Online Resources
OHS Online
Writing Guide: Citation Guides (T. Caswell & B.
Richardson, Oswego High School)-Provides information regarding
appropriate MLA citation.
AltaVista Photo
Finder (AltaVista)- A media
specialist's dream come true! This site provides a quick way to
search for photos and images relevant to your group's segment. This
resource can provide historical political cartoons, photographs, and
other visual sources of information.
American
Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital
Library (Library of Congress)- The Library of
Congress' web site devoted to presenting its ever-growing collection
of digital records to the public. Users can search for materials by
key word, time period, and by media type (i.e., photos and prints,
documents, motion pictures, maps, and sound recordings).
Prints Old
& Rare: Thomas Nast (Prints Old &
Rare)-Contains a small selection of Nast's political cartoons,
including a few that focus on Tamany Hall.
ThomasNast.com
(HarpWeek, LLC)-A web site dedicated to Thomas Nast and his
political cartoons that were featured in Harper's
Weekly.
Central Pacific
Railroad: Photographic History Museum (CPRR Museum)-An
incredible treasure trove of historic photographs relating to the
development of railroads. Includes pictures of Chinese immigrants
laying track.
Immigrant and Ethnic
America (HarpWeek, LLC)-Includes political cartoons
by Thomas Nast and articles that appeared in Harper's Weekly.
Topics include: culture; labor; anti-Chinese movement; politics;
China and the world; ethnic comparisons; and immigration in
different regions of the United States.
Child
Labor in America: 1908-1912 (The History Place)- An
archive of photographs by Lewis W. Hine dealing exclusively with
child labor.
Primary Source
Materials of the Gilded Age (Scott Nelson, William and
Mary)- A collection of electronic primary source materials from
1866-1901, including fiction, non-fiction, presidential writings,
and much more. Authors include: Horatio Alger; Andrew Carnegie;
Herbert Spencer; and many others.
How the
Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (TenantNet)- An
electronic hypertext edition of How the Other Half Lives by
Jacob Riis. This site contains the complete text of the original
book with many scanned photos and sketches based on Riis' original
photographs as well.
Websites for the
Gilded Age and Progressive Era (Robert W. Cherny, San
Francisco State University)- An organized collection of links
which include: primary source materials, photographs, and other
Internet-based reference resources. Organized by topic and theme
(within the general era of 1865-1915).
Labor-Coal
Mining in the 19th Century (Ohio State)- A specific
resource for lessons on the experience of coal miners during the
Gilded Age and Progressive Era. This site features personal
accounts, and primary source photographs as well as other
materials.
The
Gilded Age and the Politics of Corruption (University of
Wisconsin)- A review outline of lectures from a 102-level
introductory history course at the University of Wisconsin. This is
lecture #4 and begins the 5 part series on the Gilded Age. These
serve as excellent review materials (with photos, primary sources,
etc.) as well as brief overviews of many topics (e.g., biographies
of Gilded Age business leaders).
The American
Experience: Andrew Carnegie (PBS)- A web site about
Andrew Carnegie, including: his life, a timeline, actions,
successes, philanthropy, etc.
John D. Rockefeller
& the Standard Oil Company (Francois Micheloud)-An
outline of a book that focuses on the life and times of Rockefeller
and his infamous oil company. |