Friday, September 3, 2010
ArchiveGrid
Working with some of the electronic resources with history and art is not my strong suit due to lack of time but it gets you interested when you find out what is all out there for the searching. Looking up Sitting Bull led me to info I knew but also some I did not and it was only a summary. If you want to go into more research the archivist is listed along with other subject matter related to him. I tried entering some our local history but found no results. But, finding Elizabeth Custer was great. In our South Dakota collection we have a copy of her book, "Boots and Saddles". We had a search request made last summer for this book. With ArchiveGrid I found out she wrote two other books about her prairie life and defended her husband's reputation to the end. You never here about the negative reputation after the man dies but some must never forget.
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Thanks for your comments, Deb. ArchiveGrid contains information about collections from thousands of libraries, museums, and institutes. The ones closest to us are in Minnesota. Maybe in the future, a South Dakota institution will be included. You made some interesting finds about Mrs. Custer! Thanks for giving this one a try.
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