US Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1905-1971
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/steel/

Presented by the Indiana University Library Program and the Calumet Regional Archives, the US Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection provides access to more than 2,200 digital images documenting the creation of the world's largest steel mill during the height of America's industrial revolution.
(3 May 2002)

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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lhcbhtml/

This addition to American Memory Project contains 139 digitized texts of the Chesapeake region, including such cities as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Richmond. The site includes first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs for the period from European discovery to roughly 1925. It seems especially strong on illustrated works and traveller's descriptions. Women and minorities don't have voices.
(28 Jul 2001; updated 8 Aug 2002)

Link also listed under Richmond, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

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Virtual Greenbelt
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/

This site, assembled by the American Studies program at the University of Maryland-College Park, contains 656 images, some oral history, and a little historical background for Greenbelt, Maryland, a famous model for planned suburbs completed by the New Deal in 1937. There is a major focus on housing through a virtual tour of the Greenbelt Museum, one of the early homes, which displays a wonderful collection of mid-twentieth century household objects. Although the purpose is primarily pedagogical, there should still be a biblography, list of links, or indication of where to find community archives.
(28 Jul 2001)

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Boston: History of the Landfills

See Digital Archive of American Architecture
(28 Jul 2001)

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LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS

Lowell National Historical Park- Lowell History
http://www.nps.gov/lowe/loweweb/Lowell%20History/prologue.htm

A complete history of the mill town, its workers, industry and technology at the site of the National Historical Park. Much of the material is in Adobe, which I find a pain. Good links to other National Parks Service sites in the Boston area.
(28 Jul 2001)

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Minnesota Historical Society: Visual Resources Database
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/

This very rich database includes nearly 173,802 images (as of July 1, 2002), mostly photographs, including 32,000 of the Minneapolis area alone.
(28 Jul 2001; updated 8 Aug 2002)

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Charlottesville: A Brief Urban History
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/schwartz/cville/cville.history.html

This is part of a research project entitled "Charlottesville Urban Design and Affordable Housing" (see abstract at http://www.iath.virginia.edu/schwartz/ ) that was last updated in 1995. Contains several documented images and a bibliography.
(9 Feb 2005)

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OHIO (Entire state)

Ohio Memory: An Online Scrapbook of Ohio History
http://www.ohiomemory.org/index.html

This site contains photographs and documents on the history of Ohio, drawn from more than 4,700 collections within more than 330 institutions, including over 26,000 digital images with detailed bibliographic information. Unfortunately the search function is pretty dysfunctional.
(9 Feb 2004; updated 27 Mar 2004)

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AKRON, OHIO

Akron Women's History
http://www3.uakron.edu/schlcomm/womenshistory

Students at The University of Akron, under the leadership of Kathleen L. Endres, construct and maintain this new website that "explores the roles women have played in the city's development." Through personal biographies and photographs, the site examines women who have contributed to the Akron community, from the antebellum period to the present. Endres states that the site is based on "primary source material and information" that "cannot be found from any other source (H-Urban: 27 March 2003)," but only the graphic material is broadly identified. The ambitious project contains a Kid's Page with puzzles, games, and a virtual Women's Hall of Fame aimed at engaging the young on the women of Akron who "have played in the history of the city, the county and the region." The content is light on this developing site, but it promises to fill a cyber void in urban history.
(18 April 2003)

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The Cleveland Memory Project
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/

A site at Cleveland State University with e-books, lots of photos, and virtual exhibits.
(9 Feb 2004)

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
http://ech.cwru.edu/

A unique and valuable research tool, including images based on the print volumes edited by David van Tassel.
(28 Jul 2001)

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Columbus INFObase
http://www.columbusinfobase.org/

Produced by the Planning Division of the City of Columbus, Ohio, USA, this detailed database of planning projects and related materials has considerable online documentation. Much of the material is contemporary, but there is a map section showing developmental growth from 1950 through 2000.
(21 Aug 2003)

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