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People ¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz 
 Companion to an exhibit about this Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Salsa." The site features an illustrated overview of her life (including her move to the United States in 1961), images of album covers and posters, music and video clips, a discography, and images of some of her costumes. In English and Spanish. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. http://americanhistory.si.edu/celiacruz/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated May 23, 2005 "One More Once": A Centennial Celebration of the Life and Music of Count Basie
This site celebrates the 2004 centennial of the birth of jazz musician and bandleader Bill (Count) Basie. The site features essays on Basie's life and music, numerous photo essays, and a selected discography. Each page is ornamented with sound files of his music. From the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries. http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/cb/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Musicians, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 7, 2005 A. Einstein: Image and Impact
"This [Albert] Einstein exhibit contains many pictures, cartoons, voice clips, and essays on Einstein's work on special relativity, [and] Brownian motion." Includes a chronology and a bibliography, information on Einstein's political life, and links to related resources. Also available in Spanish. From the American Institute of Physics. http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/ Topics: Mathematics, Physics Last updated Jun 13, 2005 The Aaron Copland Collection
The site includes approximately one thousand items selected from Copland's correspondence, writings, photographs, and music sketches, dating "from 1899 to 1981, with most from the 1920s through the 1950s." Features a timeline of important events in Copland's life, and essays on Copland's life, work, and music. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/ Topics: Music, Musicians, Notable People, Photograph Collections Last updated Apr 3, 2006 Abbey's Web
Devoted to Edward Abbey, author of "Desert Solitaire" and "The Monkey Wrench Gang." Includes a biography, a bibliography, quotes, articles, and links. http://www.abbeyweb.net/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Environment, Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Mar 29, 2005 Abby Hill Collection
Pacific Northwest landscapes, flora, and native people are portrayed in this small collection of paintings by Abby Hill, an early 20th century artist from Washington state. Also includes paintings of natural areas throughout the American West. The site features a short biography of Hill, a searchable and browsable collection of her paintings, and digitized images of personal writings. From the University of Puget Sound Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.ups.edu/awh/ Topics: Washington State: Arts and Humanities Last updated May 9, 2006 ABC News: Peter Jennings, 1938-2005
News stories, tributes, video clips, and other information about ABC news anchor Peter Jennings, who died in August 2005. Includes slide shows, some of Jennings' reports, and information about lung cancer. (Jennings announced in April 2005 that he had been diagnosed with the disease.) From ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PeterJennings/ Topics: Cancer, News, Notable People, Recreation, Television Last updated Aug 9, 2005 About Dorothea Lange
Contains brief background information on the photographer, a recollection of Lange in Berkeley by Clark Kerr, Lange's comments on her 1936 photograph "Migrant Mother," and a short bibliography. From the Dorothea Lange Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.berkeley.edu/lange/lange.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photography, The Grapes of Web Last updated Nov 8, 2005 Abraham Lincoln Online.org
A resource for information about the sixteenth president of the United States, including speeches and writings, frequently asked questions, resource listings, and links to other Lincoln-related sites. Searchable. http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html Topics: Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Find information about this Springfield, Illinois, complex and its architecture, a biographical timeline of Lincoln, and related links. Includes a schedule of events for the official opening and dedication in April 2005. http://www.alplm.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Museums by Place: United States, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency Last updated Feb 17, 2005 Across the Plains in 1844 by Catherine Sager Pringle
This is the autobiographical account of a girl orphaned on the Oregon Trail who survived of the Waiilatpu Massacre of 1847 at the mission of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in Oregon. The Sager family has been the subject of fiction, but this is her actual description of these events. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/00.ar.sager1.html Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Notable People, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Washington State: History Last updated Sep 28, 2004 Adam Clark Vroman
A collection of over 50 photographs by Adam Clark Vroman, taken at the turn of the 20th century. Topics include California missions and Native Americans of the southwestern United States. Contains brief biographical information on the photographer. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/vroman/ Topics: California: History, California: People, Native Americans, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Religion Last updated Jun 10, 2006 The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss
Brief information and images of illustrations created by Dr. Suess (born Theodore Seuss Geisel) before he "found fame as a children's book author." Includes work created for oil, ball bearing, beer, and sugar companies, bug spray ("Quick, Henry, the Flit!"), and radio promotional spots. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dsads/index.shtml Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Artists, California: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 26, 2004 Afterglow in the Desert: The Art of Fernand Lungren
An exhibit of 14 paintings dated 1890s through the 1920s by Fernand Lungren, "Santa Barbara's most important early 20th century artist." Includes essay. From the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/lungren Topics: California: Arts and Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Agitated Images: John Heartfield and German Photomontage, 1920-1938
Background for an exhibit of works by this artist who was active "in Germany and Czechoslovakia between the two world wars, [and who] developed a unique method of appropriating and reusing photographs to powerful political effect." Includes a discussion of his development as an artist with roots in the Dada movement, and selected images such as "Adolf [Hitler], the Superman, Swallows Gold and Spouts Tin." From From the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/heartfield/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Alan Lomax Collection Site
Noted folklorist and anthropologist Alan Lomax died July 19, 2002. With his father John A. Lomax, Alan developed the Archive of American Folksong at the Library of Congress. The site includes Lomax’s biography; bibliographies, filmographies, and discographies; information on the Alan Lomax archives; tools for researching performance styles; and contact information. For the most part, the site describes what is available, but offers no online catalogs. Useful for folklore and folksong researchers. http://www.alan-lomax.com/ Topics: Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds, Musical Genres, Notable People, Religion Last updated Sep 29, 2004 Alan Watts
"Editor, Anglican priest, graduate dean, broadcaster, author, lecturer, and entertainer," Alan Watts spent more than 40 years interpreting Eastern philosophies for the Western world. See The Essential Alan Watts for quotes and the Alan Watts Library for biography, bibliography, and timeline. Audio clips and podcasts of some of his lectures are available. This official site also contains information on the Alan Watts Mountain Center in Point Reyes National Park, Calif. http://www.alanwatts.com/ Topics: Philosophy, Religion Last updated May 20, 2007 AlanTuring.net: The Turing Archive for the History of Computing
Alan Turing (1912-1954) "contributed to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy, biology, and formatively to computer science, cognitive science, Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life." This site presents a "collection of digital facsimiles of original documents by Turing and other pioneers of computing." Includes a biography and photographs of Turing, articles browsable by subject and year, and reference materials covering the Turing machine, Turing's involvement in deciphering Hitler’s "Enigma" code, his persecution for being homosexual, and more. http://www.alanturing.net/ Topics: Computers, Discover New Trails at LII, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, History By Place, Mathematics, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Technology Last updated Sep 29, 2004 Albert Ayler: His Life and Music
Albert Ayler was one of the most exciting and challenging figures in the 1960s free jazz scene, and his music still retains its power to shock and delight. Jeff Schwartz's website is an electronic book detailing Ayler's life and work, based on material from the book "As Serious as Your Life: John Coltrane and Beyond" by Valerie Wilmer. http://www.geocities.com/jeff_l_schwartz/ayler.html Topics: Musicians Last updated Apr 26, 2006 Albert Einstein and the World Year of Physics 2005
This site commemorates 2005 as the "the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's 'miraculous year.' In 1905 he published three seminal papers describing ideas that have since influenced all of modern physics." It provides links to websites about Einstein, his theories, and related material. Also includes a brief bibliography. From the Arts and Sciences Libraries of the State University of New York at Buffalo. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/exhibits/einstein/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Physics Last updated Jan 23, 2007 Albert Einstein Archives
This site provides information regarding Einstein's contributions as a scientist, humanist, and Jew. It includes a timeline of key events during his life, a bibliography of primary and secondary literature, links to other sites, and a description of the archive's text and multimedia resources. The "Einstein for Kids" section reproduces some of Einstein's letters to and from children as well as other correspondence. http://www.albert-einstein.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Mathematics, Physics Last updated Jan 27, 2005 Albert Einstein Online
This site is a large list of links to sites devoted to Einstein. These cover such topics as his life, quotes, and photographs as well as detailed information on his work. There are quite a few dead and moved links. http://www.westegg.com/einstein/ Topics: Notable People, Physics Last updated Oct 1, 2004 The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship: About Albert Schweitzer
Biography of Albert Schweitzer, doctor and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. Includes many quotes reflecting his philosophy on war and peace, nuclear weapons, animal welfare, and other ethical and spiritual topics. Provides photos, annotated links to organizations inspired by the work of Schweitzer, and brief annotated bibliography of selected books by and about Schweitzer. From a health fellowship program focused on underserved communities in the United States and Africa. http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org/features/about/ Topics: Health, Notable People Last updated Dec 15, 2005 Alberto Giacometti
A collection of twenty-six works by the Swiss sculptor, painter, and draftsman. Includes commentary, a biographical chronology, and selected bibliography. Companion to an exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/giacometti/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Alciato's "Book of Emblems": The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English
This "collection of 212 Latin emblem poems, each consisting of a motto (a proverb or other short enigmatic expression), a picture, and an epigrammatic text" by Andrea Alciato "had an enormous influence and popularity in the 16th and 17th centuries." Includes the Latin text of a 1621 edition, an English translation, a description of each picture, background about Alciato, and related material. From the English Department at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. http://www.mun.ca/alciato/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods Last updated May 22, 2006 Aldous Huxley
A collection of briefly annotated links representing "the hypnotic, intellectual, satirical, spiritual, and philosophical world of Aldous Huxley." Features information about the author, his thoughts, and his books, particularly "Brave New World." From a Huxley enthusiast. http://somaweb.org/ Topics: Authors by Region Last updated Oct 25, 2005 Aleksandr Rodchenko
A biographical chronology (with corresponding exhibition and political information); a career overview; and selected paintings, sculpture, graphic design work, photographs, and photocollages of the Russian avant-garde artist. Companion to the 1998 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/ Topics: Artists, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
A companion to an exhibit from the New-York Historical Society, which "acquaints visitors with a statesman and visionary whose life inspired discussion and controversy and shaped the America we live in two hundred years after his death." Features a timeline, brief information on Hamilton's contemporaries, and the "Hamilton Log," with weekly posts of excerpts of historical prose or accounts of pivotal events from Hamilton's life. Includes images. http://www.alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/ Topics: Notable People: Government, Presidents by Name Last updated Nov 14, 2008 The Alfred Russel Wallace Page
This site is "dedicated to celebrating the life and work of the English naturalist, evolutionist, and social critic Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)," who is asserted to have had an independent realization of the theory of natural selection prior to Darwin. Includes a biography, chronology, interviews, selected writings, bibliographies, indexes to Wallace's writings, information about Wallace materials in archives, and an extensive FAQ. Searchable. Created by librarian and professor Charles H. Smith. http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/ Topics: History By Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Science, Science, Social Issues Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Alfred Stieglitz
Companion to a documentary (part of the PBS American Masters series) about photographer and art impresario Alfred Stieglitz, whose work influenced American art and culture in the early 20th century. Includes an essay about Stieglitz, a timeline of his career, filmmaker interview, and video clips of footage not included in the original documentary. With links to sites featuring work by Stieglitz and his artist associates. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/stieglitz_a.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography, Technology Last updated Jan 2, 2009 All-Wright Site: An Internet Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright
"This site offers a complete guide to Frank Lloyd Wright's built work, along with pages concerning other aspects of this important architect, such as his life and quotations." Includes links to related resources. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated May 1, 2005 The Allen Ginsberg Trust
This site on Allen Ginsberg delivers a rich archive of "published as well as never-before-published text, photos, hand-written documents and audio and video materials representing Allen's life-work." There is also a biography, chronology, and "beatlinks." http://www.allenginsberg.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Sep 18, 2005 Althea Gibson
This is the official website for Althea Gibson, who "overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and success ... in both amateur tennis and professional golf." Gibson, who died in 2003 at the age of 76, was "the first African-American to win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships." The site features a partial chronology of her life from 1927 through 1975, photographs, and information about the Althea Gibson Foundation. http://www.altheagibson.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Sports, Women Last updated Apr 6, 2006 Alvar Aalto
The museum devoted to this twentieth century Finnish architect provides a timeline of his life, information about his projects in Finland and elsewhere, photos, a lengthy bibliography, and links to related sites. Available in Finnish and English. Searchable. http://www.alvaraalto.fi/ Topics: Architecture, Museums, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937
An enthusiast's smoothly written biography of this famous aviator's early life, celebrity years, and her final flight. Includes a bibliography, with films, and a list of annotated Web links. http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Transportation Last updated Oct 1, 2004 American Experience: Jimmy Carter
Biographical material, timeline, and image gallery for the life and career of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. People and Events highlights information about other significant people, such as First Lady Rosalynn Carter, brother Billy Carter, and Vice President Walter Mondale, and about key events such as the Camp David peace talks and the Iranian hostage crisis. Includes several speeches, a teacher's guide, and more. Companion to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "American Experience" program of same title (includes transcript). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/ Topics: Notable People: Government, The United States Presidency Last updated Oct 11, 2004 American Experience: Truman
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about Harry S. Truman, the 33rd U.S. president. Features biographical material, timeline, documents, and image gallery. Includes information about domestic policy (such as civil rights) and foreign policy (such as the decision to drop the atomic bomb and the division of post-World War II Europe). Also includes a teacher's guide and show transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/ Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Jan 2, 2009 American Masters: Elia Kazan
This site about director Elia Kazan is a companion to a documentary about blacklisting in the movie industry. Includes an essay about Kazan, a timeline of his career, filmmaker interview clips, and video clips of footage not included in the original documentary. Also includes links to related sites. The documentary is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Masters series. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/kazan_e.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Political Parties & Theories, United States History Last updated Oct 1, 2004 American Playwright Miller Dies
Feature about the February 2005 death of playwright Arthur Miller. Provides an obituary, photos, video clips from Miller's plays, a list of his works, quotes about Miller, and a tribute to Miller by playwright Harold Pinter. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4258065.stm Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Performing Arts, Writing Last updated Feb 16, 2005 America's Ace Drummer Man: Gene Krupa
This site includes news, a biography, a discography, a filmography, a photo gallery, interviews and sound clips, and a page with diagrams of Krupa's Drum and Cymbal Setups . Also features links and a discussion board. http://www.drummerman.net/ Topics: Musicians | |||