January 23, 2007
The Archive’s quality assurance manager for books, Marcus Lucero, bookmarked these volumes of fairy tales. He’s gotta know the Archive’s books better than anyone, so they’re worth seeing! Most have incredible illustrations, and are (of course) in the public domain.
– Renata
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January 22, 2007
Documentaries:
Audio programs:
Books:
On the lighter side:
– Alexis
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January 16, 2007
The Archive has a few choice exploitation films in our collections. An exploitation film relies on taboo or sensational subjects to attract an audience, the point of the film being to make money for the creators, and not necessarily to create a great film.
Some exploitation films have become cult classics, being (perhaps unintentionally) quite amusing to watch.
– Alexis
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January 12, 2007
The Open Mind (1957) Hugh Hefner interviews Dr. Martin Luther King and Judge Waring on the topic of the “New Negro”. Discussion topics include aggression, the Civil Rights Movement, and the American judicial system.- Integration Report (1960) This documentary about the Civil Rights Movement shows Dr. King’s besieged church in Montgomery, Alabama. Later, he is shown speaking at a march in Washington D.C.. Footage of the march and other Civil Rights speakers is also shown and spiritual music from the period is played throughout the film.
- Peace March: Thousands oppose Vietnam War (1967) This film documents anti-war demonstrations in the United States and Italy. It includes a glimpse of Dr. King leading the march in New York.
- Democracy Now (January 17, 2005) This news broadcast is entirely about MLK and features extended excerpts from his “Beyond Vietnam” speech from 1967, and his final speech (delivered the day before he died in 196
“I Have Been to the Mountaintop”. Robert Kennedy’s announcement of King’s assassination and the audience response may also be heard.
- Democracy Now (November 19, 2002) This broadcast features a rare tape of MLK speaking outside the Santa Rita jail where singer Joan Baez and her mother were being held for protesting the draft on January 14, 1968. The show has a current interview with Baez, and her music can be heard throughout the program.
- Democracy Now (January 20, 2003) Broadcast features an excerpt from King’s speech “Why I oppose the war in Vietnam,” and an interview with his son, Dexter King.
- Democracy Now (January 21, 2002) An excerpt from King’s 1967 speech on Civil Disobedience is presented after the news headlines.
- Democracy Now (January 15, 2003) Broadcast on his birthday, King can be heard outlining his opposition to the Vietnam War. The excerpt comes after the news headlines.
– Renata
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January 10, 2007
Mary Shelley (1797-1851), best known as the 19-year-old creator of Frankenstein, wrote numerous novels and stories throughout her life. She was the daughter of two famous (even notorious!) writers: William Godwin (1756-1836), a radical philosopher best known for his work “Enquiry Concerning Political Justice” and for his novel Caleb Williams; and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), considered to be the first feminist for her radical treatise, A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Mary Wollstonecraft died from an infection resulting from Mary’s birth. The devastated Godwin hurriedly wrote and published a Memoir about his deceased wife as well as her embarrassing letters to her ex-lover. While these writings were problematic for Wollstonecraft’s reputation at the time, they provide an rare look into the complex life of an exceptional 18th century woman. Godwin also published her unfinished novel, Maria, or the Wrongs of Women.
At age 17, Mary Shelley ran off with the (already married) atheist vegetarian poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), whom she married after his wife’s subsequent suicide. Widowed at the early age of 25, Mary Shelley was forced to support herself and her son with her writing. She worked hard to cleanse Shelley’s radical reputation and popularize his work for a Victorian audience, eventually editing and publishing his poems with commentary. Her efforts resulted in his becoming one of the most celebrated poets of the nineteenth century.
Works by Mary Shelley on the Archive:
– Renata
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January 8, 2007
That’s a good question, and you can use the Internet Archive to answer it!
Plone is an open source Content Management System (CMS) that you can use to create and run a web site. Among other things, it’s got a nice, graphical interface so that people adding content to the site don’t have to know html or have any other technical skills to contribute.
If you’re interested in learning more about it, just do a search for videos about Plone on archive.org and you’ll find about 30 instructional movies to help you get started creating your own Plone web site.
Here are a few good ones to get you started:
If you’re interested in learning about other computer-oriented topics, check out the ArsDigita and Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs courses, which contain computer science lectures from MIT professors.
– Alexis
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Sometimes we can’t resist a little musical time traveling at the Archive. If you feel the need to relive your youth, take a moment to play the following concerts:
