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February
2003 features
books and links about
Pioneers |
Pioneering the Upper
Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
Portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial archival documents, and other works drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections and Rare Books and Special Collections Division. The collection's 138 volumes depict the land and its resources; the conflicts between settlers and Native peoples; the experience of pioneers and missionaries, soldiers and immigrants and reformers; the growth of local communities and local cultural traditions; and the development of regional and national leadership in agriculture, business, medicine, politics, religion, law, journalism, education, and the role of women.
From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. The
Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection
and the F.A. Pazan Pazandak Collection
These two collections from the Institute for Regional Studies at North Dakota State University contain 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. Highlights include images of sod homes and the people who built them; images of farms and the machinery that made them prosper; and images of one-room schools and the children that were educated in them.
line. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. The Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
The Wisconsin Pioneer Experience is a digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century.
The project has been made available through the partnership of the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society. Sod
Houses
An interesting site featuring restored sod houses and a
description of sod house life. Also includes pioneer dugouts and
Wisconsin badger dwellings. There
are No Renters Here: Homesteading in a Sod House
This is the story of one woman who, with her husband and young daughter, left Indiana to start a homestead in Nebraska. Mattie Oblinger and her family left a treasure trove of letters, enabling us to gain some insight into her life, and the lives of many others who made a similar journey to become sod house pioneers in the American West.
From the Women Of The West Museum. Nebraska
Studies
Provides students, teachers, and those interested in
the state access to a rich source of facts and viewpoints about
Nebraska and its history. There are nine units and timelines,
each spanning a major period in history. From the timeline,
you'll find stories about the lives of people who lived then, plus
letters, photographs and other primary historical source
documents. Laura Ingalls Wilder Home Sites: A Guide to Little House Country
Features links and information about each of home sites
of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The
Willa Cather Electronic Archive
"The goal of this electronic archive is to provide broad access to a variety of material documenting and contextualizing the work of one of America's most acclaimed writers. In the archive you will find definitive texts of Cather's writings, articles by Cather scholars, historical photographs, and information about upcoming Cather-related activities." Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial
and Educational Foundation
"We are here to tell you about Catherland, to keep you informed of what is happening in the "world of Willa Cather," and to inform you of what is available in Red Cloud, Nebraska, the childhood home of Pulitzer prize winning novelist Willa
Cather." Willa
Cather site
"This website is an attempt to give a comprehensive introduction to Cather's life and work. Aside from an introduction to the body of work, it includes a short biography, an extensive bibliography, an overview of the general themes, concerns and ideas in Cather's work, as well as a number of links to other useful Cather-sites on the Internet."
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