Both of these collections will debut in 2008.
+ Contagion: Historical Views of Contagious Disease (tentative title)
This resource will contain digitized manuscripts, rare books, and photographs that document significant epidemics, such as malaria, cholera, and the Spanish influenza of 1918. Available in 2008.
+ Islamic Heritage Project
Through the Islamic Heritage Project, Harvard will digitize historically significant Islamic materials and make the resulting images—including imaged texts of the classics of the Islamic tradition—available on the Internet. Available in 2008.
See Also: Two Collections from HOC are already online
This collection explores women’s roles in the US economy between 1800 and the Great Depression. Working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues are all well documented by original source material.
B) Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
Books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and other historical materials that document voluntary immigration to the United States from the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 to the Great Depression.
Source: Harvard Open Collections Program
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