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Papers of the War Department 1784-1800
Papers of the War Department 1784-1800 On the night of November 8, 1800, fire devastated the United States War Office, consuming the papers, records, and books stored there. Two weeks later, Secretary of War Samuel Dexter lamented in a letter that “All the papers in my office [have] been destroyed
Pandemic Religion
Pandemic Religion Pandemic Religion: A Digital Archive collects and preserves the experiences of congregants and religious communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project seeks to create a digitally archive documenting how religious institutions and individuals adapted their practices to m
Maritime Asia
Maritime Asia Maritime Asia is an international collaboration with Adam Clulow at Monash University/University of Texas at Austin and Xing Hang at Brandeis University. This digital world history project explores the fierce rivalry between the Dutch East India Company and the Zheng maritime network a
Making the History of 1989
Making the History of 1989 CHNM received generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the German Historical Institute (Washington D.C.) to create Making the History of 1989, a new website on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989.Making the History of 1989 has thr
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The project contributes to the ongoing effort by historians and archivists to preserve the record of these storms by
Historical Thinking Matters
Historical Thinking Matters Focused on key topics in U.S. history, this website is designed to teach students how to read primary sources critically and how to critique and construct historical narratives.
Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives CHNM’s first online exhibitions, GULAG: Many Days, Many Lives immerses visitors in the varied experiences the vast and brutal Soviet prison camp system. The Gulag existed neither as a single unified experience, nor as a single unified institution. Comprised of a variet
For Virginians: Government Matters
For Virginians: Government Matters For Virginians: Government Matters is a free online teaching and learning resource highlighting active citizen involvement, the impact of state and local government on daily life, and how individuals shape their communities in the Commonwealth. There are four key f
Discover Diplomacy
Discover Diplomacy Discover Diplomacy is a set of diplomatic simulations for use in classrooms developed for the United States Diplomacy Center. Students who take part in the simulations get to experience how diplomacy works and what it means to understand someone else’s point of view. The goal is
Digital Methods for Military History
Digital Methods for Military History Digital Methods for Military History is an NEH-funded Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. It aims to help military historians investigate new ways of doing research digitally, as well as learning about new ways of creating digital projects