1) I really enjoyed these resources and didn't even know that they existed. I would have much rather had them available at home, but since I was subbing at school it worked out well. When I typed in "Sitting Bull autograph card" into the ArchiveGrid, I found out his dates, and where this card is located. Then I found out that he was at the battle of the Little Big Horn and then went to Canada with his tribe until they surrendered. He toured with the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show and was killed while resisting arrest for his unwillingness to abandon the ritual Ghost Dance. I think it is a sad end for a very brave leader. I would liked to have seen a photo of the card that is on file.
2) I then did a search for Crazy Horse and found 20 sources from prints of the mountain carving in the Black Hills to books, eye witness accounts, correspondences, articles and news clippings. Items came from Brigham Young University, Cornell University, Utah State, New York State Archives, the Museum of American Indians, US War Dept, University of Oklahoma and Nebraska Historical Society. I found that he was called Tatanka or Tatanka Lyotake and he was a shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux tribe. He fought the Crow Indians and was wounded.
1) In the Camio resource when I typed in Paul Revere I two photos of paintings that dealt with the Revolutionary War, and photos of the silver items that he made: a teaspoon, a tea urn, a spoon, two sugar bowls with covers, a federal style tea service, 2 cream pots, a sauce boat, a tankard and a goblet. The items are beautiful and anyone would love to own them.
2) When I typed in "Sioux" I found paintings by George Catlin, Ed Barein, Seth Eastman and Indian painters. I also found photos of many Indian artifacts such as: gauntlets, a scalp shirt, a pipe bowl, blanket strips, a coat, 4 different pipe bowls, a pouch, a doll, a quilt, tobacco bag, parfleche, sculpture, beaded dress and a baby bonnet. I found this very interesting almost as good as going on a field trip to a museum!
3) I researched Picasso and found over 1,000 records. I looked through them and saw photos of some of his paintings, prints and sculptures. This sight it gave the type of work it was, the date of the work, a photo of the piece, and where it is located. I found it interesting to see the scope of his work, since his famous works are so different.
4) I think these resources could be very useful in schools for art classes, history classes, and research for papers and many more areas. I could also see college students using it for research. Many of these items are not available to us in this area, so the only way to view them is online. I enjoyed the searches.
5) I chose to look for Ansel Adams prints and found about 20 of them. I chose 5 pints of trees in snow, a mountain, a lake and the ocean. I put them into my favorites and I moved them around and tried to remove one, but I couldn't get that to work for me. I can see that teachers and students could use this feature to present lessons on certain types of art or photos and students making presentations for a class. This was a nice feature of the resource.
Hi, Annie! Glad you had such a good time here. ArchiveGrid is for serious researchers willing to take field trips. However, you can often learn a lot just from the descriptions, as you found out. We like CAMIO, not only for its obvious art connections, but for the social studies connections you can make with it for students. Thanks for your comments.
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