At Purdue University, the George Palmer Putnam Collection is the world’s largest collection of Amelia Earhart papers, photos, memorabilia and artifacts. Several resources from the collection are available online.

1) Searchable Digital Library (Images, cards, ephemera, newspaper articles, etc.), over 2200 entries

2) Biographical Sketch

3) Map of Second World Flight Attempt, 1937

4) Medals
Note: Some medals require Quicktime to view them.

5) Timeline

6) Learn About the Collection

7) Collection of Web Resources about Amelia Earhart

Select Bibliography

9) Bibliography for Children

10) Amelia Earhart at Purdue (Digitized Materials, Over 400 entries)

Source: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Nelson Mandela plans to open his personal archives to create a new memoir that will reveal how he preserved his values during the fight against apartheid in South Africa.

British, European and international publishing deals for the memoir by the former South African president were announced Wednesday at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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The [Nelson Mandela F]oundation holds an archive of
diaries, notebooks and calendar jottings that include Mandela’s speeches and musings during his time as an activist, his time in prison on Robben Island and his time in office.

Source: CBC

+ Access the Nelson Mandela Foundation Web Site
+ Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
+ Mandela Materials (Speeches, lectures, etc.) Database
+ South African Histories
+ Nelson Mandela Bibliography (Searchable)
+ Nelson Mandela Filmography (Searchable)
+ Nelson Mandela Timeline

This list [it's also searchable] shows a breakdown of where the Treasury Department, authorized by Congress, has directed taxpayer money in the ongoing bailout of the financial system. It accounts for both the broader $700 billion bill and the separate bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to which Treasury has set a limit of $400 billion.

This is a list of companies that have been allocated funds.

Go here to see a complete list of Treasury’s programs – including those for which no recipient data is available.

Access the Bailout Recipients List

See Also: Refunded Bailout Money List

See Also: Dividends and Interest Paid on Bailout Investments List

See Also: Snapshot: Performance by Mortgage Servicers

See Also: Bailout Timeline (Latest Entry September 25, 2009)

Source: Pro Publica

Now, we’ve just learned that Gale/Cengage is offering at GaleSchools.com several free items to celebrate HHM.

The page of free resources is accessible here and includes:

+ Read biographies of significant Hispanic individuals

+ Take a Hispanic culture quiz

+ Follow a timeline of events that helped shape the Hispanic culture

+ Explore Hispanic holidays, musical genres and other topics with information culled from Gale resources

+ Visit other pertinent sites and find suggestions for further readings

Source: Gale/Cengate (via E-Mail)

NewsBank, inc., announced today the launch of NewsInHistory.com, a subscription service providing easy access to fully-searchable historical U.S. newspapers published from 1800-2000.

Featuring thousands of newspapers from all 50 states, including new content added monthly, NewsInHistory.com provides an exceptional record of the topics, people, issues and events that shaped America’s past.

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NewsInHistory.com offers cover-to-cover reproductions of thousands of historical newspapers and millions of articles that capture the civic, political, social and cultural events of American life. This new resource will appeal to a broad spectrum of users, from the serious scholarly researcher to the casual user interested in learning more about the nation’s past.

Access NewsinHistory

Learn More About Subscribing to the Database

Source: NewsBank

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has launched a new web site feature designed to help the public keep track of major regulatory developments that occur as the U.S. government works to reform the nation’s financial system in the wake of the financial crisis.

The “Reforming the Nation’s Financial System: A Timeline” site tracks Congressional and regulatory agency hearings and testimonies, as well as key statements by House and Senate committee members. The timeline begins with March 19, 2009, when the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs held its first hearing on “Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation.” The site can be accessed on the St. Louis Fed’s web site at http://www.stlouisfed.org/regtimeline/.

The regulatory reform timeline can be viewed and printed out in PDF format, and visitors can also choose to sign up to receive e-mail alerts whenever the site is updated. A “What’s Next” section lists the dates of upcoming hearings and testimonies.

See Also: The Financial Crisis: A Timeline of Events and Policy Actions

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Resource of the Week: The Internet at 40
Source: Open University (UK)

2009 is the 40th anniversary of the first computer network – the precursor of the internet – and the 20th anniversary of the brilliant idea that led to the creation of the world wide web. What exactly is the internet, and how does it differ from the world wide web? Who were its pioneers, and what technological surprises has it sprung? This album opens with a specially recorded interview with John Naughton, Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and author of ‘A brief history of the future – the origins of the internet’. He explores some of the key moments in the short but spectacular history of an extraordinary phenomenon, the people who made them happen, and some of the problems that have emerged. The album also features archive interviews with Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, Donald Davies and other pioneers of the internet age, recorded in the late 1990s. The album is completed by a newly recorded interview with Rodney Harrison, lecturer in Heritage Studies at the Open University, in which he talks about his research into Second Life: Cyber-Archaeologies, Heritage and Virtual Communities. The interviews are presented by radio journalist Penny Boreham.

Direct to Timeline

Source: Energy Information Administration

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) today announced the release of its 2009 counterterrorism calendar. The calendar, popular with a broad spectrum of federal, state, and local first responders; homeland security professionals; policy makers; and counterterrorism experts, is now available via NCTC’s website at www.nctc.gov as both a downloadable PDF and a multimedia website.

NCTC has published a “daily planner” print version of its counterterrorism calendar since 2005. This year’s print calendar contains 160 pages of information on known terrorist groups, individual terrorists, and technical information on topics such as biological and chemical threats and explosives. The 2009 edition contains more counterterrorism information than any previous edition, as well as the most comprehensive index to date, making it easier for law enforcement and first responders to find the information they need about everything from Anthrax to VBEIDs (Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices).

The online version of the calendar provides the public with user-friendly access to the same information, with the addition of locator maps, photographs, and lists of helpful links specific to each threat area. Special features of the site include an interactive counterterrorism timeline which allows users to explore key dates, including the anniversaries of terrorism-related incidents dating as far back as 1950, and a new interactive map feature that allows users to mouse-over terrorist group names and see their corresponding location(s).

+ Online calendar
+ Printable calendar (PDF; 62.9 MB)

Source: National Counterterrorism Center

Hat tip: PW

With the flurry of recent government bailouts, we decided to try to put them in perspective. The circles below represent the size of U.S. government bailout, calculated in 2008 dollars. They are also in chronological order. Our chart focuses on U.S. government bailouts of U.S. corporations (and one city). We have not included instances where the U.S. government aided other nations.

See also: What Happens After a U.S. Gov’t Bailout?

Source: ProPublica

Hat tip: PW

See also: Slate — An interactive guide to the bailout billions

This interactive timeline features some of the significant institutional and legislative milestones important to both House practice and procedure, as well as U.S. history itself.

Source: Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

See Also: Links to All FRD Country Profiles

See Also: Links to All FRD Country Profiles

…presents over 100 books and pamphlets on experiences of African and African-American slaves in American colonies and U.S. The documents, published between 1772 and 1889, include trial cases and proceedings, journals, and other documents of historical importance. A special presentation looks at the slave code for the District of Columbia.

Source: FREE and Library of Congress

The 2008 schedule of Conferences and Observances was released last month. The body of the document is organized by subject; the index at the end gives all the decades, years, days and weeks in chronological order.

Source: UN Pulse

+ Women’s Suffrage Granted, by Country

+ Landmark Supreme Court Cases in Women’s Rights

+ Notable Speeches by U.S. Women

Source: Infoplease.com

Presidents’ Day features papers, biographical information, and other resources for learning about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and other Presidents.

Source: U.S. Department of Education

++ DiplomacyMonitor
Primary Documents from Governments Around the World. Updated Continuously.
Pakistan Section.
From St. Thomas School of Law.

++ NewsNow
Aggregates nearly 31,000 News Sources (Global)
Key Specific Categories: Benazir Bhutto ||| Current Affairs ||| Pakistan
Pages Autorefresh every 5 minutes.

Timelines and Obits
++ Timeline: Key Events in the Life Benazir Bhutto (The Guardian)

++ Timeline: Pakistan’s Political Rivals (BBC)

++ Timeline: Recent Events in Pakistan (Reuters)

++ Factbox: Life of Benazir Bhutto (Reuters)

++ Obituary: Benazir Bhutto (The Telegraph)

++ Obituary: Benazir Bhutto (BBC)

++ New York Times Obituary

Pakistan Press
+ via Kidon Media Link
++++ Live Audio Stream via Dawn/Pakistan TV

Country
++ BBC Country Profile

++ CIA World Factbook

++ State Department (U.S.) Background Notes on Pakistan

++ Consular Info Sheet (U.S.; Includes Links to Embassy and Consulates

++ Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK): Pakistan File ||| FCO Travel Advice

Government
+ Pakistan Government
+ Pakistan Peoples Party
+ Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC

Other
+ Text Transcript: Remarks made by Benazir Bhutto to Voice of America Shortly Before Her Death

+ Text Transcript: President Musharraf’s brief address to nation on Mohtarma Benazir’s assassination

+ Remarks by UK PM Gordon Brown on Assassination

+ Remarks by U.S. President Bush on Assassination

+ A Conversation With Benazir Bhutto
Recorded on August 15, 2007, Council on Foreign Relations, NY, NY
Transcript along with audio and video are available.

+ Fmr. Pakistan P.M. Bhutto Speech on the Situation in Pakistan (via C-SPAN, uses RealPlayer)
Recoded on 9/25/2007 at Middle East Institute, Washington DC, 58 minutes.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1993-1996) spoke about events in Pakistan, the status of a power sharing agreement between opposition party members and President Musharaff, upcoming elections, and President Musharaff’s promise to step down as head of the Pakistani military prior to the elections. She also talked about recent disputes between the president and the courts and counter-terrorism policy.

+ Frederick Barton, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Senior Adviser (via C-SPAN, uses RealPlayer)
Recorded on October 19, 2007.

Frederick Barton, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Senior Adviser talks about the situation in Pakistan surrounding Former Prime Minister Bhutto’s return and the status of the government under President Musharraf.

+ CSIS Resources on Pakistan (includes experts)

+ Center for National Policy Discussion on the Crisis in Pakistan (via C-SPAN, uses RealPlayer)
Recorded on November 27, 2007.

Husain Haqqani, former advisor to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and Ambassador Teresita Schaffer take part in a discussion titled “Who Rules Pakistan: the Islamic Republic in Crisis.” The event takes place at the Center for National Policy.

+ Benazir Bhutto: The Exile’s Return (recent profile in MORE magazine)

+ Pakistan’s Political Crisis and State of Emergency (CRS Report dated 11/6/07; PDF; 108 KB)

+ DocuTicker papers and reports on Pakistan

See Also: Back issues and subscription info (free)

See Also: The World Almanac Blog

See Also: New Calendar: The World Almanac 2008 Daily Calendar: 365 Days of Facts, Stats, and Trivia

Since the mid-1980s, the FBI has published Terrorism in the United States, an unclassified annual report summarizing terrorist activities in this country. While this publication provided an overview of the terrorist threat in the United States and its territories, its limited scope proved inadequate for conveying either the breadth or width of the terrorist threat facing U.S. intAerests or the scale of the FBI’s response to terrorism worldwide. To better reflect the nature of the threat and the international scope of our response, the FBI expanded the focus of its annual terrorism report in the 2000/2001 edition to include discussion of FBI investigations overseas and renamed the series Terrorism.

This second edition of Terrorism provides an overview of the terrorist incidents and preventions designated by the FBI as having taken place in the United States and its territories during the years 2002 through 2005 and that are matters of public record. This publication does not include those incidents which the Bureau classifies under criminal rather than terrorism investigations. In addition, the report discusses major FBI investigations overseas and identifies significant events—including legislative actions, prosecutorial updates, and program developments—relevant to U.S. counterterrorism efforts. The report concludes with an “In Focus” article summarizing the history of the FBI’s counterterrorism program.

Also available as PDF

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (via DocuTicker)