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~ Minerd.com's Recommended News Stories and Blog Posts About Americana, Culture,
Art, Journalism, Science, Technology, History/Genealogy, German-ness and Pittsburgh ~

~ 2021 ~

"Player, broadcaster Tunch Ilkin, 63" - by Bob Labriola, Steelers.com, Sept. 5, 2021

"Is This the Long-Distant Future of Collecting?" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Monthly, Sept. 2021

"Yet Another Record Price for a Baseball Card - $6.6 Million" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Monthly, Sept. 2021

"The Silent Partner Cleaning Up Facebook for $500 Million a Year" - by Adam Satariano and Mike Isaac, New York Times, Aug. 31, 2021

"Stephen B. Oates, Civil War Historian, Dies at 85" - by Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, Aug. 29, 2021

"‘Relentless champion of workers’: Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO chief and Pittsburgh-area native, dies" - by Daniel Moore, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 5, 2021

"Arthur Ziegler: The Power of Community" - by Jeff Sewald, Pittsbugh Quarterly - Aug. 3, 2021

"The NFT Art Market Explained & How to Participate Safely" - by Barbara Basbanes Richter, Art & Object - July 28, 2021

"Dr. Seuss Is Coming to Blockchain" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Monthly, July 2021

"Shifting Gears" - by Bruce E. McKinney, Rare Book Monthly, July 2021

"A Nation: A City, & Its First Library: the St. Louis Mercantile Library" - by Bruce E. McKinney, Rare Book Monthly, July 2021

"The Lost Graves of Louisiana's Enslaved People" - by Alexandra Eaton, Christoph Koettl, Quincy G. Ledbetter, Victoria Simpson and Aaron Byrd - New York Times, June 27, 2021

"August Wilson House announces first visiting playwright fellow" - by Tyler Dague, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 8, 2021

"Look Inside Philip Roth’s Personal Library" - by Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, June 7, 2021

"Peeking into the World of Rare Books" - by Bruce E. McKinney, Rare Book Monthly, June 2021

"A Mission for Father Stewart" - by Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, June 2021

"Carnegie Mellon born, the musical 'Godspell' celebrates 50th anniversary" - AP/Greensburg Tribune-Review, May 10, 2021

"Build America’s Libraries Act" - by Hon. Frank J. Lucchino, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 8, 2021

"His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue." - by Bryan Pietsch, New York Times, May 5, 2021

"Tree of Life moves toward a fresh start, taps world-renowned architect to oversee synagogue redesign" and "Tree of Life, Holocaust Center officials look forward to working with architect" - by Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 4, 2021

"Coming Soon - Digital Collectible Books?" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, May 2021

"Archaeologists Solve a Decades-Old Harriet Tubman Mystery" - New York Times, April 20, 2021

"Vartan Gregorian, Savior of the New York Public Library, Dies at 87" - by Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, April 16, 2021

"The Real Meaning of Pennsylvania Dutch" - by James M. Beidler, FamilyTree.com, April 16, 2021

[10-Year Archive - 2011 to Present]

~ Outstanding National, Regional and Local Archives and Reference Libraries ~

National:

* The National Archives
* Library of Congress
* Google Books and Google Scholar
* Smithsonian Institution

* The Internet Archive
* Pulitzer Prizes

* Nobel Prize e-Museum
* Presidential Libraries
* New York Public Library (Catalog)
* Merriam-Webster Dictionary

* U.S. Census Bureau
* The British Museum
* Google Blog Search Tool

Ohio:
* Ohio Historical Society Library
* Bowling Green (OH) State University

Pennsylvania:
* Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh
* Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
* Cornerstone Genealogical Society
* Meyersdale (PA) Public Library
* Historic Pittsburgh
* Pennsylvania State Archives
* Pennsylvania State Libraries
* Historical Society of Pennsylvania
* Uniontown (PA) Public Library
* Dunbar Historical Society
* Berks County (PA) Historical Society
* University of Pittsburgh Archive
* University of Pittsburgh Library -
Archives and Special Collections

West Virginia:
* West Virginia University

Eastern United States:
* Maryland Archives Online
* Newark (NJ) Public Library

Indiana:
* Indiana State Library
* Allen County Public Library
* Allen County Genealogical Society

Midwest United States:
* Illinois State Archives
* The Newberry - Chicago
* Kansas State Library

Oklahoma:
* Oklahoma Historical Society

Academia Resources:
* Assn of College & Research Libraries
* Academia.edu

ACME News Pictures, 1926

~ Rare Books, Photographs and Special Collections ~

Special Collections Libraries:
* Rosenbach Museum & Library -
Manuscripts Online - Online Catalog
* Morgan Library & Museum
* Univ of Virginia Rare Book School
* Lilly Library, Indiana University
* Ransom Center, University of Texas
* Scheide Library, Princeton University
* Folger Shakespeare Library
* University of Michigan-Clements
* University of Florida-Smathers
* Vanderbilt University
* University of Rochester River Campus
* Ephemera Society of America
* University of Illinois
* University of Pittsburgh
* The British Library, London

Photography/Images:
* Getty Images (Bettman and Corbis)

* National Archives Catalogue

* Metropolitan Museum of Art Images

* Smithsonian Open Access

* Museums of the City of Paris

* Yale Center for British Art

* The Public Domain Review

* Teenie Harris Archive

* Unsplash

Publications and Databases:
* Fine Books & Collections
* Rare Book Hub - Monthly Archives
* The Book Collector
* Booktryst

* Stolen-Book.org

Searches:
* ABEBooks
* viaLibri - Library Search
* Alibris
* Biblio.com
* BookFinder.com
* Antiquarian Booksellers Association

Bibliography and Cataloguing:
* OCLC WorldCat

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937

~ Industrial and Railroad History ~

* U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Statistics
* Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum
* Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society

~ Faith-Based History and Culture ~

* United Methodist Commission on Archives and History
* Lutheran Historical Conference
* Presbyterian Historical Society
* Mennonite Church USA Archives
* Wexner Heritage Program

~ Science and Medicine ~

* U.S. National Library of Medicine
* U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
* NASA - National Air and Space Administration

~ Historical Reconstructions, Museums, Homes and Inspiring Spaces ~

* Colonial Williamsburg
* Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village
* Plimouth Plantation
* John Adams National Historic Park, Massachusetts
* Mount Vernon, Virginia
* Monticello, Virginia

* Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, Oak Park, IL
* Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life

* Westminster Abbey (London)
* Thomas Jefferson's Home Library at Monticello
* The Forbes Galleries (New York City)

~ Military History and Veterans Services ~

* Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (National Park Service)
* Bugles Across America (services for funerals)
* Civil War Regiments
* U.S. Army Military History Institute
* U.S. Naval Historical Center and Merchant Marines

* A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - by F.H. Dyer

* American Battle Monuments (Foreign soil burials)
* National Museum of Civil War Medicine
* Ohio in the Civil War
* Civil War Richmond
* National World War II Memorial
* Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Pittsburgh Regional Alliance

~ Select Pittsburgh Regional Cultural and Sports Attractions ~

* Andy Warhol Museum
* Fallingwater
* Senator John Heinz History Center
* Frick Mansion and Art Center
* Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

* Pittsburgh Opera
* Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

* Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

* Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

* Stephen Foster Memorial Museum

* Westmoreland Museum of Art
* Carnegie Science Center

* Civic Light Opera
* Pittsburgh Cultural District

* August Wilson African American Ctr.

* National Aviary

* Rachel Carson Homestead

* Jimmy Stewart Museum

* Pirates - Major League Baseball
* Steelers - National Football League
* Penguins - National Hockey League

* University of Pittsburgh Football
* University of Pittsburgh Basketball