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Ibiblio: American Commands of Dwight D. Eisenhower
This site details Eisenhower's assignments as general during WWII.
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Ibiblio: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...
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Ibiblio: Internet Poetry Archive
ibiblio.org provides a collection of works from contemporary poets from around the world, including Seamus Heaney, Margaret Walker and Czeslaw Milosz among others. Good models for both depth of thought and style found in good...
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Ibiblio: E Book: Poems by Emily Dickinson
This is an e-text of the first published selection of the poems of Emily Dickinson (1830?1886) originally appeared in 1890, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The text contains 115 poems and can be searched by...
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Ibiblio: Collectivization and Industrialization
Excellent site that is part of a larger collection of documents from the Soviet System. Site gives a good explanation of the Five-Year plans put into effect by Stalin.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Georges Seurat
The WebMuseum offers a biography of Georges Seurat (1859-1891 CE), known for his creation of the Pointillism technique of 19th century neo-impressionist painting. Content includes numerous samples of his work, as well as full...
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Ibiblio: Hyper War: u.s. Army in Wwii: Fall of the Philippines: End of Resistance
As part of Louis Morton's book on the Fall of the Philippines, read about the surrender of Corregidor by the U.S. general, Joseph Wainwright.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry (Book of the Hours)
The complete text and artwork of a Medieval book known as a "book of the hours". It was a collection of written and visual materials dealing with each liturgical hour of the day. They were hand-made and are quite rare. This example was...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Impressionism
A large collection of artists who were considered Impressionists. Click on the links to get information on the artists and see examples of their paintings.
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Ibiblio: The National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner
Learn about the annual National Hollerin' Contest held in North Carolina. This site provides a history of the contest, examples of hollerin', and audio and video clips. A great look at this North Carolina "summer ritual."
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Ibiblio: Rome Reborn the Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture
The exhibition presents the untold story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the Renaissance.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Constable
Biographical details about British artist John Constable. Includes a gallery of five representative works.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portraits
Displays a representative collection of self-portraits by van Gogh for the purposes of comparing and contrasting. Includes a short note on van Gogh's unique and intense style. Excellent site for exploring the changes in van Gogh's...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Boucher, Francois
This site provides a biography of French painter, noted for his pastoral and mythological scenes, Francois Boucher. Includes full color images of his work with captions.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Jean Antoine Watteau
A brief biography of Jean-Antoine Watteau, along with links to other artists of the period. Includes images and descriptions of some of his art.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Velazquez, Diego
This site provides good biographical information and links to several of Velazquez's works, including "Innocent X."
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Frans Hals
Web Museum gives you biographical information about Frans Hals. There are also links to three of his paintings but not "The Merry Drinker".
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Ibiblio: The Ethics of Web Site Engineering
An article from Chris MacDonald on computer ethics of Web site engineering. Includes ethics, personal space, and administrave responsibility.
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Ibiblio: Cuban Missile Crisis
Ibiblio.org provides a brief background of the crisis and links to letters (originals and translations) exchanged between JFK and Khrushchev.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paul Cezanne
WebMuseum's page on artist Paul Cezanne contains links to a biography, which details his life and gives examples and information on his works; a critique of him and his works; an examination of the themes of his works; and many pictures...
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Ibiblio: Today 2,000 Years Later
This site from Ibiblio.org discusses Dead Sea Scrolls and their links to changing Judaism and early Christianity.
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Ibiblio: The World of the Scrolls
This site from ibiblio.com documents the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Sisley, Alfred
Overview of impressionist French painter, Alfred Sisley. Links to fellow impressionist, Edouard Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Monet, and Bazille. A gallery of his work is included with selected insights. Great links are provided to...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Claude Monet
This site presents a detailed biography of Claude Monet, as well as images of many of his works. His work is broken into numerous sub-sections for display purposes, and many include detailed accounts of the work.