~ Early Web Links ~

Mark Stoneman is a PhD historian, editor, and German-to-English translator whose blog covers military history, German history, and pointed political commentary rooted in deep historical perspective. Posts range from reflections on WWI and WWII scholarship to sharp critiques of contemporary U.S. politics, all filtered through the lens of a working academic historian.

The Food Timeline is an exhaustive culinary history reference created by Lynne Olver and now maintained through Virginia Tech University Libraries, tracing the origins and evolution of foods from ancient Rome to modern times. With over 2,300 books in its library collection and thousands of meticulously researched entries, it answers questions like who invented the potato chip and what pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail.

The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism (DNCJ) is a collaborative scholarly reference project uniting researchers from Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, the United States, and Belgium to document the full landscape of Victorian-era press and journalism. Covering individual journalists, editors, proprietors, printers, illustrators, publishers, and periodical titles in a single alphabetical sequence, it serves as a comprehensive reference for anyone studying 19th-century media culture.

The Victorian Web is a comprehensive scholarly resource dedicated to all aspects of the Victorian era, covering social history, political history, economics, philosophy, science, literature, visual arts, and more. Running since 1994, it links academic scholarship with teaching and learning, making it one of the oldest and most authoritative online references for Victorian studies.

The Freedom Archives is a San Francisco-based organization preserving over 12,000 hours of audio, video, and print materials documenting progressive movements for liberation and social justice from the late 1960s through the mid-1990s. Visitors can search digitized collections covering COINTELPRO, anti-imperialist activism, prisoner rights, Bay Area history, and international resistance movements, making it a remarkable resource for researchers and activists alike.

HyperHistory is an ambitious online reference navigating 3,000 years of world history through interactive timelines, maps, and synchronized chronologies of civilizations, people, and events. Covering everything from ancient cultures and the Middle Ages to modern figures like Einstein, it serves as a rich educational tool for students, researchers, and history enthusiasts alike.

Local History Online is a comprehensive hub for anyone interested in the history of their local area, offering books, news, event calendars, course listings, and links to local history societies across the UK. The site also supports the print publication 'Local History Magazine' and provides resources for beginners looking to get started with local historical research.

ORBIS is an interactive geospatial network model of the ancient Roman world, built by Stanford scholars Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks, allowing users to calculate travel routes across the Roman Empire by road, river, and sea. Visitors can explore travel times, costs, and distances between hundreds of Roman sites using historically grounded transportation modes, making it an extraordinary research tool for historians and classical scholars.

cmccabe's research page on tilde.town dives deep into the history and future of public access Unix systems, tracing their roots as social spaces long before the modern internet. The piece explores how communities like SDF.org and tilde.town carry on a tradition of shared Unix environments that blend technology with community-building.

ArmourInArt.com is a searchable database of over 650 images documenting medieval armour as depicted in European art from 1100 to 1450, spanning frescos, altarpieces, stained glass, reliefs, mosaics, manuscript miniatures, and effigies. Researchers and history enthusiasts can browse by date, country, and medium, making it an invaluable reference for studying the evolution of medieval military equipment through contemporary artistic sources.