Humanities Scholars Embrace Digital Technology. The next big idea in language, history and the arts? Data. Members of a new generation of digitally savvy humanists argue it is time to stop looking for inspiration in the next political or philosophical “ism” and start exploring how technology is changing our understanding of the liberal arts. This latest frontier is about method, they say, using powerful technologies and vast stores of digitized materials that previous humanities scholars did not have. These researchers are digitally mapping battlefields to understand what role topography played in victory, using databases of thousands of jam sessions to track how musical collaborations influenced jazz, searching through large numbers of scientific texts and books to track where concepts first appeared and how they spread, and combining animation, charts and primary documents about Thomas Jefferson’s travels to create new ways to teach history. This alliance of geeks and poets has generated exhilaration and also anxiety.
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Primary Source Documents. For this entry, the previous subject matter was "Original Dictionaries of the 16th & 17th Centuries" and was linked to excellent work done at the University of Toronto. Time has marched on, links disappear. The works have matured and expanded. Our original list was--; Lion (Lyon) Gardiner's legacy--; Diary of Lion Gardiner (1635) The Gardiner Family of Long Island - genealogy (1635) GARDINER, Lion -- American engineer (1635) The Constitution of Plymouth Colony (1636) The Salem Covenant (1636) The Dedham Covenant (1636) Winthrop's Testimony (1636), the Boston Governor's account of his Christian experience. SNAPSHOT OF EARLIEST AMERICAN COURT RECORDS, including information about crimes and punishments--; The Pynchon Court Record , and earliest Springfield Court records, 11 Jan 1640/41 Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641) Early written expression of the liberties asserted by the colonists in reaction to the oppressions of European governments.
Areopagitica , John Milton (1644). The Columbus Landfall Homepage. Discoverers Web: Primary sources. Images of Christopher Columbus and his Voyages - Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids (Prints andPhotographs ReadingRoom, Library of Congress) No portrait of Columbus drawn or painted from life is known to exist. Many images depicting Columbus and his activities, however, can be found in the Library's collections. The images in this list were selected to meet requests regularly received by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
This list represents a modified form of a printed "illustrated list" made available for many years by the Division. The images are presented for educational and research purposes. The Library of Congress is unaware of any restrictions on the use of the images. However, patrons who plan to publish or otherwise distribute any of the images should be aware that determination regarding the appropriate use of an image ultimately rests with the patron. Prints of the images may be ordered through Library of Congress Duplication Services References to additional images on this subject can be found in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. For a larger images, click on the picture. The Columbus Navigation Homepage. Columbus and the Destruction of Native peoples. Who really discovered America?