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
December 24, 2005 (Press Release) --
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 the site'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, and History Matters, produced by the Center For History and New Media, George Mason University in Virginia..
In her capacity as the Website creator, contributor 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 her long-term relationship with it with you.
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, and History Matters, produced by the Center For History and New Media, George Mason University in Virginia..
In her capacity as the Website creator, contributor 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 her long-term relationship with it with you.
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