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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The Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi (CWRGM) is a digital history project that provides free online access to all of the state's governors' papers from just before the Civil War through the era of…Subjects
African Americans, Military families, Veterans, Widows, Enslaved people, Freed peoples, Conscription, Illiterate persons, War Dissenter, Native Americans, and many more. See discussion of CWRGM Subject Tagging protocols at: https://cwrgm.org/protocols
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Violence Against Black People in America
The brutal killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020 marked a key event in the history of violence against Black Americans. But it was just one of many acts…Subjects
African American History
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USS Constitution’s War of 1812 Cruises
During the War of 1812, USS Constitution completed three major cruises across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship's mission was to protect American shipping, seize British shipping, and attack British naval forces where possible. These interactive…Subjects
War of 1812, Naval history, American history
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Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi
"Against All Odds" tells the stories of the first African American men - over 150 in all - to serve as Mississippi's state and national legislators. Features photographs, short biographies, quoted excerpts from primary and…Subjects
African American, Mississippi, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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WILMINGTON MASSACRE AND COUP D’ÉTAT OF 1898 – A TIMELINE OF EVENTS
This Story Map uses maps, photographs, and newspapers and a narrative to explore the contexts and history of the 1898 massacre and coup in Wilmington, North Carolina. This digital asset was designed as part of…Subjects
African American, Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington NC, 1898, White supremacy movements--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century.
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Encyclopedia Virginia
Encyclopedia Virginia’s mission is to provide a free, reliable, multimedia resource that tells the inclusive story of Virginia for students, teachers, and communities who seek to understand how the past informs the present and the…Subjects
Virginia history
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MosaicNC
MosaicNC, a state-managed digital publishing venture, is the home of special projects and two longstanding documentary projects--the Colonial Records of North Carolina and the North Carolina Governors' Papers Project.Subjects
Colonial records, governors' papers, special projects
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Black HERstory 101 Podcast
The Black HERstory 101 Podcast, with host, Dr. Crystal Moten, explores all things Black woman’s history, illuminating listeners' understanding of the past with thought provoking stories that center the experiences of Black women. While the…Subjects
African American women, Women, Gender, United States History
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Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVID-19 (JOTPY)
JOTPY is a rolling response archive and global curatorial consortium documenting pandemic life. We have collected 15,000 stories from members of the public and curated them in real time, making both the stories and their…Subjects
COVID-19, poverty, incarceration, civic unrest, Black Lives Matter, health care, public health
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North Florida Editorial Workshop
The North Florida Editorial Workshop engages students in the transcription and digital publishing of archival materials related to the history of the region. The project is associated with an undergraduate course on digital editing and…Subjects
Florida--History
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