Resources Post

[thisbluespirit]

When you're researching for fic, art, or general curiosity, what are your go to online sources for your historical fandoms?

Does yours have a great wikia, are you a follower of fashion blogs, got treasures on your tumblr dash, buried in out of copyright Google books, or have a nifty Secret Site tucked away somewhere?


General
Internet Scout (Links to academic websites)

Ancient World
Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World (Calculate time & expense etc. of journeys in the Roman world.)

Middle Ages
Medieval Naming Resources - ursula

1901-1910
Paris Was A Woman (tumblr of socialites in the early 1900s)

World War II
World War II Archive collection (various period naterial, including magazines & army field manuals and more)


Themes etc.
Link to free Art History resources from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Food & Drink
Food History Jottings (Food Historian's blog, chief focus on UK, US & Europe)
New York Public Library's Menu Collection (1840s-present)

Language
Green's Dictionary of Slang
Beyond the Name - name meanings & history.
Medieval Naming Resources - ursula

LGBTQ+ History
Gay History & Literarture Essays by Rictor Norton

Military
Naval Social History - 1793-1920 (British Royal Navy)

Travel & Transport
Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World (Calculate time & expense etc. of journeys in the Roman world.)
Luxury Passenger Rail Travel before World War 2 by olivermoss (1880s-1930s)


UK
UK Weather in the Past (weather forum)
Naval Social History - 1793-1920 (Royal Navy)

London
London Medieval Murder Map (Map plotting known homicides in 14th C London.)
Society for Photographing Relics of Old London's 112 photos of "Old" London (taken 1875-1886).
London Lives 1690 to 1800 (free collection of searchable original London documents)


USA
AAGPBL Players Association (Baseball history)
New York Public Library's Menu Collection (1840s-present)

20th C
Internet Archive, including autobiogs eg.:
Jews Without Money by Michael Gold (1930)
Diana A Strange Autobiography by Diana Fredericks (1942, Lesbian memoir)
Writers Project Guide to New York + can find more for other cities (1980s)


Random Fun/Creative Stuff
Regency Explorer Story Generator
19th Century Character Trope Generator

Shakespeare Histories Fanfic Masterlist
Histories Index (@ LJ)



Share them here in the comments! (I will, hopefully, then edit them into a helpful topic list in the body of the post presently, and make this post a sticky, for the edification of all.)

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[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! I've added it to the list!