http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:40:26 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 22:40:26 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76330 The Spanish Years, 1767-1821 This exhibit was created by the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson, Arizona. This electronic version is based on the book,Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821 by Kieran McCarty and was first published as Historical Monograph No. 4 by the Arizona Historical Society in 1976. This valuable and long out-of-print resource is now in electronic form and was prepared by Pedro Carrasquilla of the Library Information Systems Team at The University of Arizona Library in June 1998. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76304 This University of Arizona web exhibit focuses on the Bisbee Deportation of 1917. The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 was an event specific to Arizona that influenced the labor movement throughout the United States. What started as a labor dispute between copper mining companies and their workers turned into vigilante action against the allegedly nefarious activities of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). This site is a research-based collection of primary and secondary sources for the study of the deportation of over 1,000 striking miners from Bisbee on 12 July, 1917. Materials include I.W.W. publications, personal recollections, newspaper articles, court records, government reports, correspondence, and journal articles that are part of the collections of three libraries: The University of Arizona Library, the Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, Arizona, and the Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83531 The Lost Museum is an interactive re-creation of P. T. Barnums American Museum, circa 1865. Barnums Museum, mid-nineteenth century Americas pre-eminent popular cultural institution, offered its visitors a cornucopia of attractions that merged entertainment and education and, often in odd but compelling ways, highlighted some of the major compromises, accommodations, and conflicts of the antebellum and Civil War periods. The Lost Museum combines 3-D spatial exploration of four re-created museum rooms containing 130 interactive artifacts and attractions, asearchable archive of more than 300 primary documents, and 14 teaching resources geared to diverse classroom settings. Working independently andtogether, these features allow contemporary virtual visitors to experience the fascinating intricacy of nineteenth-century exhibitions, to embark on a search for clues to solve the mystery of who (among social and political groups in the period) may have burned down the building in July 1865, or to choose lesson plans and strategies suitable for high school and college teaching about U.S. history. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76328 A University of Arizona web exhibit. The Hispanic Community has been instrumental in transforming Tucson from an isolated Spanish military outpost in the late 1700's, to the bustling Southwestern city it is today. Hispanic Americans have been involved in all aspects of community affairs since the founding of the city by Spanish-speaking settlers in 1775. Indeed, much of the cultural flavor of Tucson can be traced to our Hispanic roots. This exhibit traces the history of Hispanic Americans in Tucson, explaining the strong ties Tucson has with the Spanish and Mexican cultures.