English Companion Ning Group

Vast but useful directory with descriptions of all web 2.0 applications

These life histories were compiled by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations. Pseudonyms are often substituted for individuals and places named in the narrative texts.

An abolutely wonderful site with great essays about major figures written BY other key figures (e.g., Bill Gates writing about the importance of the Wright Brothers)

Out of the stacks and vaults of the National Archives comes this selection of eyewitness accounts. They are vivid and intensely personal, transporting us to a deeper understanding of the events described.

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