CHNM takes on DoHistory

In November 2003, CHNM acquired DoHistory, a website that explores the life of eighteenth-century New England midwife Martha Ballard, whose diary was the basis for Lauren Thatcher Ulrich’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Laurie Kahn-Leavitt’s PBS film, both entitled A Midwife’s Tale. CHNM acquired the website from the Film Study Center at Harvard University, where the website was developed. DoHistory features the entire text of Martha Ballard’s diary, more than 300 documents on eighteenth-century New England life and culture, behind-the-scenes accounts of the making of the book and the film, teaching materials, and practical guides on how to conduct and publish historical research.