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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Planet Ord
Planet Ord started as a small-scale art project aiming to document the landscape, ecology and community of Fort Ord - the largest decommissioned Army Base in the American West - and present that documentation to…Subjects
Veterans, World War II, California Studies, Army, Vietnam War, BRAC
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Boston: A Suffrage ‘Hub’
“Boston: A Suffrage ‘Hub’” is a digital project on Boston National Historical Park’s website. This platform shows Boston’s integral role in the U.S. women’s suffrage movement, which grew, in part, from the city’s abolition movement.…Subjects
Women’s history; Suffrage; Suffrage--Massachusetts; Suffrage--United States—History; Suffragists; Suffragists--United States--History--19th century; Suffragists--United States-- History--20th century; Voting rights; Voting—Massachusetts; African American; African American history; Community activists--Massachusetts--Boston—History; National Park Service (U.S.)
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Stories of the Great Migration
“Stories of the Great Migration” is a digital hub that shares the stories of Black southern migrants who came to Boston and worked at the Charlestown Navy Yard, a site of Boston National Historical Park.…Subjects
African American; African American history; Great Migration; Charlestown Navy Yard (Boston, Mass.); Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)--History; World War II (1939-1945); Shipbuilding; Defense industry; Community activists--Massachusetts--Boston—History; Community life-- Massachusetts--Boston—History; National Park Service (U.S.)
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Boston: An Underground Railroad Hub
“Boston: An Underground Railroad Hub” is a digital exploration of Boston’s long history as a center of Underground Railroad activity. Through an array of interactive maps, videos, articles, and other features, visitors are invited to…Subjects
African American; African American history; Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad—Massachusetts; Freedom seekers; Abolition movement--Massachusetts--Boston-- 1850-1860; Abolition of slavery; Abolitionists, African American; Abolitionists--Massachusetts-- Boston—History; National Park Service (U.S.)
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“Imagine Going Half A Day And Not Seeing Anybody That Looks Like You”: A History Of Black Students And Employees At Tennessee Tech
The digital exhibit surveys the Black history of Tennessee Tech University from its founding in 1915 through the present day. The rural university was the last higher education institution in the Tennessee Board of Regents…Subjects
African American, Modern History, African American college students, College students, African American college athletes, African American educators, African American college teachers, African American--Societies, etc., African American Greek letter societies, Universities and colleges--Employees, Segregation, College integration, Student movements
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Walnut Ridge and Hoxie Online Archive (WHOA)
A virtual collection of pre-WWII historical sources of these two towns in eastern Lawrence County, Arkansas, and their outlying areas; searchable by topic, timeline, town, and type of source. Contains over 1,000 sources, with the…Subjects
Walnut Ridge (Ark.), Hoxie (Ark.), Rural History, 1870-1940
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Welga Archive, Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies
The Welga Archive, Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies is housed at the University of California, Davis' Department of Asian Amerian Studies seeks to preserve and make accessible archival collections related to the Filipino/a/x American and…Subjects
Filipino American, Filipino diaspora, Filipino American women, Filipinas, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers,
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Q&Abe: A Podcast by President Lincoln’s Cottage
Come on down the rabbit hole with us as we answer real questions from visitors to President Lincoln's Cottage that we wish we could spend a half hour answering. We always start with Lincoln and…Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Slavery, Human Trafficking, American Civil War, Race, Leadership, Historic House Museums
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Lost Louisville:
Lost Louisville maps photographs from the University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections depicting buildings that once stood in Louisville, Kentucky. By making this material available in map format we hope to increase community engagement…Subjects
Urban History, Buildings, Photographs
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Climate Footprints of Heritage Tourism
What can heritage teach us about climate change, and how we can take action? This online exhibit illustrates the climate change-related impacts, challenges, and opportunities of tourism at UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The tool is…Subjects
Climate Change, World Heritage
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