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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Second Battle of Fredericksburg Digital Battlefield Tour
A digital battlefield map and tour for the Battle of Second Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863 featuring images, battle maps, and primary sources. A small amount of the Fredericksburg battlefield is preserved and Second Fredericksburg is…Subjects
Civil War
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Animating Queer History
Only five US states require LGBTQ+ history as part of K-12 social studies curriculums. But according to research from GLSEN, queer students who learn about LGBTQ+ topics feel safer at school, report lower rates of…Subjects
LGBTQ+, United States, Modern History
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American Indian Removal: What Does it Mean to Remove a People?
This online lesson provides perspectives from Native American community members, documents, maps, images, and activities to help students and teachers understand an important and difficult chapter in United States history. Explore the vast scope of…Subjects
Native American/US History
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Heritage Farm Museum & Village Walking Tour
Heritage Farm Museum & Village is an open-air museum in Huntington, West Virginia dedicated to preserving Appalachian history. This digital tour, presented on the Clio website and mobile app, takes visitors through some of the…Subjects
Appalachia, Early America, Transportation, Technology
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1777 Chester County Property Atlas (Pennsylvania)
This interactive atlas documents Chester County’s 1777 property owners, public roads, points of interest, and reported British plundering during the Philadelphia Campaign of the American Revolution. The original intent of the project was to contribute…Subjects
Pennsylvania – History – Revolution, 1775-1783; Pennsylvania – History, Local; Chester County (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Chester County (Pa.)--Maps
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WWI GIFs
The National WWI Museum and Memorial launched a collection of nearly 500 animated GIFs on giphy.com. From the funny to the tragic, these short videos were created using archival film footage of the war, primarily…Subjects
World War I; Military Service; African Americans; Women; Music; Animals; American History
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The American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project core collection includes virtually all of the public papers, messages, speeches, and orders of American President. The collection is searchable and documents are categorized and tagged. The APP also includes related…Subjects
Presidents--American; Presidents & the Congress; Presidents and their first ladies
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Re:Collection
Created by the Azrieli Foundation's Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program, Re:Collection is an educational tool for exploring the history of the Holocaust through first-hand accounts of survivors. This innovative digital resource combines video interviews with memoir…Subjects
World War II, Holocaust, Jewish History, European History, Canadian History, Immigration
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A History of Central Florida: Podcast Project
A History of Central Florida Podcast is a 50-episode podcast that examines the history of central Florida through local area objects found in museums, historical organizations and other places.Subjects
Material Culture, history, anthropology
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Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
Last Seen is recovering the stories of families separated in the domestic slave trade. Formerly enslaved people placed these ads hoping to reconnect with family and loved ones for decades following emancipation. These ads serve…Subjects
African American
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