Early examples of electronic forms
Eliza
A recreation of an interactive computer program created in 1966.
Zork
A recreation of a computer game first created in 1977-1979.
"Procedural" Website
Devices of Wonder
Explore objects from the Getty museum.
The magic lens
Reading handwritten sources online. From a website based on a diary of 18th-century New England midwife. Based on the book The Midwife's Tale.
Image Tool for French Revolution Images
A tool for comparing images of crowds in the French Revolution, part of an online article published in the American Historical Review
"Participatory" Websites
9/11 Digital Archive
An online archive that lets visitors submit their own stories of September 11 attacks.
Business Plan Archive
Archive of failed dot-com business projects and stories.
The Video Store Project
Survey of video store owners created for Ph.D. dissertation research.
"Spatial" Websites
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Multimedia history of Pearl Harbor attack.
Montichello Explorer
A 3D rendition of Thomas Jefferson's plantation.
Theban Mapping Project
An interactive map of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt that presents research from several ongoing archaeological studies.
Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese House
An interactive portrait of a late Qing dynasty merchant house.
The Sonic Memorial Project
Archive of oral histories that includes a "spatial" browser for audio.
Database Narratives
They Rule
Links between corporations--example of making an argument in a database form.
Cultivating Pasadena
An online article that uses a "database narrative" to tell a story of Pasadena, California.
Face to Face
Exhibit of oral histories connecting Japanese Internment and September 11.
Without Sanctuary and book
A database of photographs and postcards of lynching in America.
Hypertext and Historical Scholarship
From Hogan's Alley to Coconino County: Four Narratives of the Early Comic Strip
Article published in American Quarterly in 1999.
The Difference Slavery Made: A Close Analysis of Two American Communities
Article published in the American Historical Review in 2003.
The Unmaking of Markets
Article published in online journal Vectors in 2005.
Further Resources
Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web
A practical guide to digital history.
Second Story Studio
A major multimedia producer of historical sites.
Commons-based Peer Production of Digital History
Nature magazine article comparing Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica
Yochai Benkler on Commons-based peer production
Sharing of History references in del.icio.us
Authenticity Issues
Bush State of the Union Address Video
Doctored Lee Harvey Oswald photo
Grassroots-produced Databases
Internet Archive Wayback Machine
A nonprofit archive of past web pages
Prelinger Archives
A nonprofit online archive of government, advertising, and industrial films