LOC Adds Three New Exhibits

The Library of Congress has added three new exhibits to their American Memory online collection.

The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 is available at http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/award99/icuhtml/ . There are about 15,000 pages here covering the travels of the first Europeans into the trans-Appalachian West. Materials include books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, ledgers, maps, and physical artifacts.

Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 is available at http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/award99/upbhtml/ . It includes 49 diaries of pioneers moving across American to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and 1869. The collection also includes 43 maps and 82 photographs.

Finally, Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934 is at http://memory.loc.go v/ammem/award98/fmuhtml/ . This site contains personal correspondence, essays, typescripts, photographs, maps, and postcards from individuals and the government. Topics covered include the establishment of the Everglades National Park and several other topics relating to natural resources and the conservation movement.

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