Thursday, February 15, 2007

Not just for Native Americans

This database of primary sources is not just about the Native Americans.Do a search on African American. Letters to and from and about are included!

Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842, contains approximately 2,000 documents and images relating to the Native American population of the Southeastern United States from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, the Frank H. McClung Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee State Museum, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, and the LaFayette-Walker County Library. The documents are comprised of letters, legal proceedings, military orders, financial papers, and archaeological images relating to Native Americans in the Southeast.


GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Jump to S
.........Southeastern Native American Documents

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Free at last

From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston (F 391 H79 P 73 1993) by Patricia Smith Prather and Jane Clements Monday tells the story of a black man who never forgot his roots in slavery as he helped bring up the black community.

Joshua Houston was taught to read by his owner.
Joshua Houston was trusted to make business decisions while his owner was away.
Joshua Houston was allowed to keep the money he earned.
Joshua Houston was freed by his master in 1862- the year Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation.
Joshua Houston valued his education and the trade he had been taught (blacksmithing).

Read about this remarkable man and the contributions he and his family made to the South. They valued education above all. An education and a trade would truly free a person from manual labor.

Hearts, flowers and true love

Sort of depressing to do a Quick Search in GALILEO using the term Valentines Day and the first results in LexisNexis are on infidelity:

Infidelity Experts 4th Annual Valentines Day Infidelity Awareness Campaign Yearbook of Experts (R) News Release Wire 2007-01-17 Description: Wednesday, 1086 words

Hope your true love is faithful.

GALILEO
...search in Quick Search

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Beginning the third millennia

Black History Month Spotlight

"Britannica's Guide to Black History presents a vast array of articles, hundreds of images, and a wide assortment of multimedia clips.

This guide traces two millennia of black history, and the browse features enable you to pinpoint the central people, places, topics, and events covered in Black History.

During February the Featured Spotlight: Guide to Black History Month
can be found in the lower right hand corner of the Encyclopedia Britannica Home Page

Access this Spotlight and others

by clicking on the Spotlight Archive
at the bottom right side of the Home Page


GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Encyclopedia Britannica

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.

Monday, February 12, 2007

How do I find.....

Short (under 3 minutes) instructional videos are being created to help you find information. Check out the How Do I Find offerings!

Happy Birthday, Georgia!

Georgia Day celebrates the founding of the colony of Georgia in Savannah, 1733!