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Civil War--United States--Maps
Source: American Memory Project, Library of Congress
Just Released, Confederate Army Maps Now Online
From a news release, A collection of Civil War maps, many of which were used by Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, is now available online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/.
The maps, from the Geography and Map Division, were obtained from Mrs. R.E. Christian, granddaughter of Maj. Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army.' 'The Hotchkiss Map Collection' contains cartographic items by Hotchkiss (1828-1899), who made detailed battle maps, primarily of the Shenandoah Valley, some of which were used by Gens. Lee and Jackson for their combat planning and strategy. Several of the maps have annotations of various military officers, demonstrating their importance in the military campaigns. The collection also includes maps made or used by Hotchkiss during his postwar years, including maps with information about railroads, minerals and mining, geology and history. Most of them focus on Virginia and West Virginia, but also cover other states and even the world."
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Joseph Stalin--Databases
Source: Univeristy of Pittsburgh Digital Libraries
New, Stalinka: Digital Library of Staliniana
"The Digital Research Library released an image collection visually documenting the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The website, Stalinka: Digital Library of Staliniana, is the result of a two-year effort between the DRL and Prof. Helena Goscilo (Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures), Susan Corbesero (Department of History), and Petre Petrov (graduate student). The collection comprises 368 visual materials and artifacts relating to Stalin: photographs, posters, paintings, banners, sculptures, chinaware, pins, etc."
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Source: Federal Research Division/Library of Congress New, Country Profile of Thailand
PDF. See Also: More Country Profiles from the FRD
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Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons--Maps
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Deadly Maps
"The complete collection of maps from Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats by Joseph Cirincione, Jon B. Wolfsthal, and Miriam Rajkumar is now available online. Included in the collection are maps that reflect the worldwide proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their missile delivery systems. Additionally, country maps show the major nuclear installations, both civilian and military, in each country."
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Crime Enforcement--United States--Statistics
Source: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (Syracuse University)
New, Criminal Enforcement Changes in the Bush Years Released
"New data show significant shifts have occurred in how the federal government enforced the law during the Bush Administration. From FY 2000 to FY 2004, federal prosecutions were up by over 31%. The data, obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act, also document changes in the kinds of cases being brought to court: immigration and weapons prosecutions are climbing while white collar crime and drug prosecutions are sliding. The new data go through the end of March 2005 (the first half of FY 2005)."
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Government--Canada
Source: Library and Archives Canada
New Online Exhibit, By Executive Decree
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Armed Forces--United Kingdom
Source: Ministry of Defence
Just Released, UK Defence Statistics, 2005
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