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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 ~

"The Social-Distancing Culture War Has Begun" - by McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, March 30, 2020

"We’re not going back to normal" - by Gideon Lichfield, MIT Technology Review, March 17, 2020

"The ‘Internet of Things’ Is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages" - by Joshua A.T. Fairfield, The Conversation, Feb. 19, 2020

"Texas A&M University Libraries to Celebrate Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection" - Fine Books & Collections, Feb. 18, 2020

"David Rubenstein Gives $10 Million to Support New Visitor Experience at Library of Congress" - Fine Books & Collections, Feb. 18, 2020

"Maine Library Turns Down Offer for 5,000+ Sailing Books and Space to House Them" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, Feb. 2020

"You’re never going to have a legacy, so give up trying" - By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz at Work, Jan. 22, 2020

"Robert Caro’s Papers Headed to New-York Historical Society" - New York Times, Jan. 8, 2020

"May T.S. Eliot letters send an overdue #MeToo message" - by Rafia Zakaria, CNN.com, Jan. 8, 2020

"On Media: 2019 marks the end of metro daily newspapers" - by Andrew Conte, NEXT Pittsburgh, Jan. 1, 2020

"The Smithsonian Explores Collectors’ Magnificent Obsessions" - by Jennifer Howard, Fine Books & Collections, Winter 2020

"Playwright Arthur Miller’s Archive Opens to Researchers" - Fine Books & Collections, Jan. 2020

"Financially Squeezed College Is Selling Its Shakespeare First Folio" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Hub, Jan. 2020

[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

~ 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 Library
* University of Florida Smathers Library
* Vanderbilt University
* University of Rochester River Campus
* Ephemera Society of America
* University of Illinois
* University of Pittsburgh
* The British Library, London

* Metropolitan Museum of Art Images

Photographs:
* Getty Images (includes Bettman
Archive and Corbis)

* 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

~ Industrial and Railroad History ~

* US 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

~ 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

* Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

* Westmoreland Museum of Art
* Carnegie Science Center

* Civic Light Opera
* Pittsburgh Cultural District
* Jimmy Stewart Museum

* National Aviary

* Rachel Carson Homestead

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

* University of Pittsburgh Football
* University of Pittsburgh Basketball

"Newspapers-Books-Magazines" illustration originally published in Adventures in American Literature, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach photo courtesy of ACME News Pictures, 1926. Warhol photo courtesy Pittsburgh Regional Alliance.