History network announces new programs on WW II, 9/11

Already planning your TV schedule for 2009?  History (the cable network formerly known as The History Channel) has ordered a new 10-part series on World War II called “WW II HD,” which will include restored archival video footage and previously unpublished diaries and journals.  The series is set to air in 2009.

Also, for those not thinking that far ahead, “120 Minutes That Changed America,” a new special set to premiere without commercial interruption on Sept. 11, will combined amateur and professional footage to tell the story of the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, in real time.

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New Hunter Library Resource: Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England e-version provides full text of the surviving “official records of the meetings of the English parliament” from 1272-1509. The database includes transcriptions of the original text as recorded (in Latin, Anglo-Norman, or Middle English), along with an English translation. You can view over 100 color digital images of key documents. Additional scholarly materials, including an introduction for every parliament entry, provide historical context. Browse by king, then date of parliament, or search the full text.

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