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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Chicken Wings in Buffalo: A Timeline
This project collects and lays out documentary evidence in chronological order, tracing the evolution of chicken wings, popularly called Buffalo wings, from a local curiosity to a national culinary favorite. It features both chicken wing…Subjects
Food - History; Food - New York (State) - Buffalo; Cooking - New York (State) - Buffalo.
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Faith, Flight, and Freedom: The Story of the Do-Nguyen Family and Vietnamese-American Catholicism
This public history website traces the story of the Vietnamese-Catholic Do-Nguyen family on their migration journey to the United States; it also explores the wider history and impact of the Catholic community on Vietnamese-Americans. Through…Subjects
Religion, Migration, Vietnamese-American, Modern History
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Alpha Phi Alpha at Penn: Digitizing Early Black Student Experiences, 1914 -1930
Alpha Phi Alpha at Penn: Digitizing Early Black Student Experiences, 1914–1930 is a digital history project dedicated to recovering and amplifying the lives of early Black students at the University of Pennsylvania. Centered on the…Subjects
African American, education, Greek letter fraternities, University of Pennsylvania
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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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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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Cartoon Asheville
From 1907 to 1928, Willis “Billy” Borne worked as the cartoonist for the Asheville Citizen newspaper, and “Cartoon Asheville” catalogs the full corpus of his comic art. Averaging over 280 cartoons a year, Borne composed…Subjects
World War I, African American, Women's Suffrage, Prohibition
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The Capra Bailey Project
The Capra Bailey Project introduces you to "Its a Wonderful Life" as historical immersion experience in both the American past and present. For the historically interested person, this website treats both the film and its…Subjects
United States, Popular Culture. 1917---
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Arthur P. Schmidt & Company: A Walking Tour of Old Boston
This virtual walking tour of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, leads visitors down the streets on which nineteenth-century music publisher Arthur P. Schmidt published the first repertory of serious art music in the United States. Schmidt was…Subjects
Music, History, Musicology, Publishing, Music Publishing
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Mapping the Deerskin Trade in Colonial North Carolina, 1761-1771
In colonial North Carolina, the livelihood and survival of many people revolved around deer. As war concluded in 1761 with an uneasy peace, hunting and trade flourished, but competition over deer foreshadowed future conflict. Using…Subjects
Early America, Indigenous, Environmental
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