Press Release Summary = The History Box.com is a non-profit, educational website
devoted primarily to New York City and New York State history, though it also
contains an extensive exploration of American history in general.
Press Release Body = Its main features are the New York State and New York City
Directories that offer more than 600 articles of historical interest and thousands
of web links, organized under topics such as Arts, Biographical Sketches,
Architecture, Business Matters, Immigration, Education, Women and Historical
Tid-Bits . Though its reach is large, thehistorybox.com focuses a particularly long
lens on the early history of political and economic events, panics, riots and other
related matters affecting or contributing to New York City's development and growth.Extensive research of public records, newspapers, books and web links comprise thesite's primary and secondary sources. The website is continually updated with new
articles and web links, which can be found in the What's New section. It is a source of quality information for researchers, literary scholars, writers, historical
societies and academic institutions.
The History Box.com is cited in the September 15, 2005 newsletter of The Center for
Teaching History With Technology. The THWT newsletter is produced by Tom Daccord,
veteran history teacher, academic technology specialist for the Humanities,
webmaster of Best of History Web Sites and Teaching Literature & Writing with
Technology, and President of the Center for Teaching History with Technology.
Other websites that promote The History Box.com are Virtual New York, produced by
the City University of New York; Gotham Gazette.com, produced by the Citizens Union
Foundation, which receives support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the New York
Times Foundation; The Internet Public Library, produced by The University of
Michigan School of Information; the University of Kansas World-Wide Virtual
Library-NYC History, History Matters, produced by the Center For History and New
Media, George Mason University in Virginia, 3 quarks daily and Colgate University
Library Page of New York City History.
In her capacity as the Website creator and administrator, Miriam Medina is a member
of the following societies: The New York Historical Society, The New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society, Urban History Association and the Sheboygan
County Historical Research Center. History is Miriam Medina's passion, and she loves
nothing more than sharing their long-term relationship with you.
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