-----Original Message----- From: Nan Q <gentlechild@hotmail.com> To: BoatFolks@onelist.com <BoatFolks@onelist.com> Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 2:07 PM Subject: [BoatFolks] Extremely good URL >From: "Nan Q" <gentlechild@hotmail.com> > > > > >My thanks to Paulette who realized we would probably wish to see this. > >Stay Safe! Happy New Century! >Nan >List Owner > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <bwmurphy@juno.com> >To: <CUMBERLAND-RIVER@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:38 PM >Subject: [LDR] John D.Rockefeller Library > > >Thought you all might be interested in this little bit of news---- > >Forwarded with the permission of Juleigh Muirhead Clark, who says, >"We are trying to reach as many as possible." Please forward to any >list I haven't reached yet! -Carol > > >ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE > >The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library has unveiled a greatly >expanded section on the Colonial Williamsburg website >(http://www.history.org), offering individuals interested in the >colonial Chesapeake the opportunity to search the library's vast >collections. > >New features include PATRIOT, the Rockefeller Library's online >catalog listing the 68,000 titles in the Library, and guides to manuscript, >microfilm, selected photograph and other research collections, such as the >Shirley Plantation Collection of over 18,000 manuscript items. > >Previously, individuals had to physically visit the library or be >connected to an internal network to access these resources. > >"We have electronically opened the doors to our major collections >by adding finding aids and the Library catalog to the World Wide >Web," says Public Services Librarian Juleigh Clark. "Now, when researchers >come to the Library, they will have a better idea of what we own, and we can >serve them more efficiently." Other features on the website include a >virtual exhibit of some of the treasures from the Rockefeller Library's rare >book and manuscript collections and special indexes to articles in The >Colonial Williamsburg Journal and The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter. Of >special interest is an index to the several hundred research reports written >at Colonial Williamsburg over the last sixty years. Early American History >Research Reports are distinguished for the significant amount of primary >source material in them and for their time and place specificity: >eighteenth-century Virginia. > >The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library specializing in >the history and culture of the colonial Chesapeake. >It is located near the Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to the >public. Library hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. > >Contact: Juleigh Muirhead Clark > Public Services Librarian > John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library > Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776 > jclark@cwf.org > 757-565-8511 > 757-565-8518 (fax) > >==== CUMBERLAND-RIVER Mailing List ==== >Wishing you a "Down Home" Christmas! ><http://www.rootsweb.com/~kycrrsek/> > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! >Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in >forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! > <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/gator4 ">Click Here</a> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Be sure to say thanks for the info,they don't know someone else sent it, too; and tell where you've looked- save others time. Happy searching!- Nan > >To unsubscribe, send a message to: BoatFolks-unsubscribe@onelist.com