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Open Archives at UMass Boston
Open Archives at UMass Boston
University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston collects materials related to the university's history, as well as materials that reflect the university's urban mission and strong support of community service, notably in collections of records related to urban planning, social welfare, social action, alternative movements, community organizations and local history related to neighboring communities.
·openarchives.umb.edu·
Open Archives at UMass Boston
Portal to Texas History
Portal to Texas History
A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas. They have amazing collections from all over the United States. Also has lots of rare military records.
·texashistory.unt.edu·
Portal to Texas History
Documenting Exclusion & Resilience
Documenting Exclusion & Resilience
This project looks at the dynamics of exclusion among communities that generate both segregation as well as resilience in Northern Virginia. The project identifies and geo-locates racially restrictive covenants on properties in Northern Virginia from 1900 through the 1960s. This area is often referred to as NoVa and includes Arlington and Fairfax Counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
·documentingexclusion.org·
Documenting Exclusion & Resilience
Library of Michigan Digital Repository
Library of Michigan Digital Repository
Collections include content digitized from their archives, born-digital content captured from Michigan web publishers and photographs, postcards, scrapbooks and local history resources provided through collaborations with individuals, groups and organizations interested in recording and promoting the Michigan story.
·lmdigital.contentdm.oclc.org·
Library of Michigan Digital Repository
New York Western House of Refuge 1876- 1960
New York Western House of Refuge 1876- 1960
Scanned inmate lists. The Western House of Refuge was a prison for children in Rochester, NY founded in the mid-1800's that was the first state managed reformatory in the United States. In the 1880's, the prison was changed into a vocational school known as the State Industrial School. In the early 1900's, the school would move to Industry, NY, where it now operates as the Industry Residential Center.
·fultonhistory.com·
New York Western House of Refuge 1876- 1960