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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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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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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“Through the Wisdom and Knowledge of Dr. Gross”: Stories from Black Life in Rhode Island
Embark on a digital history tour inspired by the Papers of Dr. Carl Russell Gross (1888-1971). Throughout his life, Providence-based physician Dr. Carl Russell Gross collected materials in service of a book that he was…Subjects
African American History, Twentieth Century History
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Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum Virtual Tour
The Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum Virtual Tour highlights the last saddletree factory in America that dates back to the 19th century. Because it is the last of its kind, Historic Madison, Inc. has made it…Subjects
Industrial Heritage, Industry, American History, Indiana History
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Visions of Democracy
Visions of Democracy is a podcast for those interested in learning about the history of participatory democracy and grassroots activism in America. Most episodes feature an oral history interview between host Kimberly Stahler and activists…Subjects
American democracy, grassroots activism
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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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Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee
Gathering Places is a collaboratively built digital archive of Milwaukee's religious diversity.Subjects
Religion, Church History, Milwaukee
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Frederick Douglass in Britain and Ireland
Welcome to my African American Mapping Project! Here you will find information on formerly enslaved African Americans who made radical and politicized journeys to the British Isles during the c19th to educate British audiences about…Subjects
African American, Modern History, European History, British History
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Asheville Junction: A Blog By David E. Whisnant
David E. Whisnant is an Asheville (NC) outmigrant writing at the intersection of regional, community, family and personal history. Juxtaposes insufficiently explored aspects of Asheville (NC) and regional history with the working class histories of…Software Used
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Set at Liberty: stories of the enslaved in a New England town
Remarkably, some of the stories of Beverly’s black population have been preserved and can be found at Historic Beverly. These are stories of citizens, black and white, battling against the unjust system of slavery; of…Subjects
African-American, African-American history, slavery, slavery history, Massachusetts slavery
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