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DATABASES - GLOBAL
- AATA Online
http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/
- This Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA) site "is a comprehensive database of 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage," offered as a free service by the J. Paul Getty Trust. Free registration is recommended for use of the site, but not essential (9 Feb 2004; 17 Nov 2004)
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ADHEMAR, Base de données du Groupe de recherche sur Montréal.
Propriété, bâti et population à Montréal, 1642-1805
http://cca.qc.ca/adhemar
- This site called "ADHEMAR" gives access to an important database that was built by the former Montréal Research Group at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. This Group conducted a systematic social history of the built environment in Montreal from the town's foundation in 1642 through the early years of the 19th century. Through the powerful search engine, one can obtain all the information pertaining to grounds, buildings or persons for a selected year or a whole period. The database covers Montreal in the 17th and 18th centuries, an area now known as the historic district of Old Montreal (see also the Old Montreal site at http://vieux.montreal.qc.ca/eng/accueila.htm for more historical data). Although the site is mostly in French, there is a description of the project underlying the database. [Michèle Dagenais, département d'histoire,
Université de Montréal, submitted this site and its review].
(30 Aug 2001; 23 Jul 2002)
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Archives de Montreal
http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/archives.htm
- The Montreal City Archives of Quebec, Canada, is a well-presented site with numerous photos. Organized with an index, the site gives access through a general finding aid to city and municipal service records as well as to the different series of civic records in the private archives held by the Montreal City Archives. There is a library containing photos of Montreal and its municipal services, organized chronogically. Within this large site is a virtual museum exhibit on "Montreal, municipalité et métropole, 1920-1960" (http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/seriez/index.htm), which contains 301 digitized photos of Montreal seen through its buildings, sites, municipal services, and important figures.
(30 Aug 2001; updated 7 Aug 2002)
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Bibliotheque nationale de Quebec
http://www.bnquebec.ca/
- This massive website includes many archives within its well designed pages that give in-depth information on urban structures and events from the 1500s through to the present in Canada, with more to come. Most pages are in French. Two archives within this government site of particular interest to urban historians are:
Albums de rues E.-Z. Massicotte
http://www.bnquebec.ca/massic/accueil.htm
This is a collection of 6000 illustrations (drawings, postcards, photos) of Montreal from 1870 to 1920. As the introduction of the site explains it, E.Z. Massicotte was a journalist and a local historian that built an impressive collection of illustrations and documents on many aspects (social, political, cultural) of the history of Montreal.
Cartes
Geographiques
http://www.bnquebec.ca/cargeo/accueil.htm
Full color maps and plans that illustrate a part of Canada (with an emphasis on Quebec) from 1556 to 1993 by municipality, date, or creator. A map of railroads in 1851 Montreal is one example of the well-rendered Internet images found in this section of the Quebec archive. Also found within this database are 37 Montreal maps and plans (1758-1945).
(30 Aug 2001; updated 7 Aug 2002)
- Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet: Municipal, County, and Community Archives
http://www.usask.ca/archives/car/municmenu.html
- Mostly information about hours, holdings, etc. created and maintained by Cheryl Avery, University of Saskatchewan Archives and Steve Billinton, Archives of Ontario.
(9 Feb 2004)
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Planned Communities / New Towns (George Mason University)
http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/plancomm.html
- This site contains very useful links to about twenty planned communities (some not really new towns in the classic sense), mostly in the U.S., but including places in Japan, Singapore and Finland. There is a brief history of the New Towns movement. It is especially valuable for images and a finding aid to a remarkably complete archive for Reston, Virginia, planned in the 1960s. The physical archives for this site are maintained by the George Mason University Fenwick Library at Fairfax, Virginia and sponsored by the Planned Community Archives, Inc. Unfortunately there is no information on authorship, date created or planned updates of the site. (Gina Dreistadt provided sponsor information.)
(1 Oct 2001)
- Statistics
Canada
http://www.statcan.ca
- This site has basic demographic data on Canada.
(29 Jul 2001)
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UNESCO Archives Portal
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/index.shtml
- UNESCO has created this extraordinary site which has links to archives and other collections of primary sources all over the world. In addition to NGO, national and regional (or state) archives, it has links to 771 municipal archives in Europe, 297 in the U.S. and Canada, 45 in Asia/Oceania and 41 in Latin America. At the moment there is an interesting presentation "Evidence! Europe Reflected in Archives" at http://www.euarchives.org/ with short, illustrated urban histories from the archives of Bergen, Bologna, Cracow, Helsinki, Prague, Reykjavik, and Santiago de Compostela.
(7 Aug 2002)
UNESCO Municipal Archives: Europe
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Municipal_Archives/Europe/index.shtml
Links to 771 municipal archives.
UNESCO Municipal Archives: Northern America
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Municipal_Archives/Northern_America/index.shtml
297 municipal archives in the U.S. and Canada.
UNESCO Municipal Archives: Asia Pacific
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Municipal_Archives/Asia_Pacific/index.shtml
Links to 43 municipal archives in China, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
UNESCO Municipal Archives: Latin America
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Municipal_Archives/Latin_America/index.shtml
Links to 45 municipal archives in 8 countries.
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UNESCO: Memory of the World Register
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/register/index.html
- The Memory of the World Register by the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) lists documentary heritage which has been identified by UNESCO as meeting the selection criteria for world significance. The extensive links to global archives that identify the location of major documentary repositories complement the information provided on the World Heritage Cities web pages (http://www.ovpm.org/main.asp).
(7 Aug 2002)
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UNESCO: Organization of World Heritage Cities
http://www.ovpm.org/main.asp
- This is UNESCO's listing of significant cities and towns (currently 199) on the World Heritage List. There are short descriptions, photos and links for each.
(7 Aug 2002)
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DATABASES - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
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The Bronx on the Web
http://www.nypl.org/branch/bronx/index.cfm
- Hosted by the New York Public Library, this site "a compilation of documents and links relating to Bronx history," including photographs.
(28 May 2004)
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California Air Quality Data
http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/aqd.htm
- This extensive database is developed by and maintained by the California EPA through its California Air Resources Board (ARB). The database contains information on major pollutants for every county in California, many dating back to 1980. Updated frequently, there are maps, tables and graphs that highlight complex data, including hourly reports, in various file formats. Much of the site is interactive and easy to access and manipulate.
(28 Jul 2001)
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The California Heritage Collection
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/
- This site accesses 30,000 downloadable images and other archival materials, including material on San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities. Access is fast and easy.
(28 Jul 2001; updated 8 Aug 2002)
- "Census 2000 Segregation Data"
- See The Lewis Mumford
Center.
(17 Nov 2001)
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Demographic Trends in the 20th Century
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf
- Published November 2002, Frank Hobbs and Nicole Stoops assembled this 222-page Census Bureau special report
(including graphs, maps and tables) based on the 2000 Census. It is in PDF (3.4 MB) format.
(15 Feb 2003)
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Digital Archive of American Architecture
http://www.bc.edu./bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/
- Archive of over 1,500 sorted and searchable indentified images of American architecture originally begun by Jeffrey Lowe of Boston College to supplement one of his courses. Most images in color and available for educational use.
Boston: History of the Landfills
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/bibliog_bos.html
The odd title notwithstanding, this is a lavishly illustrated site on Boston architecture with an excellent bibliography.
(26 June 2003)
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Digital Archive of the Archival Research Center
http://www.usc.edu/arc/digarchives/
- The DIGITAL ARCHIVE of the Archival Research Center of the University of Southern California, in partnership with related archives, provides access to over 8,000 photographs, maps, manuscripts, dissertations, records, texts, and sound recordings related to Southern California, especially Los Angeles. The site includes more than 1,100 photographs and maps of Los Angeles from the Automobile Club of Southern California Digital Archive; over 1,000 artifacts from Chinese settlement in Southern California; the entire digitized run (1855 to1859) of 233 issues of the El Clamor Publico, then considered Los Angeles' main Spanish-language newspaper; over 200 photographs on Japanese American relocation during World War II; over 1,900 photographs, oral histories, and 13,000 pages of documents on the Korean American experience; and 345 maps from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Land Use survey of Los Angeles conducted from 1933 through 1939.
(30 Jul 2002)
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HABS/HAER
http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/
- National Park Service website devoted to the Historical America Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER). Databased information that is accessible online is provided through the Library of Congress and its "American Memory" website (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/).
(25 Aug 2002)
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"Hispanic Population and Residential Segregation"
- See The Lewis Mumford Center.
(31 Jul 2002)
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The Lewis Mumford Center
http://www.albany.edu/mumford/
- The website showcases The Lewis Mumford Center urban projects. The Center was created in 1988 "to carry out urban research both comparative and historical in scope, the Center honors the tradition of interdisciplinary scholarship established by Lewis Mumford (1895-1990). Under the leadership of Director John Logan, the Center currently focuses on four key initiatives: 1) Global Neighborhoods, 2) the Urban Historical Initiative, 3) the China Urban Research Network; and 4) the Hudson-Mohawk Regional Workshop. Each of these projects examines the impact of global changes on the U.S. metropolis and civil society, probes the 19th and early 20th Century roots of present-day cities and suburbs, and addresses urban change in other parts of the world, mostly notably China." Exhibits currently available online include the following links.
(17 Nov 2001; updated 31 Jul 2002)
"Census 2000 Segregation Data"
http://www.albany.edu/mumford/census
The Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research at the University at Albany, New York has developed a web site that provides analyses of the changing racial/ethnic composition of metropolitan areas between 1990 and 2000, and the levels of residential segregation in both years. The complete coverage of metropolitan areas in the U.S., with the city and suburban portions separately, have been analyzed by a team of researchers at the center. The researchers conclude that "In those metro areas where most African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians live, our conclusion is that there has been no net change in segregation levels." Since March, 2001, the 1990 figures have been revised, with all indices recalculated to match the 2000 county and central city components of metropolitan areas.
(28 Jul 2001)
"Hispanic Population and Residential Segregation"
http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/HispanicPop/HspPopData.htm
Data and reports based on the 1990 and 2000 cesuses.
(31 Jul 2002)
Update
Announcement (H-Urban: 29 Oct 2001)
More information on The Lewis Mumford Center, see the on website contents.
(30 Oct 2001)
- MapStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/
- A gateway compiled by HUD (see FedStats website at http://www.fedstats.gov) with Census Bureau Data of mainly contemporary statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies, including information on income, poverty, housing, crime, education, retail sales and many other state, city, metropolitan area and county data. It is linked to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development/Office of Policy Development & Research (HUD/PD&R) State of the Cities Data System to provide current and historical federal-wide information on cities, suburbs and metropolitan areas. Searches by zip code and thematic mapping are useful features.
(9 Feb 2004)
- MuseumStuff.com
http://www.museumstuff.com/
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The California-based marketing firm of Discovery Media has collected an impressive amount of useful information on museums and archives within the United States that can be sorted by the general categories of "Art + Design", "History + Culture", and "Science + Tech", or searched by custom topics (like early agriculture, looted treasure, and automobile history) for each state. The site "includes links to museum websites and virtual exhibits, educational and entertaining games and activities, and extensive learning resources concerning topics typically promoted through art, science and history museums." Though primarily designed for public use, the site also contains a Professional's Zone that "is a vertical portal for the museum and non-profit industry in general," covering many pertinent issues like environment control, insurance, and exhibit preparation.
(28 May 2004)
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National Archives, Electronic Access Project
http://www.archives.gov
- The best way into the U.S. government’s data bases, including census, economics, health criminal justice, local government structure and government spending. Unfortunately little historical data is included. The following set of data is very valuable.
(28 Jul 2001; updated 7 Aug 2002)
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html
A compendium of the basic data by Campbell J. Gibson and Emily Lennon of the U.S.. Census Bureau.
(28 Jul 2001)
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The Shifting Pattern of Black Migration From and Into the Nonmetropolitan South, 1965-95
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http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/rdrr93/ [PDF]
Recently published by the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the US Department of Agriculture, this report focuses on the migration of African Americans between the nonmetropolitan South and the rest of the Nation, along with education and poverty trends from 1965-1970 through 1990-1995. According to the report, since 1970, there has been a reversal of the lasting trend of Black migration loss from the South. Black migration to Northern or Western states has dramatically declined, while a simultaneous increase in the rate of movement of southern metro African Americans into the nonmetro South has occurred, particularly during the 1990's. Created by Glenn Fuguitt, John Fulton, and Calvin Beale, this 21-page report can be viewed chapter-by-chapter or in its entirety using Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF).
(3 May 2002)
Statistical Abstracts: Historical Statistics of the United States
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/index.htm- A project of the U.S. Census Bureau to make statistical abstracts from Colonial
times to the present available online. Full-text .PDF files can be downloaded for viewing or saving, but due to large file sizes, the process may be slow.
(9 Feb 2005)
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Basic Urban References