both the athlete and the spectator.  A large part of this experience is sensory: visual, tactile, and even olfactory in some cases.  But sports would be nothing without their auditory component: sounds, and specifically, their impact sounds. An impact sound is that which arises from the collision of one object with another; for the purposes of this project, it is specifically a sound that arises from the collision of an athlete’s body with a sports surface, in any form it may present itself.  The majority of these impact...

Humans vs. Nature? Breaking the Dichotomy

This exhibit examines the interaction of human and natural sounds in the naturescape, endeavoring to demonstrate that, in the modern world, it is nearly impossible to separate the two. Despite humanity’s best efforts to remove ourselves from “uncivilized” nature, we are nevertheless ourselves part of the natural environment, for better or worse. Humanity is inextricably linked to nature- we  are just as much a part of the naturescape as a deer bounding through in a forest or lily pads floating on a green lake. Our challenge is to make ourselves a home in nature, becoming conscientious of the daily impacts which we cannot help but leave...

Overheard at Oberlin

Oberlin College and Conservatory was established in the year 1833 and is well known for its academic and musical excellence. It is a place where people hear and listen in on the world from diverse perspectives. As such, there are many sounds that make up Oberlin College. "Overheard at Oberlin" is a sonic exhibit curated by sound students in the First Year Seminar titled "Soundscapes: Listening the Past/ Hearing the Present."  "Overheard" showcases the aural cultures that define the people who live, work, and learn at Oberlin, both the institution and the town.  By resourcing, researching, and curating the sounds that distinguish...

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A community archive and historical map of Toronto's alternative cultures, scenes and spaces of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Shepherd Park: Past and Present

A profile of the Shepherd Park neighborhood in Washington, DC. The film features interviews with new and longtime residents, VIPs, and civic…

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The University of the District of Columbia: A Visual History

This exhibit depicts the history of several schools that eventually combined to become the University of the District of Columbia in 1976. By…

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Mikva Challenge DC: Project Soapbox

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Museo Dolom.it - Il museo digitale e partecipativo

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Laboratory of Stories

The Laboratory Stories is the new digital space of the Museums of the Dolomites with more than 2000 multimedia contributions co-created by museum operators, curators, residents and enthusiasts of the nature, culture and history of this priceless UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Inclined Living

Steep slopes sharpen the wit! Discover the solutions adopted over the centuries by mountain peoples to make themselves at home in this steep, rugged terrain.

The climb that tiers

Slopes have always been part of life for the people of the Dolomites, forcing them to constantly go up and down the mountain: from sleds for transporting hay in winter to crampons to stop one slipping. Living on a slope sharpens your wits!

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Living at an angle

The sloping terrain has influenced the way mountain villages developed but also how houses and barns were built. One such method, the “blockbau” system, even allows you to dismantle your home and move it elsewhere if, for example, there is the threat of a landslide.

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Adapting to high altitude

Snow and ice, wind and freezing temperatures, scorching sun and falling rocks: it is hard to settle in places with extreme and unstable conditions. But some people manage it. Who are they? And how do they do it? Let’s find out!

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Hands in stone

Hard and brittle, ancient and always in motion, rock is the raw material of the Dolomites landscape. It’s home, it’s a fossil, it’s a wall to climb… it’s a treasure trove of stories to discover.

A passion for rocks

From the pale shades of sandstone to the brilliance of red ammonite, and from the “scaglia rossa” of Feltre to the zeolites of Agordino rocks are not only like beautiful pictures; they are also like books containing the history of millions of years.

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Working with stone

The life of high-altitude quarry workers, the mastery of the stonemasons, the tunnels of the miners and soldiers: discover how rock has been the pillar of life, agriculture and economy in the mountains, support for entire families and many trades.

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Shaping, creating, living

Rock has no life of its own, but it has memory; it stores the history of architecture, domestic life, craftsmanship and contemporary art. Discover the many meanings it has garnered in the Dolomites, how men and women have shaped it and have, in turn, been shaped by it.

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Voices of the mountain

Close your eyes and listen to the voices of the Dolomites. Some are barely audible: the creaking of ice, the chirping of insects, the whispers of trees. Others are loud and recognisable: the bleating of deer, the roaring of streams and the whistling of marmots.

Hiking in the mountains

Some sounds are barely audible: the creaking of ice as it thaws, the chirping or buzzing of insects and the whispers of trees. Others are loud and recognisable: the bleating of deer, the roaring of streams and the whistling of marmots. Close your eyes, and get ready to listen to the voices of the Dolomites!

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At work

The Dolomites are also home to man-made sounds such as cowbells, spinning wheels and the chopping of wood. We can still hear them echoing in the meadows and on the trails. They speak to us of a time when life was slower. They are the sounds of work that give rest to the ear.

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In front of the hearth

The voices of the mountain are dialects, songs, proverbs, nursery rhymes and stories for children to share in front of the hearth. Today, this immense heritage of sound can be shared with the whole world. Sit back and listen to the stories the Museums have collected for you: Once upon a time…

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Landscape of life

They were once atolls surrounded by a tropical sea; then, they became mountains. Finally came human settlement shaped by countless generations benefitting from alpine resources while preserving them for the future. Find out how

Before the mountains

Today we see the Dolomites as impervious and impassable, but over 200 million years ago, this area was occupied by a great sea inhabited by molluscs, corals, algae and sponges. Imagine sitting on one of these warm beaches and looking around. What do you see?

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Managing and transforming the landscape

Mankind has altered the Dolomites landscape ever since its arrival. Much of what seems ‘natural’ to us has actually been shaped by the wisdom of generations who have been able to consciously manage the land and benefit from it.

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Living FROM the land

Pastureland for meat and dairy products, flowers for honey, land for seeds: the soil has always fed the inhabitants of the Dolomites and, today, the time has come to rediscover the ancient knowledge and restore harmony with nature and the care of the environment.

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Dolomythic Women

Women’s roles in the Dolomites have always been essential and varied – from supporting the family to discovering the summits, guided by a curiosity that seeks new answers for the present as well as the future.

Pioneering women

This gallery is dedicated to the women who made (and wrote) the history of the Dolomites. Women who, in a time not so distant from our own, broke down gender categories by demonstrating that each of us has the strength to accomplish any feat we set our mind to.

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Between family and work

These are the stories of war refugees, Carnic carriers [women who carried supplies to the Alpine soldiers], nursemaids and “Sedonere”. They are our grandmothers, our mothers, and our aunts. This gallery collects their stories of strength, independence, courage and kindness.

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Mountain rites

A journey through the centuries and into the present: religious practices, festivals, myths and historical events that compose the Dolomites imagery and change perceptions of the mountains while continuing to evolve through art, memory and interpretation.

The masquerade

They are passed down from generation to generation. They are the traditional masquerades that take place in many villages in the Dolomites: like the Gnaga, Matazìn, Bufón, Smotazìn, Zinghenésta and Babarat delle Rivate. But who are they and where do they can from?

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Between the sacred and profane

Rituals transform places and are transformed by them in turn. They accumulate like layers of paint on the psyche and in the imagination. They even continue to act on the psyche long after they have been forgotten, spanning the spectrum from sacred sources to the ritual ‘sacrifices’ of the holidays as a tapestry that unravels through time and space.

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Time Suspended

There are experiences in the mountains made up of suspended time and slow breaths that make us forget for a moment our worries and preoccupations. Imagine the magic of a mountain choir and a concert on the highest peak as the sun rises. Do you want to listen?

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Beyond the pass

Beyond the peaks, pastures and pinnacles stretch new valleys and cultures. The passes are the key to discovering them, and this is their story in the Dolomites.

Crossings

No matter how high and rocky the Dolomites, men and women have always found a way to get across them. The history of travelling through the mountains is made up of many stories; with great events, social changes, historic and modern tourism, and small everyday dealings all connecting and overlapping in a seamless way.

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Points of contact

Mountains are permeable barriers and people pass through with their languages, cultures and traditions. Such contacts may be peaceful or not, but they change history either way: find out how!

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A shop on your back

The passes were through-routes for many tireless peddlers with their shops on their backs! Chair-makers, shoemakers, knife-sharpeners, umbrella-makers, chimney sweeps, cobblers, sellers of popular prints, masons, painters and decorators: explore their stories by clicking on the photos!

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Sports’ culture

Sport is one of the innovations that has changed the history of the mountains. Now, the economy of entire Dolomite valleys depends on it. It’s a social phenomenon that combines passion, health and many stories about small, large and very large businesses.

Past and present pioneers

Every frontier has its pioneers In the Dolomites, the rocky peaks were the great unknown, and the mountain guides were the explorers who led the first wealthy tourists to discover the peaks. This story takes place at the time in which mountaineering was born.

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Along the trail

Economic necessity and play all glide through the snow today, just as they did in the past. From sleds to skis, from snowshoes to skates, to large sledges for hay and wood, these were the beginnings of a great, continuously self-renewing passion.

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Sport and the land

The Winter Olympics, the World Ski Championships, the World Cup, the Marcialonga, the Dobbiaco-Cortina, and the Giro d’Italia. What does the athletic Hero’s Journey look like in the Dolomites? In what spirit did people compete? What type of future have sporting events opened up?

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Walking tales

The mountains are a place of trails and of stories. Even when we walk along the same trail, our experiences are different each time, coloured by words or silences, the stories of those who have passed by before and by timeless legends.

Tales among the rocks

The Dolomites themselves are an open-air museum: a discovery at every step. Here is a walking guide for discovering the nature, landscapes and geology of the Dolomites along the routes selected by the local museums.

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Trails through time

Going on foot means reading the traces of history on the landscape, which we can think of as a great, “far flung museum” on the sites of the Great War, and of popular legends, religion, art and archaeology of the Dolomites.

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The Dolomites at a slow pace

You’re going to want to travel at a slower pace in the Dolomites, letting yourself be inebriated by the smells, sounds and colours of the panoramas… and the emotions too! This ever-evolving gallery is dedicated to you, your memories and what the ‘mountains’ mean to you.

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My Dolomites home

A place for new arrivals and those who return time and again, they can welcome both old and new inhabitants. Let’s start with the stories of people who left the Dolomites to emigrate elsewhere and then come to those who decided to stay or return to their Dolomites.

Places and ways of living

How many ways are there to inhabit the Dolomites? From the first Roman “viles” to the mountain farms and communal spaces of yesterday and today: huts and taverns, church and school, fountains and wash-houses, mountain life has a common thread, sharing.

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There and back

Stories of emigration are stories of departures and returns. You leave with your own world, and when you return, you bring back with you everything you have encountered along the way. The home becomes a space of the soul, made up of all the places that have shaped us.

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Art at home

Artists take the beauty of the Dolomites, transform it, and give it back. From the past to the present, here is a journey through the various works that tell the story of the Dolomites and give us pause to reflect on the changes that have taken place in them up to now.

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Different times

How many eras have there been in the mountains? There was the era of the trails, the era of grass growing in the high-altitude pastures and the eras of ancient crafts, geological time and music. Which era belongs to you? Stop in to find out.

Back in my day

Time is like breath: it can be fast, slow, deep or shallow. Back then, it would take us longer to do everything: moving from one valley to the other, building or receiving. Confronting ourselves with those times helps us better understand our present.

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Time and ways to measure it

Every person has their pace. And it’s not always the same. Even in the Dolomites, time varies depending on whether you measure it with the sun, water, mechanical gears or super-fast digital devices. And you? What is your pace like when you cross the Dolomites?

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The ancient breath of the earth

Nature measures time in many ways. Millions of years, seasons or moments: each is a cycle of life on the planet. Learn more about the plants and animals of the Dolomites from the Triassic to the present!

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Discovering the musems

There are many museums in the Dolomites, and each one reveals one facet of a heritage as great as our mountains. Discover them all on the UNESCO Foundation portal Visitdolomites.com.

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The glossary of snow

Not all snow is the same, as the people of the Dolomites know very well; there is icy snow and snow that falls in thick blankets, heavy snow and light, drifting snow blown about by the wind. Discover the many ways you can say snow in the Dolomites!

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Laboratory of Stories The Laboratory Stories is the new digital space of the Museums of the Dolomites with more than 2000 multimedia contributions co-created by museum operators, curators, residents and enthusiasts of the nature, culture and history of this priceless UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inclined Living Steep slopes sharpen the wit!

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The Colored Conventions Project (CCP) is a scholarly and community research project dedicated to bringing the seven decades-long history of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life. Mirroring the collective nature of the nineteenth-century Colored Conventions, CCP uses innovative, inclusi…

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This virtual exhibit is presented in conjunction with John J. Audubon's Birds of America on display at the TD Gallery, located on the main floor of the Toronto Reference Library, from September 26 to November 29, 2015.

This exhibit features a selection of plates from Birds of America the masterwork of celebrated 19th century naturalist, John James Audubon (1785-1851).

The 2015 TD Gallery season is generously sponsored by TD Bank Group.

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Toronto Public Library

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This site features virtual exhibits that complement shows presented in the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St.) A relaxed, contemporary exhibit space at the heart of the city, the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library is a space for Torontonians and visitors alike to connect with our collective cultural memory.

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Questa non è una rievocazione. È nuova linfa allo spirito di scoperta. La grande escursione del 1887 ha lasciato un seme che fiorisce oggi con in linguaggio della contemporaneità: mappe interattive che fondono immagini, parole e suoni, contributi co-creati nella collaborazione tra comunità, musei, e associazionismo.

Anche lo spirito con il quale si affronta il viaggio non è lo stesso di 100 anni fa. Non potrebbe esserlo. Ma la consapevolezza del presente non è univoca. Può cambiare, migliorare, tornare sui suoi passi e provare una strada diversa.

Così il turismo lento diventa non solo un'esperienza, ma anche una scelta: quella di vivere il tempo del viaggio, del passeggiare, del parlare con chi si incontra senza fretta o suonerie che interrompono.

Eccoci, quindi, in viaggio nel tempo oltre che nello spazio. Non torniamo nel passato, ma cerchiamo un tempo diverso nel futuro, con il nostro zaino e, perché no, il nostro fedele asino.

Turisti lenti per passione, per rispetto di un territorio, dei suoi sapori, dei suoi colori, e per il desiderio di un incontro con la gente che vi abita e vi lavora.

Come il buon vino, che invecchiando migliora, l'Altovicentino D.O.C.

Clicca sul titolo e scopri le tre sezioni che compariranno nel menu a destra!

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1. Il tour CAI 1887

2. A passo lento

3. Il tuo zaino

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Questa non è una rievocazione. È nuova linfa allo spirito di scoperta. La grande escursione del 1887 ha lasciato un seme che fiorisce oggi con in linguaggio della contemporaneità: mappe interattive che fondono immagini, parole e suoni, contributi co-creati nella collaborazione tra comunità, musei, e associazionismo.

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This virtual exhibition is based on The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico, a display of original manuscripts, books, and other materials at the Newberry Library from September 28, 2006 through January 13, 2007. Ellen T. Baird and Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera, both of the University of Illinois at Chicago, curated the exhibit. The virtual exhibit includes the complete text from the original gallery exhibit and digitized images of many of the manuscripts and books that were displayed.

The Aztecs are well-known as the people who established the great city Tenochtitlan (ca. 1325; present-day Mexico City) and conquered and ruled Mexico from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf Coast. The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés's invasion and conquest of the Aztec empire in 1521 had profound consequences for Mexico's indigenous people.

This exhibition focuses on Colonial Mexico and the intersection and interaction between a Spanish culture of written knowledge and an Aztec culture of oral knowledge and pictorial writing. How did the Aztecs' descendants, the Nahua, respond to the challenge of an alien people, culture, language, and religious beliefs? How did the Nahua preserve their culture, language, identity and history? How did they shape the colonial era?

Drawing upon the Newberry Library's remarkable Mexican holdings, this exhibition presents a wide range of religious, historical, and legal documents (including manuscripts, maps, and printed books) produced by, for, and about the Nahua. These documents tell many stories-of Spanish friars learning Nahuatl, the language of the Nahua, to convert indigenous people to Christianity; of property passed to generations of descendants; of legal battles to retain land ownership and use; of continued and intermingled traditions; and the lives of people who are the ancestors of the Mexicans of today. These stories speak eloquently, and beautifully, of the richness and vigor of indigenous creativity and intellectual production in the colonial period: they highlight the dynamic vitality and resilience of the Nahua descendants of the Aztec throughout the colonial period and beyond.

The Newberry Library is an independent research library, open to the public without charge. It was established in Chicago in 1887 by a bequest of Walter L. Newberry (1804-1868). The core of the Library's Mexicana holdings were donated in 1911 by trustee Edward E. Ayer (1841-1927).

The Library's mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge, and to that end it acquires and preserves humanities research materials related primarily to the histories and cultures of western Europe and the Americas. To promote the effective use of all its collections, the Newberry fosters research, teaching, publication, life-long learning, and civic engagement in an atmosphere of free intellectual inquiry. This virtual exhibit is an expression of the Library's mission.

The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico grew out of my lifelong fascination with Mexico and its people: the mighty Aztecs whose empire stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, and the colonial Nahua (the Aztec descendants) who survived despite the depredations they suffered. As a scholar, my research has focused on the intersection of indigenous and European culture after the Spanish invasion, as represented in early colonial manuscripts. These documents provide a remarkable visual narrative of Nahua cultural resilience, tenacity, and indomitable strength in the face of almost unimaginable challenges and devastation. As distinguished scholar Louise Burkhart has noted: "It is they [the colonial Nahua] who faced the greatest challenge ever presented to Nahua culture-how to make sense of an invasion by alien beings intent not only on seizing their wealth and territory but on altering their most deeply held religious beliefs. That they survived with a large part of their cultural identity intact is perhaps a more impressive achievement than the feats of the poet-kings, warriors, and scribes so beloved of pre-Conquest enthusiasts."
-Ellen T. Baird, Professor of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico was a venue for examining the influence of the Nahuas on Spanish colonialism in Mexico. The ability of Nahua communities to adapt and refashion themselves in response to the Spanish invasion, to create a space for their knowledge and ideas against the grain of colonization, to infuse a dazzling vitality into their endeavors, and ultimately to shape the world in which they lived was certainly the lure that brought me to the books and documents that so eloquently reveal these stories. My research has focused on the study of the ways in which Spanish colonization has transformed culture. Examining the cultural production of peoples capable of flourishing under these oppressive conditions was a unique opportunity to appreciate the resilience of their culture and to reflect on the insights that their experiences can bring into our world.
-Cristián A. Roa-de-la-Carrera, Associate Professor of Latin American and Peninsular Spanish Literature, University of Illinois at Chicago
Special thanks to Catherine Burdick who researched and wrote the exhibition text for Contemporary Expressions of Nahua Culture and for her assistance in curating the exhibition. Special thanks also go to Michel Oudijk, María Castañeda de la Paz, and Leonardo López Lújan for sharing unpublished research. Their generosity was absolutely essential in untangling the Xochimilco wills and the Teotihuacan (San Francisco Mazapan) map. We would also like to thank the following scholars, without whose research and enlightening scholarship the exhibition text could not have been written: Elizabeth H. Boone; Louise M. Burkhart; Mary L. Clayton; Inga Clendinnen; Davíd Carrasco; Janine Gasco; John Glass; Jorge Klor de Alva; Miguel León-Portilla; James Lockhart; Walter Mignolo; Barbara Mundy; Anthony Pagden; Jeanette F. Peterson; José Rabasa, Donald Robertson; Alan R. Sandstrom; Pamela Effrein Sandstrom; Susan Schroeder; John Frederik Schwaller; and Stephanie Wood. Thanks also to Benjamin Johnson who translated Nahuatl texts for us and last, but not least, to Thomas Cummins who first suggested an exhibit on the rich contributions of the Francisans and the Nahua in colonial Mexico.

The Newberry Library's outstanding collection of Mexicana (primarily the Edward E. Ayer Collection) afforded us the opportunity to delve deeply into the rich heritage of indigenous people in colonial Mexico. We also want to express our deep appreciation to the Newberry staff who closely worked with us on the exhibit for their extraordinary efforts and support: James Grossman, Vice President for Research and Education; Riva Feshbach, Exhibits Manager; Chester Design Associates; Rachel Bohlmann, Director of Public Programs; Mary Janzen Quinn, Manager of Public Programming; Heather Malec, Director of Public Relations and Communications; Kimberly Zingale, Graphic Designer; Kimberly Ball, Associate Director of Development for Corporate and Foundation Relations; and John Aubrey, Ayer Librarian.

We also want to acknowledge the generous financial support for the exhibit provided by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Arts, Architecture, and Humanities Project Awards and the Department of Art History.
-Ellen T. Baird and Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera
Funding for the web-based virtual exhibit, The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico, is made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, the Illinois General Assembly, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Illinois Humanities Council, or the National Endowment for the Humanities, or the Illinois General Assembly. The Chicago Technology Cooperative designed and implemented this site. Their expertise, collegiality, and speed have been crucial to its creation. All photography is by Catherine Gass of the Newberry Library.

The Newberry Library holds in trust for research use original books, images, manuscripts, and documents that illuminate the roots of Mexico and its people. Without three bridge builders from Chicago's Mexican American community who served as advisors in the early stage of this project, these important historical records would continue to remain largely unknown to this diverse and growing population.

Hector Hernandez, director of Pilsen's Rudy Lozano branch of the Chicago Public Library, has always been a hospitable and supportive colleague. Rita Arias Jirasek, consultant, educator, and independent scholar, immediately saw the value of this project, and spread the word among members of the community with passionate enthusiasm. Rita also encouraged us to reach out to underserved South Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs, where schools, libraries, and individuals have welcomed new historical knowledge about the Aztecs and Nahua Finally, Carlos Tortolero, President of the National Museum of Mexican Art, challenged us to build bridges across the international border by bringing Nahua guests from Mexico to Chicago to demonstrate in person how vital Nahua people and culture are in Mexico today.
-Mary Janzen Quinn, Manager of Public Programming and Project Director, The Newberry Library

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The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico

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This virtual exhibition is based on The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico, a display of original manuscripts, books, and other materials at the Newberry Library from September 28, 2006 through January 13, 2007. Ellen T. Baird and Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera, both of the University of Illinois at Chicago, curated the exhibit.

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In 586 BCE, the city of Jerusalem fell to the Babylonian army. Its destruction triggered significant changes in the intellectual, cultural, religious and political identities of the people associated with the city, with effects that continue down to the present. This exhibition explores how Jerusalem, a small Iron Age city state, became the world's religious capital and an ethereal symbol of the imagination.

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Jerusalem: Fall of a City-Rise of a Vision

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In 586 BCE, the city of Jerusalem fell to the Babylonian army. Its destruction triggered significant changes in the intellectual, cultural, religious and political identities of the people associated with the city, with effects that continue down to the present.

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Introduction

When it started the War of 1812, the United States was still a very young nation. The revolution had ended only thirty years earlier, and the relationship between the federal government and the states was under intense negotiation. The country consisted of seventeen states, but it was growing fast. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 added vast territories, and westward expansion created tensions with native Americans.

At the time of the War of 1812, Britain was in what seemed to be a perpetual state of war against Napoleon's France. Napoleon's armies dominated Europe, and Britain's naval superiority seemed the only bulwark against the French. At best, the War of 1812 was an irritating distraction to the British; at worst, it played into the hands of Napoleon by diverting military resources to North America.

The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain between 1812 and 1815. A number of political, ideological, and economic forces contributed to the United States' decision to declare war in 1812. Efforts by Britain and France to restrict enemy trade with the United States wreaked havoc with the U.S. economy throughout the Napoleonic Wars, and U.S. response to the restrictions was at times disastrous. In its fight against Napoleon, the British Navy experienced great difficulty in manning its ships. Its conscription of sailors taken from American merchant and navy ships was viewed as a grave affront to the sovereignty of the United States and the rights of its citizens.

Internal politics also played an important function in bringing on the war. President James Madison was viewed as weak, and a militant stance served to shore up both his reputation and that of the Republican party. Economic factors and ideas about the destiny of the United States helped drive an interest in war as a way to conquer neighboring territory and fulfill the great destiny of the United States to settle the continent. On the flip side, many in Britain viewed war as a way to reclaim colonies lost in the American Revolutionary War. Indeed, some have called the War of 1812 the second American war of independence. This is surely an exaggeration, but anti-British rhetoric often harkened back to the Revolution. Many Americans supported a declaration of war, and just as many Americans opposed it. Dissent was widespread, especially in New England, leading historian Samuel Eliot Morrison to call the war, "the most unpopular war that this country has ever waged, not even excepting the Vietnam conflict."

By some measures it was a war that neither side won. Nor did either side really lose. For U.S. citizens, its most lasting effects were the origin of the national anthem and a generation of political leaders who rose to prominence during the war. That the history of the war is not well known is quite understandable. It is overshadowed by conflicts that are easier to understand and whose effects were much more dramatic and obviously significant.

Yet the War of 1812 deserves closer attention. It played an important role in the development of ideas of nationhood in both the U.S. and Canada; in the evolving relationship between the states and the federal government; and in the development of the United States military forces. The conflict was most important to Native Americans and residents of British North America. For Native Americans, the war delivered a death blow to their resistance to white Americans pushing westward. For residents of Canada, the war looms much larger in their national narrative, as an invasion by a hostile neighbor, heroically repelled.

This web site provides an overview of the War of 1812, outlining the major military conflicts as well as the principal causes and outcomes of the war. More importantly, the site provides access to fully digitized books and manuscripts for the use of anyone interested in exploring the War of 1812. The types of materials digitized include books, broadsides, prints, maps, correspondence, log books, legal documents, diaries, speeches, letter copybooks, orderly books, and receipts. Some of these items are described individually on the site. Many others can be found through the search and browse functions.
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Introduction · The War of 1812 in the Collections of the Lilly Library

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This web site provides an overview of the War of 1812, outlining the major military conflicts as well as the principle causes and outcomes of the war. It provides access to a variety of materials related to the war, including fully digitized books, broadsides, prints, maps, correspondence, log books, legal documents, diaries, speeches, letter copybooks, orderly books, and receipts.

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Дигитална библиотека Велики рат има за циљ да дигитализује и учини јавно доступним публикације из фондова Народне библиотеке Србије и других установа настале током Првог светског рата, а везане за српски народ. Настала је захваљујући учешћу у међународном пројекту Europeana Collections 1914-1918.

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A key fixture in the theatre's calendar since The House that Jack Built in 1865: an annual celebration for Nottingham audiences.

The stories of performers, audiences, stage door keepers, technicians, front of house and more: exploring the venue through people's memories.

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As part of the Our Theatre Royal Nottingham project, we are holding a series of talks focused on each of the four project themes, as well as memory afternoons where members of the public can share stories and objects from the Theatre's past.

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This digital archive is supported by the National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund and has been created through a collaboration between the Theatre Royal Nottingham and the University of Nottingham; with additional funding support from the University of Nottingham, Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham and Nottingham Civic Society.

DISCLAIMER - All the pictures included we either own or use with the permission of the copyright holder. If you own the copyright to these pictures and we have not contacted you for permission, please email us and we will remove it immediately. This website will be frequently updated. If you have material that you would like to share, or if you know any further information about these pictures, we would love to hear from you. You can do this either by emailing us or on Our Theatre Royal Nottingham Facebook page.

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Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives presents an in-depth look at life in the Gulag through exhibits featuring original documentaries and prisoner voices; an archive filled with documents and images; and teaching and bibliographic resources that encourage further study. Visitors also are encouraged to reflect and share their thoughts about the Gulag system.

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Powered by Cincopa Video Player for Business solution.Goin North revised slideshow <a href="http://nunncenter.net/goinnorth/great-migration-american-odyssey">AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY</a> Journeying on trains and ships, southerners found transportation to Philadelphia. originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AM height 381 width 952 orientation 1 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS6 <a href="http://greatmigrationphl.org/node/110">CITY OF OPPORTUNITY</a> Explore the the heart of Philadelphia's Black community originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AM height 381 width 952 orientation 1 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CC 2 <a href="http://theheartofaworker.weebly.com/">THE HEART OF A WORKER</a> Diligence, integrity, loyalty, and leadership. originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AM height 381 width 952 orientation 1 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS6 <a href="http://nunncenter.net/goinnorth/where-is-home">Black Domestic Workers</a> Many Black women who came north to Philadelphia worked as domestic servants in the homes of White families, where they struggled to find home. originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AM height 400 width 1000 orientation 1 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS6 <a href="http://nunncenter.net/goinnorth/old-philadelphians-and-southern-newcomers">Old Meets New</a> When southerners arrived in Philadelphia, Black neighbors whom had lived there for generations already called the city home. originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AM height 400 width 1000 orientation 1 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS6

Between 1910 and 1930, the African-American population of Philadelphia skyrocketed, from around 85,000 to nearly 220,000 in the early years of the Great Depression. This massive influx of southern newcomers had a deep and enduring impact on the city. The stories of the individuals-those who left lives behind in the South and ventured north in search of opportunity and equality, pushed out by the increasingly hostile environment of Jim Crow racism-reveal the true impact of this Great Migration north.

Captured in oral history interviews conducted in the 1980s with aging Philadelphians who participated in and witnessed the Great Migration firsthand, these stories tell of both individual lives and collective experiences adapting to a new home in the "City of Brotherly Love." Meet the narrators, hear their stories, and explore the experiences that united those who lived through this journey north.

In 2015, the Goin' North team recieved the Oral History Project in a Non-Print Format Award from the Oral History Association, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference's C. Herbert Finch Award. In 2016, the American Historical Association awarded Goin' North its Roy Rosenzweig Award for Innovation in Digital History.

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Stories from the First Great Migration to Philadelphia · Goin' North

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Sources and stories pertaining to the First Great Migration of African Americans to Philadelphia, created by students at West Chester University, under the guidance of Professors Janneken Smucker and Charles Hardy.

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With over 800 images and 300 mini-essays, this site offers a unique and comprehensive view of the broadsides that Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) collected in early nineteenth-century Boston. Each broadside includes a brief explanation of its content by Kate Van Winkle Keller. To learn more about the history of this project and its contributors, please see the about page.

Thirty-seven ballads performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand can be played from the broadsides' pages.

All ballads have been transcribed with TEI-encoded XML available for download.

Please also visit the essays section for more of Keller's work on the network of printers and engravers who created these ballads, and for additional essays by Dianne Dugaw and Marcus McCorison.

To browse the over 300 broadsides included, please go to ballads. To browse by the subjects contained in the ballads and woodcuts, please go to subjects. The search bar above (with advanced search features) can be used to find specific broadsides.

For a list of the works cited in the essays, please see either the Works Cited page or please join our Zotero group, Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads.

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Featured Exhibit: Celebrating Virginia Tech: A Chronology of 150 Years

Created for the 150th Anniversary of Virginia Tech in Spring 2022, this digital exhibit and its complementary physical exhibit identify important events in Virginia Tech's history illustrated with photographs, artifacts, newsletters, newspaper clippings, oral histories, and more from collections and…

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