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The Open Collections Program of Harvard University Library (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu) announces the completion of its first on-line collection, "Women Working, 1800-1930," (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww). The collection now contains approximately 500,000 digitized pages and images of selected rare and historical books, institutional papers, personal papers, diaries, and photographs from Harvard's network of libraries, archives, and museums. The collection is completely free and available to anyone with access to the Internet. The second Open Collection, entitled "Emigration and Immigration, 1789-1930" will become available in Spring 2006, and a third Open Collection on contagion and infectious disease between ca. 1700 and 1930 is also forthcoming. _______________________________________________ First Open Collection Now Complete! "Women Working, 1800-1930" http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww Featuring ca. 500,000 pages and images documenting women's roles in the U.S. economy between 1800 and the Great Depression, including working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues: 8,300 MANUSCRIPT PAGES Example: Photographs, albums and personal papers of E. Jane Gay, photographer for the Department of the Interior from 1889 to 1893 http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:rad.schl:744844 And More: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/allmanuscripts.html 3,500 BOOKS Example: "Daughters of Genius...," 1888 http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:148993 And More: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/allbooks.html 1,100 PHOTOGRAPHS Example: "A Dressmaking Class, Hampton Normal and Industrial School," ca. 1900 http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/photos-lids.html?id=1112 And More: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/photos.html 80 PERIODICAL TITLES and CONSUMER CATALOGS Example: "Ladies' Home Journal," eight issues between 1892 and 1907. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:604822 And More: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/magazines.html And More: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/trade.html _______________________________________________ Second Open Collection Forthcoming, Spring 2006 "Emigration and Immigration, 1789-1930" http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ei A multifaceted historical view of immigration to the United States from the American Revolution to the Great Depression - 2,000 books - 8-10,000 manuscript pages - 8,000 photographs _______________________________________________ Open Collections Program, Harvard University Library freely accessible digital collections of primary sources for teaching, learning, and research http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu - thousands of rare, unique, and historical materials - public domain materials - search every word in thousands of books - search by keywords, authors, titles, subjects - zoomable pages, up to 10x on historic photographs - download and/or print pages, sections, or entire books for free - browse by topics, themes, people, organizations, locations, dates - link directly to digital items using permanent URLs LINK TO "WOMEN WORKING" http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/linktoww.html SUBSCRIBE TO "WOMEN WORKING" E-MAIL UPDATE http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/subscribe.html CONTACT US We welcome your inquiries and comments [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
