Useful Research Links and Sources

 Useful Research Links:  Updated on occasion - please check back!


General Information

https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/worlds-of-change

https://www.davidrumsey.com/


New England

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/archivessearch/revolutionarysearch.aspx


Maine

https://digitalmaine.com/arc_img/

https://www.mainehistory.org/research-collections/explore-the-collections/

https://www.vintagemaineimages.com/


Rhode Island

https://rihistoriccemeteries.org/Default.aspx

https://www.rihs.org/

https://archive.org/details/historyofprovide02bayl/mode/2up


Native American Research Resources

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_to_the_Governor_and_Council_Conce/LBITAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=earle+report+massachusetts&printsec=frontcover

https://americanantiquarian.org/reclaimingheritage/

https://nativenortheastportal.com/

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210024752733&seq=1

https://native-land.ca/

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067486688&view=1up&seq=11

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102347799/Home


Early Photography and Fashion

https://archive.org/details/dressedforphotog0000seve/mode/2up?view=theater

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1870-1879/







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