Ross Archive of African Images (RAAI)

URL: http://raai.library.yale.edu/site/index.php

"A database of published images of African art

Welcome to the James J. Ross Archive of African Images presenting approximately 5000 pictures of African art published before 1921. RAAI is the result of an eight year collaboration between James J. Ross and Susan Vogel, the project's co-directors, assisted by an editor, researchers, a software developer and others. The Archive aspires to include all the figurative African objects in books, periodicals, catalogues, newspapers, and other publications appearing in 1920 and earlier - the oldest dates to 1591. The Archive does not include postcards or pamphlets of limited distribution, and focuses exclusively on figurative art. It is based mainly on the James J. Ross library augmented by publications from the libraries of Yale University and a few other institutions.

Ethiopian Review Photo Gallery

URL: http://www.ethiopianreview.com/album/

An online photograph archive with various categories dating from the late-nineteenth century to the present day.

Northwestern University Library: 16th-20th Century Maps of Africa

URL: http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/mapsofafrica/

"This site features digital copies of 113 antique maps of Africa and accompanying text dating from the mid 16th Century to the early 20th Century. All scanned maps are authentic and originally collected by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies (or the Africana Library) at Northwestern University."

Sub-Saharan African History (University of Washington)

URL: http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/tm/africa.html

Websites categorized by country and region; online archives; visual sources.

Soviet Archives at Info-Russ

URL: http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/buk.html

"Ideology and Politics of Soviet Communist Party (KPSS); Ideology and Propaganda; Media: newspapers, radio, TV; Cultural events, science, economy; Internal Affairs; KPSS and Terror in the USSR; Prior to 1975; 1975 - 1991; Suppression of Dissisdents; 1960-1969; 1970-1979; after 1980; Sakharov; Solzhenitsyn; Use of Psychiatry for Political Purpose; Perestroika; KPSS and Communist World; KPSS and Non-Communist World; Communist Terror in the World; Europe, North America; Asia; Africa; Central and South America; KPSS and Peace Propaganda; Some Aspects of Soviet International Politics; USA; Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Poland; Olympic Games, 1980; Chronological List of All Documents with section cross-references (in Russian)"

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

"The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Medieval Sourcebook is both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online medieval texts. The Ancient and Modern Sourcebooks have a different role: since there are already ample online repositories of texts for these periods, the goal here is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations. Links to the larger online collections are provided for those who want to explore further. The distinctive feature of the Sourcebooks' layout remains here - the avoidance of images and multiple "clicking" to find texts. Unlike the Medieval and Modern History Sourcebooks, this section of the project did not involve much scanning of new material to begin with. At this stage, however, an increasing number of new etexts are available at this site. The Ancient History Sourcebook also includes links to visual and aural material, since art and archeology are far more important for the periods in question than for later history. The emphasis remains on access to primary source texts for educational purposes.

This site focuses on online texts, which, for the most part, means public domain texts translated more than 75 years ago. In many cases it is these older translations which are used in commercially available sourcebooks. But note that, for classroom use, in some cases the more modern translations are superior from a pedagogic viewpoint: this is less the case with historiography than with literature. In other words, use online resources well, but don't get carried away!"

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

"How are historians to remedy the silence about women in many traditional accounts of history? This question has received a number of distinct answers.

The first solution was to locate the great women of the past, following the lead of much popular historiography that focuses on "great men". The problem here is that just as the "great men" approach to history sidelines and ignores the lives of the mass of people, focusing on great women merely replicates the exclusionary historical approaches of the past.

The next solution was to examine and expose the history of oppression of women. This approach had the merit of addressing the life histories of the mass of women, but, since it has proved to be possible to find some degree of oppression everywhere, it tended to make women merely subjects of forces that they could not control. On the other hand, historians' focus on oppression revealed that investigating the structures of women's lives was crucial.

The African Times

URL: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Trevor.Getz0/courses/africantimes

Course Password: Africa

"Digitized copies of the African Times (1865-1874) along with commentary from scholars and members of the community.

The African Times is an important source for British, West African, and Atlantic history. However, it has often been difficult to access. The only known hard copy is held in the British Newspaper Library in Colindale, and only two microfilm copies seem to be in existence. It is my hope that the digitization of this important resource will contribute to research and pedagogy of the histories of these regions and networks, and allow us especially to hear the voices of Africans, Afro-Britons, and Africans of the diaspora in the Americas.

This digital database was developed with the permission of the British Newspaper Library and the assistance of BMI, as well as the financial support of the San Francisco State University department of history. It is presented through the DIVA system developed by BSS computing at San Francisco State University. DIVA is intended to be a collaborative system, and users of The Digital African Times are required to submit research reports of sample assignments in return for rights to use the system. Use is by invitation only.

At this time, only the years 1866-1872 are available online, but we hope to complete the database in the near future, pending the donation of sufficient funds."