British Columbia History Portal

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19th-Century American Merchant Marine Digital Library

Created by the Mystic Seaport Museum, this digital library consists of bibliographies, maritime documents and history, essays, a timeline, maritime legislation, and ship and yacht registers that can b...

http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/exhibits/mellon.cfm

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American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

"American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical...

http://memory.loc.gov/

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BC Studies

Established in 1969, the BC Studies journal explores British Columbia's , past and present cultural, economic, social and political. Each issue contains articles on a range of topics, along with in-de...

http://www.bcstudies.com

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress serves as the national library of the United States of America. Special Web sites containing resources specific to British Columbia are found in the American Memory Digital Lib...

http://www.loc.gov/

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RPM

RPM Weekly was first published on February 24, 1964 by Walt Grealis, and ceased publication in 2000. This Library and Archives Canada "site celebrates the exceptional contributions of Walt Grea...

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/rpm/index-e.html

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The Island of the Unclean: Race, Colonialism and Chinese Leprosy in British Columbia, 1891-1924

Refereed article that "explores the links between race, health, and nation through the making of D'Arcy Island, Canada's first and only Chinese leper colony. Located in Haro Strait, off the coast of V...

http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/global/issue/2003-1/mawani.htm

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