SD Library Challenge 8--Archive Grid and Cameo

Archive Grid----
Archive Grid isn't full text but it tells where an item is or a collection is located and gives contact information for it.  It provides online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums,etc.
1.  Sitting Bull autograph card--I learned Sitting Bull was also known as Tatanka lyotake and was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux.  He fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded in battle on several occasions.  He greatly opposed the encroachment of the white men.  He led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against the United States soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
2.  I did a search on Helen Keller and it brought up several items of hers'.  I used quotes which narrowed the search to 255.  I chose this one:   Helen Keller Letter and Printed Braille Card, 1925. 
One typewritten letter signed (TLS), Apr. 23, 1925, from Helen Keller to Mayer Porter of La Mesa California, regarding a recent San Diego talk of hers and what it is like to be blind. Also, a printed card with a photo of Helen Keller and a Braille inscription.  The contact information is for University of California, Santa Barbara.  It also lists the Citation for the item and restrictions on access.

Cameo:
Cameo stands for "Catalog of Art Museum Images Online".  I am impressed that CAMIO covers cultures from around the world from 3000 BC to today.  It is limited for school and library access only.
1.  Paul Revere:  Items that I've found made by him are teaspoons; sugar bowls; a creampot; a tankard; a Cann wine quart, an engraved goblet; a sauceboat;  two sugar urns, a sugar basket; coffee urns, two handled covered bowl; Sons of Liberty bowl.  Wow!  I'm impressed and I didn't remember him being a silversmith.
2.  A search for Sioux brought up 63 works.  Certain creators are Santee Sioux (gauntlets); Lakota Sioux (scalp shirt).  When I click on an item, it brings up a detailed description, what museum it's located at, the format of the item (material,etc).  Other creators are Metis Sioux (coat); Native American Sioux (pipe bowl); Eastern Sioux (pouch); many drawings in pencil, etc and many oil paintings by George Catlin and others, quilts, saddle bags, blanket strips,etc.
3.  I can't choose a favorite artist since I teach art; I have many.  I chose Michelangelo, however, since I wanted to see how much of his work would be listed.  I was disappointed when I did a search for the Sistine Chapel ceiling.  I thought it would show a picture of the whole ceiling and many of the different frescoes.  It was very limited on what it did show.  If I typed in "Michelangelo Buonarotti", I only got 4 results.  If I did a search on Michelangelo, it brought up 40 results, but many of them weren't about him but instead they were of other Michelangelos or totally different artists.  I also didn't see the David sculpture at all.  So I switched and did a search on Leonardo da Vinci and it didn't bring up many results.  It also didn't show some of his more famous works.
4.  I think this resource would be great for anyone doing a search on history (e.g. Native American SD History).  Our fourth grade students always do research on South Dakota History and could use this site to help them with their research.  Our third grade teacher mentioned today that if she couldn't find a picture of George Washington, she'd ask me for help.  I quickly got into the site and found a wonderful painting of him and emailed it to her.  I will definitely recommend this resource to our teachers.  I think this resource would be great for anyone that needs to show these types of images.  Using the slideshow would make it so much easier and you can't beat the high resolution images that they have. 
5.  I chose pottery to research.  I absolutely love the high resolution images!  I also love the slideshow feature!  This would be great to use for class when I need to show art images.  I could set them up in a slideshow and then give a presentation or lecture using the information that is shown with the images.