Recent acquisistions at byrd.mu.wvnet.edu

(since 20 April 1993):

     As always, thanks are in order for Larry Jewell for his many 
     contributions.  Also, credit must go to Loomis Mayfield and
     Samuel A. Fletcher for their offerings.

1.   WHATSNEW.TXT file

     The file WHATSNEW.TXT in the pub/history subdirectory will
     contain brief descriptions of the latest acquisitions to
     byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (this file).

2.   Graphics images (.GIF files)

     We have received and stored a large number of .GIF graphic
     files on a variety of topics, including aviation and maritime
     history as well as the Vietnam War.  Check the indices (.idx
     files) in the /pictures subdirectories of the appropriate
     directories (ex:  pub/history/military/vietnam/pictures), or
     look for files with the .gif suffix.

     Directories containing .GIF files include:

     pub/history/diplomatic
     pub/history/maritime/pictures
     pub/history/military/airforce/pictures
     pub/history/military/civil_war_usa
     pub/history/military/vietnam/pictures
     pub/history/military/wwi
     pub/history/military/wwii
     pub/history/political/united_states/presidency

     One caveat:  these .GIF files take up loads of disk space.  I
     cannot, therefore, guarantee that they will remain for long. 
     If you are interested in retrieving them, I suggest that you
     do so soon.  They might disappear without notice.

3.   Government Printing Office

     Two files in the pub/history/general subdirectory,
     gpo_order.txt and gpo_stores.txt, give information on finding
     and ordering from US Goverment Printing Office bookstores.

4.   pub/history/military/airforce subdirectory

     A new subdirectory has been created to house the USAAF WWII
     chronology (now in the pub/history/military/airforce/
     wwii_chronology subdirectory), graphics images and other
     related information.  It also contains a list of upcoming
     airshows in North America (airshows.txt)

5.   pub/history/military/civil_war_usa subdirectory

     This new subdirectory has been created and so far stores only
     relevent graphics images.  Look for other files related to the
     American Civil War in the future.

6.   We The People:  Windows Hypertext

     A Windows Hypertext package, We The People, is now stored as
     wtp.txt and wtp.zip in the pub/history/political/united_states
     subdirectory.

7.   JFK's Berlin Address

     Kennedy's Berlin Address is contained in the file
     jfk_berlin.txt in the pub/history/political/united_states/
     presidency subdirectory

8.   Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses

     Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses are in the
     files lincoln1.inaug and lincoln2.inaug in the pub/history/
     political/united_states/presidency subdirectory.

9.   WWII documents in the pub/history/military/wwii directory

     axis_distrib.txt describes the distribution of Axis forces in
     Europe on 6 June 1944, eisenhower_dir.txt contains the
     directive given to Eisenhower for the D-Day Invasion and
     overlord.txt contains the Overlord Digest.

     Justice.pap is an undergraduate paper by Samuel A. Fletcher
     about courts in the 3rd Reich. 

10.  Conversion of historical US dollars

     The file dollars.txt in the pub/history/general subdirectory
     contains methods for converting historical dollars to constant
     dollars.

11.  Internet resources

     The file holocaust.txt in the pub/history/internet
     subdirectory contains access instructions for the Victoria
     Freenet Holocaust and Fascism Archives.  In the
     pub/history/internet/library subdirectory, the files
     lib_congress.txt and ucal_bookstore.txt contain information on
     Telnet access to the Library of Congress and the University of
     California Bookstore, respectively.