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 NCPH staff and Membership Committee 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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Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project
Chesapeake Heartland is an African American humanities project dedicated to preserving, digitizing, interpreting, and making accessible thousands of materials related to African American history and culture on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the Delmarva Peninsula and beyond.…Subjects
African Diaspora
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Connecting Threads
Connecting Threads is a public-first, collaborative digital history project dedicated to amplifying the contributions of Indian weavers and African Caribbean consumers to global histories of dress. The project showcases the history of production of checked…Subjects
Fashion & Dress, Material Culture, Caribbean History, South Asian History, African American, African Caribbean, Indian Artisans
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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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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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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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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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Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective connects history with today, providing historical insights on current events. Each month Origins produces a free, open-access main article that features an expert who analyzes a pressing issue in…Full Details
The Kitchen in the Cabinet: Histories of Food and Science
"The Kitchen in the Cabinet" is a digital exhibition that explores the historical intersections of food and natural science. It tells the stories of centuries-old food artifacts that have survived to the present day, despite…Subjects
History of Science, Food History, Natural History, Culinary History, Early America, African American, European History, Enlightenment, 17th Century, 18th Century
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Lyne Starling Trimble History of Science Public Lectures
The Lyne Starling Trimble History of Science Public Lecture Series features prominent science historians and writers who highlight the important roles that science plays in modern society and culture. All lectures are usually held at…Subjects
Science, Modern History, History of Modern Science, History of Science and Society
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Commonplace: the journal of early American life
Commonplace is a destination for exploring and exchanging ideas about early American history and culture before 1900. Less formal than a scholarly journal, more scholarly than a popular magazine, it speaks and listens to scholars,…Subjects
African American, Latinx, Indigenous, Early America, Women, Politics & Government, Art History, Material Culture
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