ArchiveGrid and Camio Lesson 8

     I knew a short history of Sitting Bull, but I did not know that after the battle at Little Bighorn he took his tribe to Canada.  From there, he returned to the United States and surrendered to the government. 
     I searched "Ghost Dance".  As a result of that search, the first two entries were; "The Jack Wilson Story", n.d. by Edward A. Dyer and "Brief Biography of Paiute Indian Wovoka (Jack Wilson) Prophet of the Ghost Dance"  which could be found at the University of Nevada, Reno.  The listings then moved on to music and musical sketches and then to ghost stories.  A person using this resource would have to filter the information given for a subject.  This site would be very useful to college students or historical researchers who would have the time and ability to request copies of primary resources or travel to the museum, school or historical society that houses the documents.  I'm not sure it would be used very often in the high school setting.

     I searched Paul Revere and came up with 35 items having to do with him.   It showed portraits and paintings of Revere as well as silver pieces he created.  There were pictures of tea services, sugar baskets, teapots, and spoons.  As a side note, I am from the Boston area and our church has Paul Revere silver which includes a Baptismal Bowl and goblets.  This collection was very interesting to me.
     When searching Sioux, I found photographs, paintings, gauntlets, quilts, a dreamer's society pouch,and a scalp shirt.  There were 63 items in all.  The items were held in many different museums; from the George Eastman House, to the Smithsonian, to the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.  There are many places represented here that I will never have the opportunity to visit in person.  CAMIO is the next best thing to being there.
     Searching for John Singer Sargent, I found 142 entries.  The sidebar to the left allows you to refine your search through choices like oil on canvas, watercolor on paper, or oil and graphic on canvas.  This site allows you to see a very comprehensive collection of an artist work.
     This site would be very useful for art and history classes.  Art books are costly and are usually extremely large for a school library.  It also would be very difficult to include all  artists in a small library.  With this site, your patrons have access to all artists.
     I have just finished reading a book about quilts and how they may have been used to aid run-a-way slaves.  I searched quilts and there were about ten results.  I choose four favorites and saved the to favorites.  What a great feature for someone giving a presentation.
     ArchiveGrid and CAMIO offer great "field trips" outside the four walls of a library.