There are significant online resources to help scholars and the public locate and use video and audio recordings of broadcasts, and we are seeing some great advances in this area. One of those involves the Internet Archive, a source of web-based content since the late 1990s. Beginning with printed matter and websites, the aggregator and…
Month: July 2013
Duck and Cover: Remembering the Days of Fallout Shelters, Conelrad, and Sputnik in Harford County
I recently talked about the history of Civil Defense in Harford County for the library system there. The program examined homeland security from World War II to the time when planning for survival of an all-out nuclear attack started fading into the past. Opening with an examination of World War II era blackout drills, plane…
Online Historical Maps of Harford County
Over the past several years there has been an enormous increase in the number of historical maps that are available online. These digital collections are a great aid for those of us seeking to understand the past, whether it is for a scholarly investigation, local history study, or genealogy project. While the maps, many centuries…