I love that archives are embracing the digitization of photography and old media. Featured are my master list of archival sources, grouped by focus and personal inclination towards the focus of my History course … but these are fantastic in any event and can be explored for hours.
FLICKR
- Flickr Commons. A consortium of fantastic institutions posting to flickr.
- Veterans of the American Civil War. Family Photos.
- Archives on Flickr. Even more archival goodness.
- Nat Archives Visitors. Folks are
allowedencouraged to take photos in the National Archives Reading Rooms. A user-initiated digitizing effort.
GLOBAL
- Wikimedia Commons. Millions of freely licensed and public domain images!
- EUROPEANA. Europe’s takes at digitizing.
- World Digital Library. Launched in April 2009, but has so much potential. So much.
United STATES
FRANCE
- Gallica. Wonderful digitizing effort by the BnF.
- David Rumsey Map Collection. Historical Maps of Paris.
UCHICAGO
- University of Chicago Archival Photo Files. Great images of campus life from the turn of the century, student organizations, architecture, intruguing institutions, and Chicago events.
- Map Collection. Maps o’Chicago.
April 22, 2009, 12:00am
