Accessing Atlantic Voices

Ben Franklin rebecca
national archives

 

Repositories

A. Archives

manuscripts

National Archives of Ireland

State Library and Archives of Florida

Georgia State Archives closure

American Philosophical Society

British National Archives [ppt]

University Scholars Program

 

B. Libraries

forms of published sources:

books
periodicals
pamphlets
govt documents
maps

formats of published sources:
    original/reprint
    microforms
    electronic
    ex. Early American Imprints

Library of Congress

UF Special Collections


ency

C. electronic sources

impact of technology on the historical profession

1) increased access to sources

primary sources

The TransAtlantic Slave Trade Database

The Times Digital Archive

the web as archive

British Library
Adam Matthew
document sites
    Avalon Project
    Eurodocs
    History Sourcebooks

benefits/drawbacks

guide to using primary sources on the web

secondary sources

JSTOR
Project Muse
Google Books

 

2) improved collection and organization of knowledge

wikipedia

Oxford Bibliographies online

linear > multi-directional knowledge accumulation

The Victorian Web

 

3) improved professional communication

HNet

interdisciplanary collaboration

NACBS