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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Conversations at the Washington Library
Conversations at the Washington Library is the premier podcast about George Washington and his Early American world. Join host Jim Ambuske as he talks with scholars, digital humanists, librarians, and other guests about Washington's era…Subjects
Early America; Early American Republic; American Revolution; Slavery; Atlantic History
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Pioneer Monuments in the American West
Pioneer Monuments in the American West explores the more than 200 public statues commemorating early white settlers in the western United States. An interactive timeline and map enables users to watch the monuments appear--and disappear--over…Subjects
West (U.S.); Monuments; Collective memory; Women
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Richmond Cemeteries
An overview of historic burial grounds in Richmond, Virginia, from the city's origins to the present, featuring maps, images, audio guides, (podcasts), research reports, bibliographies, and a news blog. The project website spotlights cemeteries across…Subjects
Cemeteries, African American, Indigenous, Early America, Richmond (Va.), Civil War, Veterans
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The Judah Will
"The Judah Will" presents a transcription of the 1827 will of Isaac H. Judah, an early resident of Richmond, Virginia, and the first reader of that city's Congregation Beth Shalome. Additionally this digital project offers…Subjects
Early America, Judaism, Richmond (Va.), African American
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Well Crafted NC
Well Crafted NC collects and promotes the history of breweries in North Carolina from the early breweries of the 1700s to the craft breweries of today. We conduct oral history interviews with many of the…Subjects
beer, brewing, north carolina
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Digital Library on American Slavery
The Digital Library on American Slavery (DLAS) compiles independent collections focused upon race and slavery in the American South, made searchable through a single, simple interface. DLAS houses tens of thousands of records relating to…Subjects
African American, enslavement
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YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum | Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl
The first exhibition of the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum, Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl, uses interactive storytelling to contextualize hundreds of artifacts from the YIVO archives, taking…Subjects
World War II, Holocaust, Jewish History, European History, Immigration
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Uncovering Their History: African, African-American and Native-American Burials in Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground, 1640-1815
The Ancient Burying Ground is Hartford’s oldest historic site and the only one remaining from the seventeenth century. From 1640 until the early 1800s, it served as Hartford’s primary graveyard. Our "Uncovering Their History" website…Subjects
African American, Indigenous, Early America
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Sites of Girlhood
Sites of Girlhood is a large scale global project to put girls “on the map.” Girls around the world have been part participants and, at times, victims to some of the greatest moments in history.…Subjects
Women, Girls
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Confluence: The History of North American Rivers
Confluence is an environmental humanities project that bridges activism and academic methods of knowledge in order to explore the importance of rivers throughout North America. This platform provides an opportunity for people to learn about…Subjects
North American History, Environmental History
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