ArchiveGrid and Camio

ArchiveGrid is new to me.

Searched for Setting Bull.  Interesting info, but nothing I didn't know except that there were such things as autograph cards in that era.

My second search was "iron range", the area in MN called that.  I found 191 items, including a letter requesting funds to defend miners arrested in a mine uprising in 1916.  I also followed a short history of the Iron Range by Macey to the Minnesota Historical Society where I searched their catalog and found even more.  This would be great for research requiring original sources, such as the History Day presentations done recently at SDSU.

I took a look at the contributor list and it's quite impressive.

CAMIO  is also new to me.

I jumped in before I read the lesson and searched for pieced quilts in Textiles. I found a postage stamp quilt that is made up of 69,649 pieces and took the quilter over 1000 hours to do.  She must have had really good eyes!

Paul Revere made beautiful silver work such as spoons, bowls, urns, salvers (which I had to look up to discover it was a tray) and at least a few engraved prints.

"Sioux" brought up a wide variety of items such as beaded items,  war clubs,  drawings, and books.  I actually thought there would be more than 63 items listed.

I searched for Van Gogh and found many beautiful paintings and drawings with some text that allowed me to place the painting in the time frame of his life.  It also gave me an idea of which museums/galleries might be worth visiting.

Even if I would like to visit all the museums that interest me, I know I never will.  This site can show the works, many times not the most famous of the creator, to be enjoyed and learned about.  Obviously students can cite these sources and use them in papers.  I even put one of the Van Gogh's as my wallpaper. (hope that's not illegal!)  The slideshow is pretty neat, too.  I picked a few of my favorite Van Goghs.  This would be useful for presentations.

All in all, two new resources to help us learn and assist patrons.