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League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents
"Contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The documents focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament."
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Northwestern University Library: Hogarth and Eighteenth Century Print Culture
Browse this large collection of Hogarth's prints to find examples of all of his favorite subjects, including eighteenth-century views of London.
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Hidden Truths: The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park
This project details the research, beginning with the original documents, and shows how the Chicago City cemetery became Lincoln Park. It also reveals how the physical remains of earlier Chicagoans became buried within the layers of...
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American Memory: Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian: Photographic Images
Find Native American tribes grouped by geographic location as well as relevant information and pictures.
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Northwestern University Library: League of Nations [Pdf]
On January 21, 1931, 12 nations came together to form a European Union now known famously as the League of Nations. Read here as to the original constitution, organization and procedures that formed this union.
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Northwestern Univ.: Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse
Nice collection of several hundred Russian poems, reaching back into the eighteenth century and moving forward from there. Read or listen to selections in Russian or English by searching by poem or poet. You'll also find biographical...
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Northwestern University: Collection of East African Photographs: 1860 1960
View a sample of a vast collection of photographs taken in East Africa between 1860 and 1960 that is a great resource for documenting all aspects of African life.
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The Annenberg Washington Program
Founded in 1983 by Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, this non-profit group (the Annenberg Washington Program), serves as a watchdog for communication related issues.
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Block Museum of Art: Anatomy of Gender (Early Anatomical Drawings)
Learn about the history of anatomical drawing as a means to sientific exploration of the body and in relation to gender issues, in this exhibit information from "Anatomy of Gender; Early Anatomical Drawings" at the Block Museum of art.
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Block Museum of Art: Imaging and Imagining Space
A collaboration on the topic of "rendering space" between an art theorist and an atronomer yield very interesting visual results that are presented in an exhibit at the Block Museum of Northwestern University.
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Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Second Industrial Revolution [Pdf]
A lengthy essay on the Second Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author looks at seven major aspects of technology that were affected by the revolution and makes...
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World War Ii: Posters
At this site view World War II through a history of posters printed at the time. You can search for posters by subject area.
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Northwestern University: Ct Stem Project: Computational Thinking: Lessons
Northwestern University frames lessons which bring computational thinking enhanced activities into STEM classrooms.
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Parametric Equation Arc Length [Pdf]
This site does a good job of clearly describing how we find the arc length of a parametric curve. The site works an example and gives the general formula for finding the arc length of a smooth parametric curve.
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Northwestern University: Measuring Plate Motions [Pdf]
This slideshow gives an advanced-level explanation of how to calculate the distance that tectonic plates move by using Physics formulas and concepts. Includes a discussion of marine magnetic anomalies and how these impact plate movement....
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Homicide in Chicago : 1919: The Race Riot
Find information about the race riots in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Read case details, causes of the riots, and photographs of the incidents.
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Northwestern University: Edward S. Curtis's the North American Indian
The Library of Congress presents over 2,000 prints from the work of the famed photographer,Edward S. Curtis, who recorded Native American dress, ceremonies, life, and culture representing over 80 tribes during the first half of the 20th...
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Northwestern University Library: League of Nations
This guide provides a wide range of information regarding the League of Nations. It begins with a brief description of the League, its principal organizations and committees, and types of league resources. It includes document...
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Joel Mokyr: The Industrial Revolution and the Netherlands
This Northwestern University article explores reasons why the Industrial Revolution did not occur until much later (than elsewhere in Western Europe) in the Netherlands. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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North Western University: Series [Pdf]
The definition of a series is provided in a PDF document. The document also details the geometric, telescoping and harmonic series, tests for divergence, and series rules.
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Di Humani Corporis Fabrica
A historically significant translation of the groundbreaking text on human anatomy that changed the study of anatomy forever.
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Northwestern: What Is a Decomposer?
This concise provides a brief definition of what a scavenger is and then profiles several scavengers (flies, wasps, and cockroaches).
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North Western: Taylor and Maclaurin Series Approximations [Pdf]
The site gives the Taylor and Maclaurin Series Approximation.
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Northwestern University: Block Museum of Art: Design in the Age of Darwin
Image gallery of utilitarian and decorative objects in the style of the arts and crafts and art deco movements, including pieces designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris, and Louis Sullivan.