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Early Americana Collection

Our Early Americana collection contains material on the cultural/social aspects of life in America from the colonial period through 1850's, and is strong in architechture and domestic arts. Some material on the Civil War Era is included, as well as some later Victoriana, especially in the architectural section.

	Agriculture & Gardening		Food and Recipes
	Architecture		History
	Dress		Museums and Living History
	Education		Reenactments

TOP	History
	Archiving Early America -- primary source material from 18th Century America displayed digitally -- original newspapers, maps and writings
	Ogram's 17th Century New England Links: Index -- a large selection of annotated links selected by Margo Burns
	Colonial and Early American Web Resources -- web sites dedicated to colonial and early American history
	NINETEENTH CENTURY U.S. -- documents from the Historical Text Archive
	THE EARLY U.S. REPUBLIC -- documents from the Historical Text Archive
	The Library Company of Philadelphia -- "The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library with collections documenting every aspect of the history and background of American culture from the Colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century."
	PBS Liberty! -- "the official online companion to LIBERTY! The American Revolution, a series of six one-hour documentaries originally broadcast on PBS November 23, 24, and 25, 1997"
	A Hypertext on American History -- includes essays, biographies, outlines and documents covering the Colonial Period to modern times
	The American Sense of Puritan -- by Scott Atkins -- posted by the American Studies group at the University of Virginia
	Images and Facsimiles - 17th Century New England -- a collection of links to "images of items from daily life in the 17th c., as well as paintings, portraits, maps, and even pages of books from the period"
	Colonial Williamsburg Almanack -- "Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th Century colonial living."
	USA: An  Outline of American History -- Chapter 1: The Colonial Period -- from The American Revolution - an HTML project
	Rare Map Collection - Colonial America -- from the University of Georgia Libraries
	Article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online -- article on the history of the New England colonies, includes a map of the area
	United States--History--1600-1775, Colonial Period. K12 Resources
	R.I. Early History -- information on Indians and explorers, and the Colonial era
TOP	Museums and Living History
	Plimoth Plantation -- the living history museum of 17th century Plymouth, Massachusetts
	Old Sturbridge Village -- "Old Sturbridge Village, the largest history museum in the Northeast, is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The museum re-creates the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town in authentic -- living history-- fashion."
	Colonial Williamsburg -- "Colonial Williamsburg is the world's largest outdoor living history museum, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, about 150 miles south of Washington, D.C., USA."
TOP	Food and Recipes
	James Madison University's Selection of Colonial Cooking Sites -- from the Internet School Library Media Center
	Food in Colonial America -- from The Net's Educational Resource Center
	Recipes for Historic Cooking -- historic American recipes from classic American cookbooks
TOP	Reenactments
	About.com's Guide to Historical Reenactment -- a huge selection of sites covering a wide array of time periods, including the American Colonial era
TOP	Dress
	The Connecticut Historical Society Costume and Textile Collection -- "The CHS Costume and Textile Collection is among the largest in New England, and documents the variety of clothing styles made and/or worn in Connecticut from the mid-1700s to the mid-1900s."
	Pilgrim Clothing: Dress in Early New England -- from Plimoth Plantation
	The Costume Page -- 17th and 18th Centuries -- a good selection of Internet resources from The Costume Page, a site devoted to the study of costume
TOP	Architecture
	Digital Archive of American Architecture -- consists of nearly 1,400 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings) plus explanatory material, surveying the development of architecture in America from the 17th century to the present, with particular emphasis given to local architectural monuments -- from Boston College
	Historic Exhibition Buildings -- from Colonial Williamsburg
	Salem Massachusetts Architecture -- examples of architecture in the 17th and 18th Centuries from Salem, Massachusetts
	Resources for Arts of Colonial America -- Architecture -- view art resources by topic
TOP	Gardening & Agriculture
	washingtonpost.com: How Farmers Lived in the 1770s -- by Boyce Rensberger, Washington Post Staff Writer
	Traditional Gardening: The Gardens of Plimoth Plantation -- excerpt from This Old Yard: A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Houses of All Ages
	Traditional Gardening: Historic Apples for the Home Orchard -- discusses varieties of "antique" apples planted during the 18th and 19th centuries
	Gardening from Colonial Williamsburg's online Historical Almanack
TOP	Education
	Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America -- Contains information on the Hornbook, the Dame School, and The New England Primer. Includes some graphics and a map of Colonial educational institutions.

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