WEB SITES
Seven web sites are listed first, followed by an A to Z list of additional sites.
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http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
A web site for the documentary film shown on PBS.
It includes
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http://www.americanwest.com/pages/awexpans.htm
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
From PBS's American Experience. Includes
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
From the Library of Congress's American Memory collection. Browse by subject or search by keyword. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/overhome.html
From the Library of Congress, American Memory Project:
" The collection tells the stories of Mormon pioneer families and others who were part of the national westering movement, sharing trail experiences common to hundreds of thousands of westward migrants."
Browse or search the collection. |
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http://www.lii.org/cs/lii/view/subject/219
Additional web sites on the topic "West (U.S.)--History."
If the above link doesn't work, type "West (U.S.)--History." in the search box at http://lii.org
You can also type a specific subject in the search box such as "gold rush" or "Native Americans." |
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http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/ais/faculty/trj/
From Professor Troy Johnson of California State University; this site is "dedicated to the presentation of unique artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America and has been expanded to include Indian people of Central America and Mexico." |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Immigration,+American%20Expansion
Use the search box on the page to retrieve materials. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lhtnhtml/lhtnhome.html
Published or manuscript first person accounts of travels in America, from the Library of Congress, American Memory project.
Search or browse the collection. Subjects worth investigating include "Overland Journeys to the Pacific" and "Oregon--Description and travel" and "West (U.S.) -Description and Travel."
Includes Palmer's Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846 |
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http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/history/united_states/ |
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Books |
There is a preselected list of titles in the DHS Library on the "Westward Movement." See the DHS Library Catalog >click "Resources" in the left sidebar> choose "Public Lists" from the top right tab. Select "U.S. History--Westward Movement."
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These reference titles are of interest; they are listed in Dewey Decimal Order and are coded *** if they are likely to be of special interest. |
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See "Settling the West" pp.122+ check the index for other topics..
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****REF 911.73 WEX Atlas of Westward Expansion, 1995.
See Chapters 4 and 5: "An Expanding Nation" and "A Transcontinental Republic." There are articles on "California Gold Fever," "Opening the Santa Fe Trail," "Oregon Country," and "New Mining Frontiers.
Check the index for more articles.
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REF 912 AME American Heritage Pictorial Atlas of United States History, 1966.
Consult the index in the back: "Gold Rush," "Oregon Trail," and other topics.
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***REF 973 ADL Makers of America , 1968
See vol. v. 2." Builders of a New Nation, 1801-1848" and v. 3. "Seekers after Freedom, 1849-1870" for illustrations and exploration. Covers "Financial Panic and Westward Expansion" , history of the Oregon Trail, and other topics.
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REF 973 ALB Album of American History, 1944. 4 vols.
A pictorial history, see volume 2: "Financial Panic and Westward Expansion" for "westward expansion," "manifest destiny," "gold" and other topics.
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***REF 973 ANN The Annals of America, 1968
See vols. 7 and 8 : "1841-1849:Manifest Destiny" and "1850-1857:A House Dividing " for pictures of"Wagons West" and "Gold Rush."
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*** REF 973 COM The American Destiny : an Illustrated Bicentennial History of the U.S., 1975.
See Vol. 9 for "The Age of the West, " "Mining Bonanza," and "The Indian Tragedy."
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REF 973 DIC Dictionary of American History , 1940.
A to Z arrangement, with articles on "Oregon Trail," "California Trail," "Westward movement" and more..
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See v. 4 "Exploration and Reform: 1813 to 1855 ."
The arrangement is A to Z for articles and biographies, with a chronology at the end of the volume. A few of the articles of interest: "Gold," "Oregon Trail," "California Gold Rush," and "California Trail."
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****REF 973 WEX Westward Expansion ,1991.
An "Eyewitness History." Includes lots of personal accounts in "Across the Plains" and "Manifest Destiny" and "The Gold Rush...." See the index for more specific topics.
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*** REF 973.5 ENC Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century, 2001. 3 vol.
Consult the "Table of Contents" in vol. 1 and the index in vol. 3. Information on many topics, including "American Indians," "Gold Rushes and Silver Strikes," "Expansion," "Frontier," West," and "Manifest Destiny."
A scholarly source.
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*** REF 978 ENC The Encyclopedia of the American West , 1996. 4 vol.
Page vi has an index of "Maps," including "Major Overland Routes" and
"California" and "Oregon."
Consult thei"List of Entries" in vol. 1 or the index in vol. 4 for scholarly articles on "Gold Mining," "Pioneer Life," "Mining Camps and Towns," "Overland Trail," "Native American Peoples" and other topics.
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***978 DUN People of the West, 1996.
Companion volume to the PBS Series "The West."
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***978 DUN The West: An Illustrated History for Children, 1996.
Companion volume to the PBS Series "The West."
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978 LAV The American Heritage History of the Great West, 1982.
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*** 978 PEA Frontier Children, 2000.
Wonderful pictures and illustrations, with much information about life on the trail and the frontier.
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***REF 978 PEN Westward Expansion , 2001. 4 vols.
Almanac, Biography, Primary Sources and Index. Includes chapters on "Trails West, " "Gold Rush," "Westward Expansion and Indian Culture" and more.
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***978 THE The West: An Illustrated History, 1996.
Companion volume to the PBS series by Ken Burns.Includes accounts of journey to the West; consult the index and table of contents. Beautiful illustrations.
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***979.4 CAL The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party, 1999.
A recounting of a tragic attempt to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains to get to a better life in California; this account draws on the letters of twelve year old Virginia Reed.
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***979.4 KET The Gold Rush, 1999.
Based on the PBS series, "The West." Accounts of life on the Overland Trail, the lives on miners and prospectors and their families+.
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***979.4 SEI The Fools of '49: The California Gold Rush, 1976.
With a chapter on "Overland by the California Trail" with many excerpts from primary sources, and illustrations and maps of the trails.
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Databases |
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To search for a specific person, bullet "Start of Last Name." Type last name FIRST in the search box. Click tabs to move from reference book material to magazines or web sites. Click over citations retrieved to open to full-text.
Use the TABS to move between result types: the "Biographies" tab contains full-text excerpts from reference sources; there are often web site suggestions and periodical articles under the "Websites" and ""Magazine Articles" tabs.
An Infotrac database. To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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To see the main article, type " Westward movement in America" in the advanced search box to view the encyclopedia article. Look for the map of the trails used, which is embedded in the main article..e See the sidebar on the right to link to other articles, including biographies of " Leaders of the westward movement, " "Early trails" (Santa Fe,, Oregon and others) and " Western frontier life in America. "
To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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News and periodical articles from many sources. This is a general interest database, that includes a number of articles on history, along with many other topics.
To access this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select General OneFile from the database list, once you are logged in. |
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Explore the subject categories "American Westward Expansion," "American West- History," "Frontier Life," "Native Americans" and "Pioneers-History." Use the SUBJECT TAB at the top of the search page to "browse" a subject and investigate its subheadings and related terms.
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Improvise as you go: look for new keywords or subject tags in the articles you find. You may find it helpful to look for keywords to describe your topic in the books on the period listed above..
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MAGAZINES TAB > articles from general interest magazines.
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NEWS TAB >articles from many newspapers and newswires (but not all the articles in the New York Times or any articles in the Boston Globe , which must be searched separately in other DHS databases).
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ACADEMIC JOURNALS TAB >includes articles from peer-reviewed and academic journals.
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BOOKS TAB >may also have material of interest,including reference material.
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Last Updated 3/4/08/L.Davies
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