>I thought someone might be interested in this. I am forwarding it from >another list that I am on. >Virginia Brown :Researching Isaac J Clark 1818-1870 Tenn to Tx > > >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) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com