November 08, 2004
Archives/Research
The North American Women’s Letters and Diaries digital archive holds over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries from roughly 1,325 North American women from the Colonial era through 1950. The archive is well-structured and easy to navigate and the... More
Posted by Olivia at 06:17 PM
Archives/Research
The Digital Imaging Project of South Africa presents the full text and page images of 42 anti-apartheid periodicals ranging in date from 1950 to 1994. The archive makes the journals accessible in a variety of ways, by both browsing and... More
Posted by Kristin at 05:45 PM
American Memory
The American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress is a great archival collection. The Library of Congress was one of the pioneers for presenting archives digitally over the web, and they have probably been one of the best funded... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 05:27 PM
Archive/Research Project
I propose a research project that would explore “subversive” groups within post-World War Two America. Specifically, such organizations as the Ku Klux Klan, the American Communist Party, the Aryan Nation and the American Nazi Party. Some lesser known organizations to... More
Posted by Jeff at 03:30 PM
Archives/Research
Beginning in 1983 the Prelinger Archives began collecting ephemeral American films. The collection now claims to be in possession of over ten percent of these films made between 1927 and 1987. Using the Internet Archive, almost two thousand of... More
Posted by Rob at 02:37 PM
Archives-Research Project
The Oyez.org Website would be a useful tool for historical research on oral presentations at the Supreme Court. With more than 2000 hours of U.S. Supreme Court audio clips, Jerry Goldman’s Oyez site would give the historical researcher the rare... More
Posted by Roger at 02:12 PM
Archives/Research Idea
I chose the Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875 website a product of Indiana University’s Digital Library Program. The goal of the program and website is to digitize every novel published in the U.S. between 1851 and 1875. The program uses Lyle... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 01:09 PM
Web-based archival research: An Idea
Following is my suggestion for a historical research project based primarily on existing archives: Utilize digitized map collections to assemble and compare the “evolution” of specific errors in depictions of North America during the early modern period. This project would... More
Posted by Anne Angstadt at 12:28 PM
November 07, 2004
Digital Archive Project
ProQuest Historical Newspapers includes archival material from major newspapers including the New York Times and Washington Post. This archive is a vast reservoir of primary source material that provides contemporary news coverage dating back to the mid-19th century. It provides... More
Posted by DickH at 09:30 PM
Anti-Imperialism Archive
I examined Jim Zwick’s Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935. Overall, I thought the online archive was well-done for a private individual (and--I assume from the really annoying advertising--under funded effort). Mr. Zwick captured a significant amount of information regarding... More
Posted by Stephen B. Sledge at 07:55 PM
November 06, 2004
Archive_Mary_Nov6
The New York Library Performing Arts in America 1875 -1923 The website for Performing Arts in New York City’s Lincoln Center contains 16,000 items in its database. One segment of the site is the music archive. Material ranges from the... More
Posted by MaryL at 09:50 PM
Archives/Research
Since most of the project ideas that I thought of already have a digital archive available, I will use an example based on an existing archive. HarpWeek, by John Adler, makes almost any project with a subject from 1857-1903 is... More
Posted by sarah at 03:24 PM
November 05, 2004
Research using digital archives
An idea for a digital archives historical research project The project would use the capabilities and collections of American Memory at the Library of Congress. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington had diametrically opposed views of the democratic-republican societies that were... More
Posted by ben at 03:51 PM