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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Fugitive Federals: A Digital Humanities Investigation of Escaped Union Prisoners
Fugitive Federals visualizes the escape of 3,000 Federal prisoners of war. The location and timing of these escapes reveals the intertwined collapse of the Confederacy’s prison system, military defense, and society. The routes of travel…Subjects
Civil War, African American, Prisoners of War, Women, ArcGIS, Pedagogy
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Memorable Days: The Emilie Davis Diaries
Transcribed and annotated diary of a Black woman who lived in Philadelphia during the Civil War. Emilie Davis's diary contains daily entries from January 1863 - December 1865. Davis recorded her educational efforts, war news,…Subjects
African American, Civil War, Women
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South Carolina’s Equalization Schools Program, 1951-1959
South Carolina passed its first permanent sales tax in 1951 to build new African American high schools. The state wanted to preserve racial segregation, so it made an effort to provide "separate but equal" schools.…Subjects
African American, Civil Rights, Modern History, South Carolina--History, United States--History
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The Jefferson Weather & Climate Records
This digital documentary edition encompasses transcribed texts and data from records of weather and climate in Thomas Jefferson’s papers. Included are Jefferson’s daily meteorological observations from July 1776 to June 1826, plus summary tables, descriptive…Subjects
History of Science and Technology, Meteorology, Phenology, Weather and Climate
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Mapping the Destruction of Tennessee’s African American Neighborhoods
A visual exploration of the effect of mid-20th century public works projects on African American neighborhoods in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville.Subjects
African American, Urban Renewal
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Voices of Democracy: The US Oratory Project
Voices of Democracy (VOD) is the premier online curriculum resource for the study of great speeches in U.S. history. Originally funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the site boasts a…Subjects
Great speeches in American history
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Here I Am: Making Photographs with Malcolm Wilson
Behringer-Crawford Museum in partnership with FotoFocus proudly brings you "Here I Am: Making Photographs with Malcolm Wilson," a documentary that explores the drive, vision, and passion of one mountaineer photographer who strives to give back…Subjects
Appalachian Region--Pictorial Works
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Somos de Wichita
A study of how successive generations of Latino families in Wichita navigated issues of identity during the twentieth century.Subjects
Latinx
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Since 1859, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress has been the primary source for biographical information on Members of the United States Congress and Continental Congresses. This database also includes major bibliographic citations…Subjects
United States. Congress.; United States. Congress. Senate.; United States. Congress. Senate--History.; United States. Congress. Senate--History--Sources.; United States. Congress. House.; United States. Congress. House--History.; United States. Congress. House--History--Sources.;
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Franklina C. Gray: The Grand Tour
Using Franklina Gray’s personal writings, objects from the museum’s collection, and additional archival resources, this exhibit follows a young Victorian woman as she travelled from Oakland, across the United States, and through Europe and the…Subjects
Women, Travel, Travel--1870-1880,
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