************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:09:54 -0400 From: "danna c. bell-russel" <dbell@xxxxxxx> Good morning, This announcement is being sent to a variety of lists. Please accept our apologies for any duplicate postings. With a gift from Ameritech in 1996, the Library of Congress sponsored a three-year competition ending in 1999 to enable public, research, and academic libraries, museums, historical societies, and archival institutions (except federal institutions) to create digital collections of primary resources. These digital collections will complement and enhance the collections of the National Digital Library Program at the Library of Congress. The Chinese in California 1850-1925 is the last of twenty-three collections coming from the LC/Ameritech competition. This collection can be found at <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/>. The Chinese in California 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California from 1850 to 1925 through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. They also document the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and other industries, and cultural and social life in California. Chinatown in San Francisco receives special treatment as the oldest and largest community of Chinese in the United States. Also included is documentation of smaller Chinese communities throughout California, as well as material reflecting on the experiences of individuals. Although necessarily selective, such a large body of materials presents a full spectrum of representation and opinion. The materials in this online compilation are drawn from collections at The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley; The Ethnic Studies Library, University of California Berkeley; and The California Historical Society, San Francisco. ******************************************************************* MOTIVATE TEACHERS TO USE THE INTERNET If you want to learn about how to play on the net, this is where to start. Don't know how to turn on your computer? Hate this stuff? Is this is totally freakin' you out? Then You're one of us :-) Playing around is the key to learning. relax, you can start here, we take baby steps. <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Reasons_to_play_here.html> ******************************************************************* Those interested in learning about the Ameritech competition, the awards made in each of the three years of the competition, and the guidelines that were given to applicants can locate the information at the following url: <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award/index.html>. Please use the form at <http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-memory.html> to send questions regarding this collection. <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> ADVERTISE REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET GET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters, New-list http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>