13 June 2014
Lagniappe. The term means "a little gift," or "a little something extra"—its contents unpredictable but delightful. Today, EE's lagniappe is a halfdozen of our own favorite sites whose riches may help you in your research.
- Biographical Database of Australia (http://www.bda-online.org.au/)
- International Institute of Social History (http://socialhistory.org/en/collections/documentation)
- Internet Library of Early Journals: A Digital Library of 18th and 19th Century Journals (http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/)
- Library of Congress, Colonial and Early America, multimedia resources & teaching materials (http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/colonial-america/exhibitions.html)
- U.S. Army, Center of Military History (http://www.history.army.mil/)
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/search-collections?gnis)
IMAGE SOURCE: W. L. Williams, "Plymouth in 1622" (Plymouth, Mass.: A. S. Burbank, [c1901?], Reproduction number LC-USZC4-4992; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington; imaged online at Library of Congress, Colonial and Early America (http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/colonial-america/exhibitions.html : downloaded 30 May 2014).
Lagniappe
Very nice selection. Here is one of mine with delicious surprises: Avalon Project, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School --
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/major.asp
Avalon Project
Thanks, Jade. An excellent addition.