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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

 		Courtier in the Royal Court of James V
Aspiring courtiers looked to Castiglione's 16th-century bestselling handbook for advise on the skills that would ensure a successful career at the palace.
Postmodernism and Historical Research
The nature of historical knowledge, historical research and history writing have been challenged and questioned by postmodernism.
Security Documents and Espionage Intelligence
Persons under the Security Services surveillance over the years include George Orwell and Ezra Pound. Today, the MI5 secret documents are available to download for a fee.
Portable Notebooks and Writing Technology
How did people write before the invention of portable notebook computers? Writing tablets or wipe boards were often used in Renaissance England.
"How To" Trade Secrets Revealed
Venetian glass, hair colour oil, marbling paper and male aphrodisiac are a few of the secret recipes that feature in 16th century historical sources.
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Contributing Articles in Historical Resources

 		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.
The Obscure Origins of Christmas
Christians are absolutely certain about the details and the truth of their traditional December 25 stories but there is little agreement as to how the festival began.
Writing as Tool or Impediment Towards Memory
Does writing actually aid and benefit memory and recalling details or has it made people rather lazy and dependent on their notes, written signs, and computer processors?
History, Meaning, Celebrations of Christmas
The holidays are known as at time for warmth and friendship, but between Santa Claus, the birth of Christ, presents, cookies and conifers what does Christmas mean?
This Day in History – December 4
Washington bids troops goodbye; Ellington jams the Cotton Club; 4,000 die from London smog. These and many other events shaped history on this day, December 4.
This Date in History – December 1
A brief look at some events and people to impact history in a major way on this date, December 1.
The Use of Punctuation to Ease Reading Flow
Punctuation has been a gradual and slow process in reading history and has arisen out the need to read and understand texts in a quicker and more efficient fashion.
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