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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 ~

"Pittsburgh Home to Many Aviation ‘Firsts’" - by Natalie Fiorilli, Blue Sky, Nov. 24, 2020

"We're Worn Out" - by David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 15, 2020

"RFPing Pittsburgh to the World" - by Donald Bonk, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Nov. 12, 2020

"How Pitt’s library acquired the August Wilson Archive and what it means for Pittsburgh" - by Michael Machosky, NEXTPittsburgh, Nov. 10, 2020

"In the Age of Ephemera" - by Bruce E. McKinney, Rare Book Monthly, Nov. 2020

"August Wilson’s literary archive is coming home" - by Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 29, 2020

"New York Public Library Acquires Arthur Miller’s Personal Study Library" - Fine Books & Collections, Oct. 28, 2020

"Valuing a Presidential Library" - by John Payne, The Book Collector, Oct. 21, 2020

"22 Online Historical Photo Databases" - Family Tree Magazine, Oct. 21, 2020

"23 Unexpected Websites You Can Use for Genealogy Research" - Family Tree Magazine, Oct. 13, 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

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 ~

* 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

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