Smithsonian Collections Online

Smithsonian Collections Online

What is it? Gives researchers access to primary source documents about landmark exhibits from 1840 to 1923. With content types ranging from organizational and administrative records to postcards to Books of the Fairs and watercolors from the exhibitions, this archive captures the spirit, technology, design, and innovations that influenced the modern world. Includes the following archive: World's Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow.

Why use it? To learn about innovations in U.S. history in the 19th and 20th century.

Coverage: 1840-1923

Access: Available on networked computers on the MSU campus in Bozeman and via the proxy server. Unlimited number of simultaneous users.

Vendor: Gale

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Subjects: History

Linked Data Topics:

Database

History

Primary source

Related Databases:

American West

North American Indian Thought and Culture

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) Archive

European Views of the Americas

HathiTrust

Total interactions: 1900

Rank: 195 out of 309 databases

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 (based on 1900 out of 2150205 total interactions with all of our databases)

Last updated: 2023-11-28 10:11:34

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