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The Kennan Institute and National Public Radio in the USA has established an online audio archive of Soviet and Russian history. "The archive consists of recordings dating back to the earliest years of the Soviet state. Included are the voices and speeches of key political figures, including Lenin, Kerensky, Kirov, Beria, Stalin, Gorbachev, and others. Among the recorded interviews are Anna Larina (Bukharin's widow); Valentin Berezhkov, Stalin's wartime interpreter; Yelena Bonner, Sakharov's widow; and Lev Pevsner, a survivor of the Leningrad Blockade. There is also on-the-scene recorded sound of many events in Soviet history, including: the Russian and American armies meeting at the Elbe; Stalin's funeral; the August 1991 coup against Gorbachev. [...] The material comes from Soviet and Russian sources, the NPR archives, the archives of the BBC, and individual donors. Some of the material is in Russian, some in English. "

Contains many useful tools and services for history teachers. There are online experts for tutoring and some good-quality sources. Looks like it's going to get even better. Some of the sites there look brilliant.

Wreaths of red Flanders poppies are traditionally placed at memorials on ANZAC Day. On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. It commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The date, 25 April, was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916.

Very useful information on Anzac Day

This website helped me a lot with some of my research into Anzac Day and things regarding the Anzac Spirit, Anzac Legend, The Commemoration and other things.

Writings by Ellis Ashmead Bartlet - war correspondent very helpful

This is a very good source as it is about historians and reporters of what they witnessed in the War and what the remember. This website is also good if you wanting to refer to journal entries by people.

I used some information in this website as one of my sources about the war historians as it had some very good quotes of what Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett had said.

A guide to teaching some of the seminal images of American history. 

The Harvard-Yenching Library holds some 5,000 photographs and 10,000 negatives taken by Hedda Hammer Morrison (1908-1991) while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946. The photographs, mounted in thematic albums prepared by Mrs. Morrison, and the negatives, were bequeathed to the Harvard-Yenching Library, "the best permanent home for her vision of a city and people that she loved [Alastair Morrison]."

"The Germany Under Reconstruction digital collection [at the University of Wisconsin, Madison,] provides a varied selection of publications in both English and German from the period immediately following World War II. Many are publications of the U.S. occupying forces, including reports and descriptions of efforts to introduce U.S.-style democracy to Germany. Some of the other books and documents describe conditions in a country devastated by years of war, efforts at political, economic and cultural development, and the differing perspectives coming from the U.S. and British zones and the Russian zone of occupation. At the same time, the Germans themselves and the occupying forces look back at the National Socialist period and try to come to terms with what had happened."

* Lawrence Royal & Cabinet Collections The Lawrence Collection consists of 40,000 glass plate negatives from 1870-1914. The images were produced commercially and capture topographical scenes of that period throughout Ireland. The entire Lawrence Royal collection (10,784 plates) and part of the Lawrence Cabinet collection (2,040 plates) are available here to view online. * Poole Whole Plate Collection The Poole collection comprises 65,000 glass plate negatives and was created by the family firm of A.H. Poole in Waterford between 1884-1954. The majority of images in the collection are studio portraits but the Poole Whole Plate subset which consists of 5,119 images, reflects the diversity of the collection with studio portraits, social and political events and also images of architecture and industry in the south east of Ireland. * Independent H Collection The Independent Newspaper collection of some 300,000 images, is made up of glass plates, plastic negatives and a small number of prints. The Independent H collection is a subset of the collection and contains 3,250 glass plates negatives dating from 1912-1936. It provides a record of many aspects of 20th century Irish life, and is particularly strong in the coverage of politics and sport in Ireland.

Welcome to the Web site for A Student's Online Guide to History Reference Sources. Adapted from the appendixes in A Student's Guide to History, Eleventh Edition, this site guides you to some of the best tools available for the most common research areas.

The NHEC has some excellent resources for history teachers. 

This website is really good, if you are looking for information on the Gallipoli landing and the affects of the war :)

Has some good information about the representation of the landing and legend, Great Website.

An overview by Robert Lewis The year 2004 marks the 90th anniversary of the onset of the First World War. Australias support of Great Britain as the Mother Country meant that this country was also at war. The information that follows examines the impact this conflict had on the fledgling Australian nation.

This is a really good website that talks about why we commemorate ANZAC day.

This website was great for information on the commemoration of Anzac Day and why it is significant.

This website offered good information about ANZAC day

I had a lot of trouble understanding the ANZAC Legend and this website really helped me. It has lots of great information and it has other sections on the website about the Gallipoli Landing and the Campaign.

This web page was really helpful and gave really good but easy to understand information about ANZAC and WW1. I thought it was a really great resource to use.

this website helped a lot with plenty of information on the Gallipoli Campaign, and what the Anzac Legend was and the characteristics involved

This has some good quotes that you can put in your speech to hook you audience. It also has some quotes that can work as sources.

this has some really great ideas and concepts, it is also fantastic for some short direct quotes. Holly

this is a great PDF document by Cambridge University. it helped me a lot with effects of the war on soldiers and there were some great quotes on what the Anzac Legend means. this also helped with my question about the motivations behind Australians involvement in Gallipoli. enjoy!

This website was one of my main research tools, it contains causes, effect and some very useful quotes for sources

This PDF was very helpful to me in forming my main argument.

"Charge of the rewrite brigade" NOTE: Bold highlighting has been added The Gallipoli campaign may never be viewed in the same light if some war scholars have their way. Jonathan King reports Just six months after the death of the last Anzac, Alec Campbell, a group of academics has called for a revision of the Gallipoli story.

The Spirit of ANZAC was suggested by official war historian C.E.W. Bean to have 'stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat.' The Spirit was epitomised in the deeds of Simpson with his donkey at Gallipoli - comradeship, courage and sacrifice: others before self.

All about the creation of the Anzac Spirit. Great for first and last questions.

This website was good as it gave a great explanation and helped me understand the spirit of the ANZAC's quite well.