It is hard to believe that the 10 week challenge is finished. I posted the March Cornerstone electronic letter on the Parker Public Library's facebook page. This page is also new, as it was started to be used for our ebook downloads. So much new technology, so quickly, with no tech staff at our library. Yikes!! Thankfully the South Dakota State Library offered this 10 week course to help us become more familiar with their electronic sources. I know that I have a confidence in using the resources that I did not have 10 weeks ago. I am so glad that Laurie also did this challenge. There will be two of us in Parker to help patrons with this information.
I cannot give one big discovery. I made many discoveries along the way that made me search longer than time really allowed. I enjoyed finding out about George Washington's "Golden Pheasants", which are still being viewed today at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. I did an enlightening search on the "swastika" after seeing it on a 1909 picture of the Corn Palace in Mitchell.
I used The SIRS Discoverer, CAMIO, ArchiveGrid, Ebooks on Ebsco Host, The Gale Virtual Reference Library, and Sanborn Maps for the first time. I now know what they have to offer.
I have used the different World Book's, Learning Express, Proquest, Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and WorldCat in the past. I was never as familiar with them as I am now. I do know that using them is the only way I will remain familiar with them.
I need to remember that these electronic resources are there!!
They are at my fingertips and ready to help my patrons!!
I never thought that I could set up a blog!
Thank you, Jane and Julie and the South Dakota State Library!!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Lesson 9:
AncestryLibrary;
I did a lot of searching in AncestryLibrary but never found any postings of me, myself or I. Linda Lindstrom or Linda Chaney is just not there. Sometimes I do wonder where I am.
In further searching I found my dad's father and mother's marriage license. My dad never knew his father. I was told that his mom left him when my dad was only a year old due to his abusive nature. My dad was born Gustave Lindstrom Jr. after his father in 1921, but his mother changed his name to Robert John on his baptismal certificate and he was Robert (Bob) for the rest of his life. That surely would not happen today. Imagine that scenario when trying to get your driver's license. Ha!!
I also found my dad's grandfather, grandmother, aunts and uncles whom he spent most of his youth with.
I have used AncestryLibrary in the past to help other people here at the library. Once started on a search you can ensue this electronic source until you lose all track of time.
In looking up South Dakota I found everything from baseball players to an old mining town in Deadwood. There is a picture of the "Corn Palace" in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1909 that was a little upsetting to me.
There is a swastika on one of the towers. What did the swastika mean to America in 1909? I will need to read a little on pre WWI history.
I then continued on to HeritageQuest where I browsed through Parker, South Dakota and Chicago, Illinois. A large variety of books and articles on anything you want to look up.
I finished lesson 9 with the Sanborn Maps. I was a little disappointed that the Parker maps do not go for more than a block off of Main Street until 1923. I found my house on the 1923 map but sure would have been nice to find it sooner since it was built before 1905.
I already knew the history of the building that the library is presently in. I pulled up a map from 1904 that showed it as an office, in 1911 it was a funeral parlor, by 1923 it was also a furniture store. It was connected by freight elevators to the building next door. The two buildings were sister buildings for many years. The 1923-1935 maps show many small added on buildings clear to the alley. One of these housed the Public Library many many years before the present library moved into the building.
AncestryLibrary;
I did a lot of searching in AncestryLibrary but never found any postings of me, myself or I. Linda Lindstrom or Linda Chaney is just not there. Sometimes I do wonder where I am.
In further searching I found my dad's father and mother's marriage license. My dad never knew his father. I was told that his mom left him when my dad was only a year old due to his abusive nature. My dad was born Gustave Lindstrom Jr. after his father in 1921, but his mother changed his name to Robert John on his baptismal certificate and he was Robert (Bob) for the rest of his life. That surely would not happen today. Imagine that scenario when trying to get your driver's license. Ha!!
I also found my dad's grandfather, grandmother, aunts and uncles whom he spent most of his youth with.
I have used AncestryLibrary in the past to help other people here at the library. Once started on a search you can ensue this electronic source until you lose all track of time.
In looking up South Dakota I found everything from baseball players to an old mining town in Deadwood. There is a picture of the "Corn Palace" in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1909 that was a little upsetting to me.
There is a swastika on one of the towers. What did the swastika mean to America in 1909? I will need to read a little on pre WWI history.
I could not let that swastika rest. I researched the history and found out that before the symbol was made something to shun and detest due to Hitler and his "Aryan" nation and the massacre of the Jews, that it was considered a good luck symbol by many nations and peoples. A few even included Native American tribes, particularly the southwest like the Navajos. It has been found on many old churches and dug up in ruins. A golden necklace of three Swastikas found in Iran, dates back to first millennium B.C.
Chilocco Indian Agricultural School basketball team in 1909
If I would have seen the swastika on the Corn Palace in 1909, I would have responded differently!!
I then continued on to HeritageQuest where I browsed through Parker, South Dakota and Chicago, Illinois. A large variety of books and articles on anything you want to look up.
I finished lesson 9 with the Sanborn Maps. I was a little disappointed that the Parker maps do not go for more than a block off of Main Street until 1923. I found my house on the 1923 map but sure would have been nice to find it sooner since it was built before 1905.
I already knew the history of the building that the library is presently in. I pulled up a map from 1904 that showed it as an office, in 1911 it was a funeral parlor, by 1923 it was also a furniture store. It was connected by freight elevators to the building next door. The two buildings were sister buildings for many years. The 1923-1935 maps show many small added on buildings clear to the alley. One of these housed the Public Library many many years before the present library moved into the building.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Lesson 8: CAMIO usefulness and Architecture research
Lesson 8, CAMIO
Parts 4
This would be a very useful resource for anyone interested in any type of the arts or doing a paper on the arts.It is amazing how you can pull up ancient to current sculpture, pottery, drawings, jewelry, costumes and architecture.
Part 5
I researched architecture and saved my four favorites. I saved a bedroom from 40-30 B.C. that had been buried in the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, a marble fountain from Southwestern France around 1150, the Grand Salon from the Chateau deDraveil 1740, and a Ceremonial Teahouse:Sun Karaku 1917 from Japan. The bedroom is beautifully reconstructed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the last three wonders are all at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Although these are all amazing architectural finds listed in CAMIO, they could be used by someone investigating ancient history as well as architecture. CAMIO is an amazing resource. I hope I can steer some patrons to use it.
Parts 4
This would be a very useful resource for anyone interested in any type of the arts or doing a paper on the arts.It is amazing how you can pull up ancient to current sculpture, pottery, drawings, jewelry, costumes and architecture.
Part 5
I researched architecture and saved my four favorites. I saved a bedroom from 40-30 B.C. that had been buried in the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, a marble fountain from Southwestern France around 1150, the Grand Salon from the Chateau deDraveil 1740, and a Ceremonial Teahouse:Sun Karaku 1917 from Japan. The bedroom is beautifully reconstructed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the last three wonders are all at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Although these are all amazing architectural finds listed in CAMIO, they could be used by someone investigating ancient history as well as architecture. CAMIO is an amazing resource. I hope I can steer some patrons to use it.
Lesson 8: CAMIO Part 2Sioux
Lesson 8:
Discovery Exercise: Part 2: CAMIO and Part 3: Picasso
1. Within my search for Paul Revere I found many items that Paul Revere the silversmith made. These included a teaspoon,sugar bowl and cover, federal style tea service, sugar bowl and cream pot, goblet, sauce pot and tankyard. There were paintings and sketches depicting Paul Revere. Many beautiful pieces of silver well preserved.
2. My search for "Sioux" brought up items from gauntlets, a scalp shirt, a beaded dress, dolls, a star pattern quilt, pipe bowls, pouches, photos, paintings and drawings. It was interesting to see how far away from home these items were.
Examples:
Gauntlets from the Santee Sioux were in a Brooklyn Children's Museum (a gift)
A scalp shirt from the Lakota Sioux was in the Cleveland Museum of Art (a gift)
Pipe bowl from the Dakota Santee Sioux is at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (a gift)
A doll from the Eastern Sioux is at the Detroit Institute of Art (Founders Society purchase)
After looking up Picasso in CAMIO I found out that Picasso had many different periods in his art work. I really like his black and white etchings for the natural history book that he illustrated in France. It was interesting to see the predominately blue picture from his blue period.
I never knew that "Picasso pioneered the technique of assemblage, constructing works partly or entirely of "found" objects, both natural and man-made." (quoted from CAMIO)
I enjoyed his "Baboon and Young", 1951 so much,that I just asked my daughjter about going to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to see it when we go to the Twins/Cubs game this summer.
Discovery Exercise: Part 2: CAMIO and Part 3: Picasso
1. Within my search for Paul Revere I found many items that Paul Revere the silversmith made. These included a teaspoon,sugar bowl and cover, federal style tea service, sugar bowl and cream pot, goblet, sauce pot and tankyard. There were paintings and sketches depicting Paul Revere. Many beautiful pieces of silver well preserved.
2. My search for "Sioux" brought up items from gauntlets, a scalp shirt, a beaded dress, dolls, a star pattern quilt, pipe bowls, pouches, photos, paintings and drawings. It was interesting to see how far away from home these items were.
Examples:
Gauntlets from the Santee Sioux were in a Brooklyn Children's Museum (a gift)
A scalp shirt from the Lakota Sioux was in the Cleveland Museum of Art (a gift)
Pipe bowl from the Dakota Santee Sioux is at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (a gift)
A doll from the Eastern Sioux is at the Detroit Institute of Art (Founders Society purchase)
3. I searched for Picasso. Art is something I have never studied or cared much about. I enjoy looking at paintings, drawings and sculptures that I see but I have never went out of my way to look for art.
I never knew that "Picasso pioneered the technique of assemblage, constructing works partly or entirely of "found" objects, both natural and man-made." (quoted from CAMIO)
I enjoyed his "Baboon and Young", 1951 so much,that I just asked my daughjter about going to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to see it when we go to the Twins/Cubs game this summer.
This is the "Baboon and Young" which Picasso made from a pot with two handles, two toy cars and a car spring. Clay is used for the baby, the arms and legs and to connect the areas. The two toy cars are the head, the pot is the body with the two handles as shoulders, and the spine and tail are the spring.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Lesson 8: ArchiveGrid-Sitting Bull and Adoniram Judson
Lesson 8:
ArchiveGrid
Part 1:
I found the Sitting Bull autograph card at Cornell University Library. It forms part of their Native American Collection and it is digitized for the Vanished Worlds, Enduring People exhibition. The collection covers Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890, Hunkpapa Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, Teton Indians, and Autographs-United States. Wow, just think of all of the information available in this one collection.
I have read about Sitting Bull in the past and knew he had been in the battle of Little Big Horn. After the battle he led his tribe into Canada where he remained until they surrendered to U.S. forces. He then toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Sitting Bull was killed resisting arrest for his continuing to do the ritual Ghost Dance that had been outlawed by U.S. law.
He was a shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake, Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded several times in battle.
When he fought in the battle of Little Bighorn he led both Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against the U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry.
The more history I read the more injustice I see.
Part 2:
I searched the ArchiveGrid for "Adoniram Judson, 1788-1850". He was an American Baptist missionary who served almost 40 years in Burma.
I found 3 sources:
1. "Journals of a Baptist missionary to Burma", 2 reels of microfilm at the New York State Library.
2. "Journals & Correspondence of a Baptist Missionary", 2 microfilm reels,
at the American Baptist Historical Society, 1106 South Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14620
3. "Judson Memorial Church Archive 1838-1995" --------91 boxes of papers
in the New York University Library
ArchiveGrid
Part 1:
I found the Sitting Bull autograph card at Cornell University Library. It forms part of their Native American Collection and it is digitized for the Vanished Worlds, Enduring People exhibition. The collection covers Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890, Hunkpapa Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, Teton Indians, and Autographs-United States. Wow, just think of all of the information available in this one collection.
I have read about Sitting Bull in the past and knew he had been in the battle of Little Big Horn. After the battle he led his tribe into Canada where he remained until they surrendered to U.S. forces. He then toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Sitting Bull was killed resisting arrest for his continuing to do the ritual Ghost Dance that had been outlawed by U.S. law.
He was a shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake, Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded several times in battle.
When he fought in the battle of Little Bighorn he led both Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against the U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry.
The more history I read the more injustice I see.
Part 2:
I searched the ArchiveGrid for "Adoniram Judson, 1788-1850". He was an American Baptist missionary who served almost 40 years in Burma.
I found 3 sources:
1. "Journals of a Baptist missionary to Burma", 2 reels of microfilm at the New York State Library.
2. "Journals & Correspondence of a Baptist Missionary", 2 microfilm reels,
at the American Baptist Historical Society, 1106 South Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14620
3. "Judson Memorial Church Archive 1838-1995" --------91 boxes of papers
in the New York University Library
Monday, March 12, 2012
Lesson 7: WorldCat: Sarah's Key and Bde Ihanke-Lake Andes
Lesson 7:
WorldCat
Part 1:
I searched for the book "Sarah's Key". This is one of the best books I have read in the past few years. Everyone I have suggested it to has, also liked it. My search brought up 101 libraries that have the book and 46 libraries that have the book in english. The call # 's are: LC, PR9105.9.R66 and Dewey, 823/.914 (Fiction).
The first library that came up was Augustana College. I found a movie made in France based on this book.
Researching the author's name brought up "The House I Loved" and "A Secret Kept". There were 227 records found for Rosnay, Tatiana de, 63 of them were in english.
Jews-France-Fiction resulted in 415 responses, with 317 in books, 33 sound recordings, 7 visual, 1 archival and 1 computer; out of these 235 were in english.
World War -1939-1945-France-Anniversaries, etc.-Fiction produced 49 responses, with 36 books, 8 sound, 2 visual and 3 internet, out of these 30 were in english.
I did a search in the indexes and found related authors and related subjects to my book.
One was "The Butterfly" a book by Patricia Polacco.
Part 2:
After finding South Dakota I clicked on "An Environmental Biography of Bde Ihanke-Lake Andes: History, Science, and Sovereignty Converge with Tribal, State, and Federal Power on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, 1858-1959" .
There is only one copy of this at The University of Nebraska - Lincoln by David Nesheim.
WorldCat
Part 1:
I searched for the book "Sarah's Key". This is one of the best books I have read in the past few years. Everyone I have suggested it to has, also liked it. My search brought up 101 libraries that have the book and 46 libraries that have the book in english. The call # 's are: LC, PR9105.9.R66 and Dewey, 823/.914 (Fiction).
The first library that came up was Augustana College. I found a movie made in France based on this book.
Researching the author's name brought up "The House I Loved" and "A Secret Kept". There were 227 records found for Rosnay, Tatiana de, 63 of them were in english.
Jews-France-Fiction resulted in 415 responses, with 317 in books, 33 sound recordings, 7 visual, 1 archival and 1 computer; out of these 235 were in english.
World War -1939-1945-France-Anniversaries, etc.-Fiction produced 49 responses, with 36 books, 8 sound, 2 visual and 3 internet, out of these 30 were in english.
I did a search in the indexes and found related authors and related subjects to my book.
One was "The Butterfly" a book by Patricia Polacco.
Part 2:
After finding South Dakota I clicked on "An Environmental Biography of Bde Ihanke-Lake Andes: History, Science, and Sovereignty Converge with Tribal, State, and Federal Power on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, 1858-1959" .
There is only one copy of this at The University of Nebraska - Lincoln by David Nesheim.
Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, Department of History
This is a very interesting article on the history of Lake Andes.
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