The ‘art of the possible’, The BBC has announced the public beta launch of a new initiative to bring the UK’s entire collection of oil paintings to the Internet for the first time. It’s called Your Paintings. As historians and always wi…
Category Archives: archive and catalogues
Mapping the London Blitz
Will the TNA JISC funded Mapping the Blitz Project help those of us that funded it with our hard earn’t tax payers money we do hope so….
Secret History of our Streets over 125 years BBC iPlayer
Booth’s 17 year study and survey of Poverty in London produced a ground-breaking set of revelations some 120 years later using 6 archetypal streets what has changed, what has not and why is the subject of this new excellent BBC Series. Ideal for anyone with family social and local history interests whether your subject is London and these streets or not. A collaboration between the BBC and OpenLearn from the OU coinciding with the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics some interesting observations, do we ever learn?
Diamond Jubilee Prince Charles Speech at Concert 2012 Video
A unique family tribute By Prince Charles on Video following the stunning climax to the Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. A chance to hear again or if you missed on Video player.
Getty Institute Research Portal for Art History
Free and Open Access Unique Portal for Searching Across a Significant library of Online Texts about Art History by the Getty Institute a great resource
The London Low Life Map Collection. Explore the Seedier Life of London Through Maps….
Low Life London Map Collection, a great resource available at British Library
Mappa Mundi 1300 intact at Hereford Cathedral
An extraordinary and intriguing artefact the Hereford Mappa Mundi dating back to circa 1300 the largest Mappa Mundi still in existence, see video an links to further intriguing resources.
Treasured finds as London’s Online Art archives emerge from the dust sheets…
How can you build your own personal online art collection and maybe find some new and intriguing resources and information to enjoy and inform the research for your history project!. Automating some legwork sure worked for me, it is a bit like fishing you need to be patient but it yields results and does much more searching than you could do manually, take a look at the Painting I found for my One Name Study.
Art History Timeline Britiain & Ireland 1800-1900
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s excellent timeline for setting the context of art alongside your history project, helps you navigate and find a deeper reflection of the timeline that is relevant to you…
Angus Dundee Captain Scott and Discovery Point…
So what are the connections between Angus Dundee and Captain Scott of the Antarctic and what resources are available for you to use…
News: US Census Launches Monday….Intriguing Infographics and Crowdsourcing
US National Archives 1940 Launch countdown, Inflection appointed and hosting the free service…Volunteers and collaboration we can all learn something from that. Lets not repeat the debacles we have seen over the 1911 Census….Come on UKNational archives lets lead the way in europe…
Intriguing News: How Bright Solid worked with British Library on Digitising Newspaper Collection
How was it done, where is it going, how many pages are in the British Newspaper Archive and have you compared it to the National library of Australia’s free to use resource. Would you pay for it and given the OCR quality is it good enough…
Gutenberg Project Free Ebook Resources
Gutenberg Project 38,000 Free Ebooks for all, legitimate and great research resources non-fiction as well as fiction. Over 100,000 books with partners and affiliates, it is a great resource for historians. Thanks to it’s late founder Michael S Stearn…
Historic Old and Antique Maps of Norfolk on new website
Norfolk Old and Intriguing Maps available online, more country resources for you and your history project…
Titanic Mapping history with Sonar…100 years approaching
Exciting conclusion of the Sonar based Titanic Mapping Project during to be broadcast in April, some intriguing resources and a great clip of the lovely lady and last survivor of the Titanic. Mapping your history with more than 100,000+ photos this is a great application of mapping and large scale data visualisation, find out more and don’t miss the forthcoming broadcast…
Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land
Roots of our history stems from the ancient Holy lands, the three great world faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this project maps the history of the Crusades. Mapping history, with great graphical tools this resource has got to be worth a browse. The linkages to later history are very helpful in understanding the context in which life in western Europe develops…
The University of California, interdiscipinary study of art, architecture and archaeology alongside the Geo-Archaeological Informations Applications Lab at Arizona University, have developed an international project to do just that.
They have created a digital atlas that brings together expertise from many disciplines, there are 10,000′s of archaeological sites mapped, photographs and maps, which you can search at will.
The stated intention is that the atlas will ‘harvest, analyse and disseminate settlement pattern and new archaeological data for each key period of cultural change in the region‘.
Michael Stern Hart inspired to seek truth and question authority
How History is made, The Guttenberg Founder Michael Stern Hart quoting George Bernard Shaw and why preserving digital archives matters to us all…
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