Regionalism
Also be sure to check links
under American
Studies Research Resources - General which will point
you to additional materials on Regionalism.
Regionalism
-- General
Folklife
Sourcebook--A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States created
by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.
Historical
and Cultural Atlas Resource: North America Map Archive--Historical
maps documenting U.S. territorial expansion and slavery
in the nineteenth century.
United
States Historical Census Data Browser--The data
presented here describe the people and the economy
of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1970.
This site is for browsing these data files. It is not
intended as a tool for downloading data for further
research or more involved manipulation.
Life
Histories fom the Federal Writers' Project--During
1936-1940 the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers'
Project employed 300 writers in 24 states who conducted
interviews and wrote short life histories of state
residents. The narratives describe the informants'
family, education, income, occupation, political views,
religion and mores, medical needs, diet, and miscellaneous
observations. This site contains samples from the collection.
The
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920--Library
of Congress American Memory project. Documents the
historical formation and cultural foundations of the
movement to conserve and protect America's natural
heritage. Links to extensive collection of prints and
photographs, books and pamphlets, Federal statutes
and Congressional resolutions, Presidential proclamations,
excerpts from the Congressional Globe and the Congressional
Record, as well as a two-part motion picture.
The
South
Documenting
the American South: Beginnings to 1920--Full-text database of primary resources
on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through
the first decades of the 20th century with a focus on slave narratives, first-person
narratives, and Southern literature.
Directory
of Southern Culture Online--Collection of links
to internet sites relating to the history, music and
literature of the American South, from Huey Long to
Flannery O'Connor to Elvis.
Secession
Era Editorials --Newspaper editorials representing
each major party in all sections of the country. Includes
responses to the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), the caning
on the Senate floor of Mass. Senator Charles Sumner
by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks (1856),
the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision (1857), and John
Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry and his subsequent trial
(1859).
The
Valley of the Shadow: Living the Civil War in Pennsylvania
and Virginia --One of the most ambitious historical
documentation Internet projects to date. Produced by
the Virgina Center for Digital History (and now available
on CD-ROM).
Levi
Jordan Plantation --Oral histories and archaeology
of plantation in Brazoria, Texas during slavery and
sharecropper/tenancy eras, 1848-1890.
William
Faulkner on the Web--Includes, commentaries, biographical
information, plot summaries, a glossary of people and
places in the novels, information on screenplays credited
to Faulkner, and links to scholarly web sites on Faulkner.
California
and the West
West
Web--WestWeb is a topically-organized website about the study of the American
West created and maintained Catherine Lavender, a long-time moderator at H-AMSTDY.
Under each of the many and creative topic headings, you will find collections
of primary and secondary documents, biographical and bibliographical resources,
lists of hot links to other sites of interest, and images.
H-California--Home
page for the H-California discussion list. In addition
to logs of recent discussions, this well-organized site
contains well-selected links to resources for studying
California.
California
Humanities Network--Connects individuals, organizations,
and associations involved in cultural public programming.
Speakers list, networking and message board, funding
opportunities, descriptions of model public humanities
projects in California.
California
Studies Center at UC Berkeley--Research and programmatic
center at UC Berkeley devoted to the study of the State
of California.
L.A.
as Subject Database--On-line companion to the Getty
Research Institute's Cultural Inheritance/L.A.:
A Directory of Less visible Archives and Collections
in the Los Angeles Region. Provides a user-friendly
guide to a cross section of the less-familiar cultural
materials held by local institutions and community
groups, large and small.
Voices
from the Dust Dowl--Online presentation of a multi-format
ethnographic field collection documenting the everyday
life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA)
migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and
1941. This collection consists of audio recordings,
photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and
ephemera generated during two separate documentation
trips supported by the Archive of American Folk Song
(now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife
Center).
California
Mission Studies Association --For the Study and
Preservation of the California Missions, Presidios,
Pueblos, and Ranchos and Their Native American, Hispanic,
and Early American Past.
I
Love L.A. --This site is dedicated to the history,
culture and landmarks of Los Angeles.
California
Heritage Collection--Online archive of over 28,000
images illustrating California's history and culture
from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the
University of California, Berkeley.
100
Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century About (or
by an author from) the Western U.S. (West of the Rockies)--List
compiled in 1999 by readers of the San Francisco
Chronicle. How many have you read? How many do
you even know? What would your list look like?
How about fiction? The Chronicle poll
of best fiction put Wallace Stegner's Angle
of Repose at the top.
Letters
from the People--Los Angeles Times letters
to the editor, 1881-1889, compiled by Ralph Shaffer.
There is a subject index and Shaffer has written an
introduction for each subject category. Click on the
link "View this publication on the Internet."
