L'histoire par l'image L'Histoire par l'Image is an innovative online project which takes users through the history of 18th, 19th, and up to early 20th century France by means of presentation and analysis of works of art and iconographic documentation. With a thematic and chronological structure, users may browse or search a collection of images related not only to notable events from France's history but which are also representative of everyday society and culture. Each image is accompanied by a historical contextualization, as well as analysis of the image and general interpretation. Users will fin From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Fondation Jacques Brel This is the Web site for the Jacques Brel Foundation, devoted to the popular Belgian singer-songwriter. Brel (1929-1978), composer of some one hundred songs, is renowned for the poetry of his lyrics and intense stage presence, as well as being a successful actor and director. This site offers a good year-by-year biography of Brel, illustrated with photographs and other iconic documentation. It also provides a full discography and filmography (detailing his work both in front of and behind the camera). In addition, the site provides information on international cultural events and new publicati From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The Marshall Plan study collection The Marshall Plan study collection is an online resource hosted by the Truman Presidential Museum and Library based in Independence, Missouri, USA. There are almost 70 primary source documents posted here, along with photographs of former President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall with various officials. Together, these sources illustrate the initiation in 1947 of the economic and diplomatic plan for American contributions to the rebuilding of Europe after the Second World War. The sources additionally give valuable insight into American foreign policy on Europe at the beginning of th From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Puke Ariki : from your soldier boy : WW1 postcards This small online exhibition is published on the Puke Ariki web site. The exhibition is of patriotic and propaganda postcards sent to New Zealand during the First World War. There are 12 postcards in total, ranging from military images, sentimental pictures and patriotic illustrations, providing viewers with an interesting snapshot of popular culture during the Great War. The messages on some of the postcards have also been digitised. Amongst the images are photographs from the front, cartoons, illustrations, and an embroidered card. (Institute of Historical Research (IHR)) From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Puke Ariki - online exhibitions : "our dear brother" : William David Kemp This is an online exhibition published on the Puke Ariki web site. It looks at the experiences of New Zealand soldier William David Kemp during the First World War, using digitised items from the W.D. Kemp Archive to illustrate his story. Available on the site are primary sources such as photographs, postcards, letters, artefacts, a pay book and diary entries, building a picture for viewers of Kemp's experiences in the Dardenelles and of his death at Chanuk Bair. There is also a narrative, adding further detail to his story and events in Gallipoli, and of commemoration in New Zealand. (In From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Jewish language research website The Jewish Language Research Website is a platform for research into the diversity of Jewish languages, offering introductory information on a good number of these languages and bringing together international researchers working in this field. It serves as a resource for those studying Jewish linguistics either from an individual or comparative perspective. Descriptions, including for example the historical development, orthography, literary genres, and linguistic features, for a selection of languages are available on the site. A select bibliography for further investigation into each lang From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Books from Finland This is the online version of the magazine, Books from Finland, a journal of writing from and about Finland. The Web site offers a selection of the work published from each issue (by both Finnish and Finland-Swedish writers), and users may access an archive which dates back to April 1999. Some of the contents are available in full, while the rest receive a short summary. Users will then be able to decide whether or not they wish to purchase that particular issue. The magazine features original short stories, poetry, extracts from longer works of fiction, essays, profiles of writers, reports ab From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Histoire de France Histoire de France is a huge, informative Web site devoted primarily to the history of France. The site's author does not claim to be a history-lover rather than an historian and welcomes suggestions, comments and criticisms. As a result, users cannot expect this to be a fully comprehensive site but should use it moreover as an introduction to, and reference resource for, some of the key events in French history. The information provided, which takes the user on a brief tour of France from prehistoric times to the present day, focuses on the following themes: borders (focusing on, for exa From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Progetto Pico / Pico project The Pico Project, a collaboration between Brown University and the University of Bologna, makes accessible online 'The Discourse on the Dignity of Man' ('Discorso sulla dignità dell'uomo') by Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), a text considered to be the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance'. The Project addresses the difficulty of the Discourse's language, being the highly-refined Latin of Humanism, by offering a variety of ways of accessing the text in Latin, Italian and English. Users may access the first printed edition of the text (Bologna 1496), as well a From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Laboratoire de ancien français This is the Web site for the Laboratoire de Ancien Français, a research group which works on the French language from its origins up until the classical period. The group brings together researchers from the University of Ottawa and elsewhere. The site details the group's activities, which consist primarily of the digitization of 12th and 13th century texts, and 14th and 15th century texts in order to produce lemmatized databases of Old and Middle French respectively. 'La chanson de Roland' and 'Le chevalier au Lion' have been included in this project (indeed, the fiv From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Base Joconde: catalogue des collections des musées de France Base Joconde is a site hosted by the French government that provides a catalogue of the collections held in French museums. The title of the site is a reference to Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting, held at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The site is testament to France's great wealth of museum collections which embrace archaeology; the fine arts; the decorative arts; ethnology; history; science; and technology. The site lists participating museums across France, with good contact and location information. It also gives highly detailed and illustrated lists of individua From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Puke ariki photographic collection This photographic collection of the Taranaki and the New Plymouth area is published on the Puke Ariki web site. The photographs span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and can be searched by keyword or browsed by category. The categories are buildings, business and industry, dairying, Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand wars and land wars, the petrochemical industry, the port and foreshore and the streets. Each picture can be enlarged and is accompanied with details of the location, subject, photographer, date and catalogue number. Many pictures also feature an explanatory note. (Institute of Histo From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Puke ariki passenger lists : Taranaki area passenger arrivals 1852-1885 This is an online database of immigrant passenger arrivals in the Taranaki region of New Zealand in the nineteenth century. It is jointly published by the Puke Ariki cultural centre and the New Plymouth Genealogy Group. The site allows users to search for passenger arrivals between 1852 and 1885 by surname, first name, ships name and date. The results give details of the passenger's name, ship, date, direction, port of arrival, port of departure and the date the arrival was published in the newspaper. This is a useful resource for genealogists and colonial and immigration history. (Instit From New Humbul Resources on September 16, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Seeing Reason: Mindful mapping of cause and effect
Seeing Reason: Mindful mapping of cause and effect Seeing reason is an online tool (1) for mapping cause-and-effect relationships, (2) to help students analyze complex systems and (3) to communicate understanding visually and promote collaborative work. Analyzing cause-and-effect relationships is important in understanding complex systems such as traffic patterns or destruction of animal habitat. The Seeing Reason resource promotes cause-and-effect thinking through visual mapping. Students create visual representations of the factors and relationships in a cause-and-effect investigation. These maps making thinking visible and promote collabora From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 16, 2004 at 11:30 a.m..
Fine Arts ePortfolio The ePortfolio is available for faculty, students and staff in the College of Fine Arts to display the work accomplished during their time in the College of Fine Arts and beyond. Complete with personalized URL for each user, the ePortfolio supports many types of media objects from movies and audio files to PDFs and Web addresses. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 15, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
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