The Maine Historical society has put together an excelent online resource for anyone interested in researching Maine history. The Maine Memory Network brings together the collections of over 260 organizations throughout the state of Maine into one online searchable archive. Many of the items have been digitized and are available directly online including photos, videos, and historic public records.
Click here to visit the archive.
AmCaps also holds New York City residents affected by Hurricane Sandy in our thoughts today. Sadly, much like its neighbors in New Jersey, New York City is also no stranger to hurricanes. Hurricane Sandy follows on the heels of Hurricane Irene last year. Likewise, since the Millennium, a hurricane or tropical storm has touched at least part of the NYC area every year except 2010.
Click here for a listing and history of hurricanes that have hit NYC.
Our hearts go out to all Americans affected by Hurricane Sandy. The storm is expected to cause over $20 Billion in damages and has already changed many lives.
Unfortunately, New Jersey and hurricanes are no strangers. Although most think of hurricanes as a Gulf Coast phenomena, New Jersey and the Northeast United States in general have endured their own share of disastrous storms. On average, a hurricane approaches the Jersey Shore once every ten years.
Click here for a history of New Jersey hurricanes and their impact on the state.
Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders – the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world’s largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dune field, along with the plants and animals that live here.
Click here to visit the White Sands National Monument site.
Newspapers have long been a source not only for current events, but also historical information. Researchers of all kinds use newspapers to learn about people, places, and events from history.
Those interested in Colorado history have a great resource online with the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. This archive has digitized multiple Colorado newspapers from 1859 to 1923. The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 500,000 digitized pages, representing 163 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923.
Click here to visit the archive.
Nevada, the Silver State. Known for mining, and somewhat more notoriously for gambling (and other pursuits), Nevada also has a deep history in agriculture. Like much of the southwest, Nevada has a deep history in cattle ranching. A new site from the Library of Congress documents this history with photos, paintings, and movies all available online.