This directory is a free guide to history-focused digital projects for students, faculty, public history professionals, and anyone interested in learning about history through digital media.
It is designed to help connect researchers and learners with resources that can help them explore their interests, and to promote and share the wide range of digital projects in existence. This directory does not include all digital projects, but is vetted by the Digital Media Group for projects that are focused on the study or interpretation of historical subject matter, are open access, and are built with the intention of engaging a wide audience.
NCPH also intends for this to be a resource for those interested in developing their own digital projects by including information on costs, funding, labor, software, etc. for each entry.
The directory includes various filters to help you navigate to projects of interest and is keyword searchable.
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Women of the South Carolina State Park Service, 1922-1998
The institutional history of the South Carolina State Park Service has often left out the stories of women employees. Its telling focused primarily on the all-male Civilian Conservation Corps program of the 1930s, the park…Subjects
Women--20th century; state parks
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The Atlas of Drowned Towns
The Atlas of Drowned Towns explores the histories of the communities that were displaced or disappeared to make way for the reservoirs for what are called “river development projects” -- aka large dams. Beneath the…Subjects
Dams, Displacement, Community Archiving
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Retracing the Bell Route: An Archive of Cherokee Removal
A database for the study of the Bell Route of the Trail of Tears and Bell Detachment or emigration group of the "Treaty Party (so-called)". The Bell Route of the Trail of Tears passed through…Subjects
Indigenous
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Black Lives Matter Oral History Database
The Black Lives Matter Oral History Project was created to help students develop a place-based narrative project that assists them in understanding how the Black Lives Matter Movement impacted those within their home communities. Students…Subjects
Black Lives Matter, African American History, Socal Movements, Oral History
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Haitians Abroad Digital Archive
The Haitians Abroad Digital Archive documents the historical actors that made up the Haitian migration experience during the “long” nineteenth century (1791-1880). Founded in 2022, the site is a young and “living archive” that contains…Subjects
Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Migration, Latin American and the Caribbean, African Diaspora, Atlantic World, Early America, European History
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Citizenship in Indian Country: 1924 and the Origins of Indigenous Civil Rights
One hundred years ago, the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 promised American citizenship to Indigenous people across the United States. While this is often described as the origin or major turning point of Indigenous rights…Subjects
Indigenous
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Arab American Labor – اليد العاملة العربية الأمريكية
In Fall 2023, the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies published a five-part series on Arab American Labor in the early twentieth century. The digital exhibit discusses the lives and labor of the Arab American…Subjects
Arab American History
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Yesterqueers
Yesterqueers is a public history project that explores and celebrates the broad expanse of queer history. Creator and Host Amanda W. Timpson creates narratively compelling and academically rigorous videos that help queer people see themselves…Subjects
LGBTQ+, Queer Culture, Queer People, Queer Studies, Transgender Archives, Two-Spirit People
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Coding The Past
This blog provides concise lessons on utilizing data science for historical and humanities research. It's tailored for researchers, students, and enthusiasts with a basic understanding of R and Python. The content aims to equip these…Subjects
Modern History, European History
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IFPH Explorers
The Explorers project of the International Federation for Public History, is a space devoted to informing and promoting activities and international debates between historians and other professionals researching or interested in public history. Our main…Subjects
Global Public History
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