Webcasting 101: TV on Your PC
by Kendall Callas
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One interesting phenomenon of the Internet age is the online museum. A multitude of web sites
use text, images, sound, and video to illuminate a topic or preserve a moment. Video takes the
cake as the medium best for conveying a feeling or a sense of character. My researches have
uncovered one such site that uses video to present lectures on Abraham Lincoln and the law and
society of his times.
WHAT’S ON TONIGHT?
Visit http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu, click the oval button at
center labeled “Enter Lincoln/Net,” click the “Video” button (at top
center), then click mid-page on the “Law and Society” link in the middle of the
bulleted list, or go to ...
“Lincoln/Net: Video Presentations on Law and Society”
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“Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years
(1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating
antebellum Illinois.” A product of Northern Illinois University, the Abraham Lincoln
Historical Digitization Project is partially funded by the Illinois State Library. A variety of
resources span the spectrum from text to sound to image, not the least of which is video,
sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council.
14 VIDEOS
The content of this archive consists of talks given by a bevy of Ph.D.s on topics related to
Lincoln, slavery, and frontier law. Here’s a list of the 14 videos:
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Law and Society in Frontier Illinois, by John Mack Faragher, Ph.D., Yale University.
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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, by James O. Horton, Ph.D., George Washington
University.
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African-Americans and Black Codes in the Antebellum North, by James O. Horton,
Ph.D., George Washington University.
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Fugitive Slaves and the Compromise of 1850, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia
University.
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The Dred Scott Decision of 1857, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University.
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The Dred Scott Decision and National Politics, by Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia
University.
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Abraham Lincoln's Attitudes Toward Race and Slavery, by Gerald Prokopowicz, Ph.D.,
Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN.
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Public Land Law and the Settlement of the Frontier, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D.,
University of Virginia.
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Commercial Law and the Settlement of the Frontier, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D.,
University of Virginia.
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Brunson v. Kedzie: The Law of Contracts and Frontier Settlement, by Charles
McCurdy, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
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Law and Commerce on the Frontier, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of
Virginia.
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The Law of Slavery, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of Virginia.
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The Dred Scott Case, Part 1: Background, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University of
Virginia.
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The Dred Scott Case, Part 2: Taney's Decision, by Charles McCurdy, Ph.D., University
of Virginia.
Real Player is required to view these webcasts. This site is friendly to dial-up users; the videos
are encoded at 34 Kbps, slow enough to play smoothly through a 56K modem.
The webcasts range from 3 minutes (2:46) to 5 minutes (4:48), with the exception of the last two;
the two Dred Scott lectures range from 11 to 15 minutes.
SIMPLE APPROACH
These videos are all no frills, simple talking heads in an office setting. The limited scope of this
archive serves as a good example of the collection of interviews or seminars that any law office
could offer. In other words, you can do this too.
Too many webcasts, not enough time.
If you see streaming audio or video you
think would be of interest to our readers, please
URL and description.
Has your firm produced a webcast? We want the details!
If you'd like a clickable list of the web addresses from this and past columns,
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Kendall Callas, ,
is president of American Webcast and a 20-year veteran law office technology
consultant.
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