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Historical Resources Feature Writer: Lito Apostolakou

Learn about how to find and draw information from a variety of historical resources: national archives and records, online collections, historical photographs and images, travel journals, surveys, historic buildings, artifacts, oral histories.

Articles in this section explore a variety of themes including aspects of the US archives; the origin of everyday expressions; where to find historical anatomy illustrations; online collections of historical images; historical film and video clip archives; oral history resources and methodological perspectives.

Contributors in Historical Resources present primary and secondary sources that can be drawn upon for historical research and deal with aspects of historical methodology and oral history.


Feature Writer Articles in Historical Resources

 		Letters as Primary Documents
How can letters provide windows for looking into the past? What do these historical texts tell researchers about the time they were written?
Historic House Museums and Material Culture
Each object tells a story and material object collections are as important as historical archives for the study of history.
Artist Online, Artists Materials and Techniques
What kind of materials have famous artists like Vincent Van Gogh used? Dig into an artist online resource to discover more than carpenter pencils.
Roland Barthes and Discourses in History
Is history and fiction one and the same thing? Is there any difference between the discourses of history and those of fictional narrative? Roland Barthes investigates.
Postmodernism and History Writing
Has history collapsed under the influence of postmodernism? Is writing history essays a futile exercise since the reality is only a subjective creation of the historian?
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Contributing Articles in Historical Resources

 		Howard Zinn Re-Evaluated
Howard Zinn, like E. J. Hobsbawm, may approach the telling of history from a Marxist ideology, but the facts and the story are genuine, offering new interpretations.
The 5 Most Notorious Heart Breakers in History
Every year the world celebrates the legend of St. Valentine by sending flowers and chocolates to loved ones. It's a great time for all to practice their wooing skills.
The Meaning and History of Flags
Flags are designed to give information using very little writing or drawing. The colors and symbols on a flag each represent something important.
Foucault's Metaphor of the Christian Shepherd
According to Foucault, the metaphor of the shepherd leading his flock was not familiar to the Greeks and Romans; it was embodied by Christian thought and philosophy.
The Invention of Skates and Ice Skating
As early as 1,000 AD, people in Scandinavia and the Netherlands were attaching animal bones to their footwear and gliding across frozen lakes and rivers.
History and Meaning of Martin Luther King Day
By all accounts, Martin Luther King was an extraordinary man. His was passionately committed to positive change in America and pursued equal protection for all races.
The Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu
The Timbuktu Manuscripts, some from as far back as the 13th century, are Arabic and African texts that hark back to the city's glorious past
Hygiene and Cleanliness in the Ancient World
Ancient people actually practised a high standard of cleanliness, relative to the times they lived in.
Mughal Miniatures During Akbar Reign
He had independence of thoughts and also passion for knowledge about European art, culture and religion. To satiate his thirst lead to develop relationship with Portugues
How to Use Original Documents
Using original source documents in historical research enables researchers and students to better understand specific social and cultural attitudes.
Places of Interest, Holidays & Visits, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Vaults originally built for industry end as City Slums. One of the places of interest to visit on a holiday to historic Scotland, now famous for ghosts & gigs.
Miniature Paintings During Jahangir Reign
Mughal or miniature paintings could be described as a variety of Islamic paintings practiced in India during sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Finding Civil War and Renaissance Reproductions
Many Americans choose to relive the American Civil War or the Medieval and Renaissance periods by dressing in character and educating others.
Modernism as a Break from Previous Traditions
The principal reasons for the creation of the modernist literary movement was a need for redefining paradigms and for separating itself from the romantic past.
Valuable Internet Research Tools
World Digital Library, Internet History Sourcebooks Project, and Avalon Project are Internet research tools to help students write quality essays and research papers.
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