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December 09, 2003The Korean American Digital Archive
Consisting of over 13,000 pages of documents, over 1,900 photographs, and over 150 sound files, the Korean American Digital Archive at http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/digarchives/kada/ opens up with a page describing the several different facets of the collection; the search form is accessible...
December 03, 2003Directory of Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
There's a directory of folklore and mythology electronic texts -- interestingly arranged by theme instead of title -- at http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html . Actually this page is A-M. N-Z is on a second page. The theme listing starts at "Abducted by Aliens"...
Continue reading "Directory of Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts" » September 22, 2003Gateway to Appalachian Treasures
The Appalachian Treasures Gateway ( http://www.zanesville.ohiou.edu/library/appalachia/ ) is a subject index of sites providing information about Appalachia. The site contains information listed by topic area (including culture, images and stereotypes, history, and social environmnent) as well as information by type...
September 05, 2003The Encyclopedia Of Monsters
It doesn't look like it's been updated in a while, but there's still plenty to see here. The Encyclopedia of Monsters ( http://webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/monsters/monsters.htm" ) offers information on a variety of mythical beasts, from Abatwa to Ziz. The front page of...
August 27, 2003Retro Culture, in a Cool Flash Interface
Big thanks to reader C who pointed this out to me. Retrolounge ( http://www.bitlounge.net/retrolounge/advertising.htm ) is a collection of culture links from the last 50 years, but especially the 50s, 60s, and 70s. You'll need Flash to explore this site....
Continue reading "Retro Culture, in a Cool Flash Interface" » July 15, 2003An Online Archive of Speech Accents
Use your words! Language scholars and teachers will find the Speech Accent Archive, at http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/, a useful resource. Speech Accent Archive contains over 250 English-language speech samples in accents ranging from Afrikaans to Zulu. Each speaker is speaking the same...
January 11, 2001A Web Directory for Indigenous Peoples
Aboriginal Connections ( http://www.aboriginalconnections .com/ ) is a Yahooesque searchable subject index devoted to Aboriginal peoples around the world (though from the links I saw, the focus seems to be on the United States and Canada.) Categories include arts, law,...
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