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  • American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition - Showcases the papers, photographs, field notes, and anthropological objects from the 1909-1915 expedition. (featured in Mar 2002)
  • Best of History Websites - Designed for students, educators, and general history enthusiasts, this portal offers descriptive ratings of history web sites in 10 categories, from prehistory to the 20th century. Includes map sites and related resources. (featured in July 2002)
  • Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit from MIT examines the first encounter between Americans and Japanese in 1853. (featured in Mar 2004)
  • BoondocksNet.com - Considers the history of imperialism. Covers such topics as anti-imperialism in the U.S., Mark Twain's writings on the Philippine-American War, political cartoons, Rudyard Kipling, and the World's Fairs. (featured in Nov 2000)
  • Conflict Map - Displays interstate, colonial, and civil wars with at least 1,000 military battle deaths that occurred from 1889-2001. From the Nobel e-Museum. (featured in May 2004)
  • Cuban Rafter Phenomenon, The - Explores the experiences of tens of thousands of citizens who have left Cuba, with an emphasis on the raft crisis of 1994. (featured in May 2005)
  • Dictatorship.com, The - Takes a slightly more tongue-in-cheek approach to highlighting the actions and atrocities of some of the century's famous dictators. (featured in Mar 2002)
  • First World War.com - Dedicated to the history of the First World War. Includes the Western Front today, timeline, battles, chemical warfare, photographs, diaries, and biographies. (featured in Jan 2003)
  • From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics? - Traces the history of home economics and its role with American women. Includes archival material from Cornell University's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. (featured in July 2001)
  • Genealogy of Influence - Offers a visualization of the connections between the most influential writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians of Western culture. (featured in Feb 2007)
  • Ghost Town Gallery - Pictures of abandoned places that were once thriving communities and home to thousands of people. (featured in Dec 2002)
  • Gravely Gorgeous - Exhibition examining gargoyles, grotesques, and the 19th century imagination. (featured in Mar 2003)
  • Graveyard of the Pacific - Virtual museum covering the shipwrecks of Vancouver Island. (featured in Oct 2004)
  • Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives - In-depth look at the notorious Soviet penal camps. (featured in June 2006)
  • History of the Workhouse - Learn about the 19th century institution of the workhouse. Read facts about workhouse buildings, inmates, staff and administrators, and even its artists and poets. Includes a glossary and timeline. (featured in Sep 2002)
  • HistoryWired: A Few of Our Favorite Things - Online showcase of the millions of objects held by the museum that are rarely displayed in public. (featured in Aug 2001)
  • HistoryWorld - Interactive history of the world from the Big Bang to the present day. (featured in July 2001)
  • League of Nations Photo Archive - A photographic history of the League of Nations, an international organization created after the First World War, which ceased to exist in 1946. (featured in May 2003)
  • Legacy Project, The - Working to build a cultural and artistic library of scholarly research and innovative presentations of the many historical tragedies of the 20th century. (featured in Oct 2001)
  • Maps of War - Interactive historical maps of Middle East war zones throughout history. (featured in Nov 2006)
  • Meeting of Frontiers - Library of Congress presentation that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In English and Russian. (featured in Sep 2003)
  • Mexico: From Empire to Revolution - The Getty Research Institute presents this exhibit that examines the failed attempts of Europe to colonize Mexico. Provides photographs and a look at the history. (featured in Dec 2000)
  • Museum of Hoaxes - Tracks great, deceptive acts and schemes since the beginning of the 18th century. (featured in Mar 2002)
  • National Archives Learning Curve: Cold War - Includes documents to be examined, case studies for students to complete, teacher's guides for online lessons, and more. (featured in Dec 2002)
  • Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 - From the Holocaust Memorial Museum, this feature looks at the persecution of gays and lesbians by Nazi Germany. (featured in Nov 2002)
  • Newseum: The Commissar Vanishes - Online exhibit illustrating how Communist Party workers in the Soviet Union worked to remove "enemies of the people" from the photographic archives. (featured in Jan 2001)
  • Old Contemptible's Great War Website - Offering a wealth of images and text including information about medals and memorabilia. (featured in Dec 2000)
  • PBS: Napoleon - Brilliant general, political force, tyrant or revolutionary? Learn about his life and times. (featured in Oct 2000)
  • Resignation.com: Historical Documents - Offers historically significant resignation letters and speeches from U.S. and world history. (featured in Aug 2001)
  • Rohde to Srebrenica, The - Case study of human rights reporting. Traces the experiences of journalist David Rohde in reporting on the Srebrenica Massacre. (featured in May 2002)
  • Rulers - Features a list of rulers and heads of states for all countries dating back to 1700. (featured in June 2002)
  • Seventeen Moments in Soviet History - Overview, photos, newsreel clips, and more delve into seventeen moments in the history of the U.S.S.R. (featured in Nov 2005)
  • Slave Narratives - Audio performances of nine slave narratives from around the world and across time. From the Museum of the African Diaspora. (featured in Aug 2006)
  • Smithsonian Institution: Love & Yearning - Flash exhibit exploring mystical and moral themes in Persian poetry and painting. (featured in Nov 2003)
  • The Mongols in World History - Examines the Mongols' contributions and conquests. (featured in Oct 2004)
  • Underground History - Comprehensive guide to the abandoned stations hidden beneath London streets. (featured in Dec 2002)
  • Uppers Organization, The - Providing a mod angle on the world. (featured in Aug 2002)
  • Victorian Dictionary - Guide to the social history of Victorian London. (featured in Apr 2002)
  • Vindolanda Tablets Online - Extensive collection of images, texts, and supporting materials about Roman soldiers' wooden writing-tablets dating from the late 1st and early 2nd centuries A.D. (featured in Oct 2003)
  • Word on the Street, The - A collection of broadsides from 1650-1910. These illustrated single sheet tabloids covered crime, politics, and the daily buzz. From the National Library of Scotland. (featured in June 2004)
  • WW2 People's War - BBC project aiming to publish a national archive of personal accounts from World War II. (featured in Nov 2003)


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