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Just came across this website that has numerous primary source documents from the period of Columbus to the first settlements.http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/index.htm
Try the Library of Congress as well. They have a wealth of original documents digitized and they add to their collection online all the time. It is one the few places where I feel my tax money is well-spent.
Try the Library of Congress as well.
I could never figure out how to use that. So how do I/can I read this book online?http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&BBID=7283938&v3=1
According to the record it is not digitized and you have to physically go to the LOC to see the book. This is the key part:
Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms
According to Google the book was published by the Rhode Island Historical Society, you might try contacting them to see if they have a copy you could look at. You live in RI don't you?
Thanks, scout. I noticed that Request in thing, but thought I was missing something. I guess the LOC doesn't have a huge digital selection?
They have a fairly extensive digital collection but it is mainly documents like letters and stuff. They have a huge collection of photos digitized. I know they have something like 600-700 Civil War Pictures digitized. I also know that Google has been trying to get the LOC to let them digitize a lot of their collection but so far Google has had no luck. I certainly hope they are eventually able to. The LOC has books that literally nobody else in the world has.
Try the Library of Congress as well.
I could never figure out how to use that. So how do I/can I read this book online?http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&BBID=7283938&v3=1
Why don't you just read it through Google Books?http://books.google.com/books?id=KdcTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=Indian+slaves+of+King+Philip%27s+war&ei=QiuxSoDbDqTwMsrJifgD&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Indian%20slaves%20of%20King%20Philip%27s%20war&f=false
Because on Google books it is just a catalog entry or snippet view. Google probably does not have permission from the copyright holder to show the whole thing. I found that same entry earlier today, at least it points to the Rhode Island Historical Society as being a holder of the book.
If you look at the LOC listing, you'll see that it lists the pages as being from 234-238. And I also saw that snippet view on Google Books, but there was also another listing for the book that gave the full view. That's the link I pasted in my previous message. If you go to the link in Google Books, you'll see that the pages are 234-238, so it must be the same book. Also, books published before 1922 are in the public domain, and these one's were talking about were published in the 1890s.
Why don't you just read it through Google Books?
I could, but I just wanted to try and figure out how to navigate LOC
Why don't you just read it through Google Books?
I could, but I just wanted to try and figure out how to navigate LOC
;DOh, I see. I didn't think that the LOC was really the place to go for digital texts. They've got many images on the site, though, as you probably already know.
The LOC has a growing digital collection but they are focused on perserving and making digitally available rare items and photographs. they have a description of their holdings here: Digital Services Home This their general description of what they provide.
The Library of Congress has made digitized versions of collection materials available online since 1994, concentrating on its most rare collections and those unavailable anywhere else. The following services are your gateway to a growing treasury of digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, and books, as well as “born digital” materials such as Web sites. In addition, the Library maintains and promotes the use of digital library standards and provides online research and reference services.
