A Northwest Historian’s Tour of the InternetA Northwest Historian’s Tour of the InternetLarry CebulaLarry Cebula

Missouri Southern State UniversityMissouri Southern State University

Spokane Mayor Burch with "Biggest Indian" Contest Winner Charles Libby, 1909.

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American JourneysAmerican Journeys

Documenting the American SouthDocumenting the American South

Footnote.comFootnote.com

Google Book SearchGoogle Book Search

Washington State Digital ArchivesWashington State Digital Archives

LOC Digital Collections

LOC Chronicling America Historic Newspapers Project

Northwest Digital Archives

Digital Collections from WSU

Case Study:

Indians and the City Beautiful in Spokane, 1880-1910

•What online resources are available?

•Where do we look?

•What necessary resources are not available?

•Do we find things that we would have overlooked in traditional research?

Google Book Search for keyword “Spokane” limited to full text

C. B. Carlisle, Spokane County as it Is: Solid Facts and Actual Results (Spokane, 1883) 42-43.

Matsura Collection Images matching the keyword “Spokane.”

Historical Newspapers in Washington from the Secretary of State

Advanced Searching of Historical Newspapers in Washington

Spokane Falls Review » 6/16/1883 » Page 2 » Column 2

To Be Removed

Spokane Falls Review » 1/19/1884 »

Page 3 » Column 4

Two Articles from Page 1 of the Spokane Falls

Review:

“Somewhat Tough”

and

“An Indian Ishmaelite”

The Making of America database has a sophisticated search engine.

Washington State Digital ArchivesWashington State Digital Archives

Death Death Certificate Certificate

for Spokane for Spokane Garry, Jan. Garry, Jan. 14, 189214, 1892

Jeremiah Indian,Jeremiah Indian,

11/20/190411/20/1904

UVA Historical Census BrowserUVA Historical Census Browser

Univ. of OK: Univ. of OK: Indian Claims Indian Claims Commission Commission

RecordsRecords

PDF versus Scanned Text!PDF versus Scanned Text!

What are We Missing?What are We Missing?

Modern Secondary SourcesModern Secondary Sources– Ruby and Brown, Ruby and Brown, Children of the SunChildren of the Sun– Youngs, Youngs, Fair and FallsFair and Falls

Most Archival RecordsMost Archival Records

Newspapers not DigitizedNewspapers not Digitized

Holding of Small Historical Societies Holding of Small Historical Societies

Etc. etc.Etc. etc.

Needs and ProspectsNeeds and Prospects

Digital primary sources have a place in the Digital primary sources have a place in the classroomclassroom

Digital primary sources have a place in Digital primary sources have a place in published scholarshippublished scholarship

Historians need to keep up!Historians need to keep up!

We need a centralized resource page for We need a centralized resource page for “deep” digital archives“deep” digital archives

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