A curated directory of digital history resources for finding sources, tools, and learning materials for historical research.
141 entries
U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenmagazinescontemporary
Federal Gazette, Administrative Case Law of the Federal Authorities and more documents from the Swiss Federal Archives.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddefritprimary sourcescontemporary
Sources and database for swiss socio-political topics.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddefrencyclopediascontemporary
Austrian Newspapers online.
Archives and primary sourcesAustriademagazinesnewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Index of economic collections in archives of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritsearch enginecontemporary
Archival search engine for Switzerland.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritsearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
European archives search engine.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropeensearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
German archives search engine.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeenprimary sourcessearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
Database with sources relating to VOC (Dutch East India Company) and WIC (Dutch West India Company).
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalennlmapsmoderncontemporary
Collection of Bavarian maps, places, newspapers etc.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeenbooksencyclopediasmagazinesmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch enginemoderncontemporary
Computer code, reference manuals, and magazines.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalenbooksmagazinesprimary sourcescontemporary
Minutes of the Federal Council (1848-1963).
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritprimary sourcescontemporary
America’s historic newspapers from 1777-1963.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaennewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Preserving information from early personal computer magazines.
A handbook on digital resources for the historical sciences.
Archive of various magazines on gaming.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenmagazinescontemporary
An Awesome List of computer history videos, documentaries and related folklore.
South German Museum for History of Digital Development.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeenaudiovisual sourcesmagazinesphotosprimary sourceswebsitescontemporary
Includes a digital edition of the events of the Zurich summer of 1968.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeprimary sourcescontemporary
A Workbook for Methods and Readings in Digital History.
A guide to understanding and critically evaluating AI tools and methods in historical research, covering practical applications, ethical considerations, and methodological approaches.
A curated list of awesome open-source data visualizations frameworks, libraries and software.
Historical maps collection.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenmapsmedievalmoderncontemporary
Dutch newspapers, books and magazines.
Archives and primary sourcesNetherlandsnlbooksmagazinesnewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Discover historical newspapers from 1671 to 1950.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeennewspaperssearch enginemoderncontemporary
Bernese culture and history on the Internet.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeencyclopediasancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
Introduction to the web for historians, who wish to produce online historical work.
Tools, resources, and services supporting the Digital Humanities.
Discovery tool, or union catalog, for public domain and openly licensed content held by the United States’ archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenaudiovisual sourcesbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch engineancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
Wide range of trans-related digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenprimary sourcessearch enginemoderncontemporary
Zotero group with literature on digital source criticism and the handling of digitized historical sources.
Collections of the Munich Digitization Center.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeenaudiovisual sourcesbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourceswebsitesmedievalmoderncontemporary
An interactive portal on the history of women’s movements in Germany.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydelearning materialssearch enginemoderncontemporary
Digital edition of the historical Wiener Zeitung.
Archives and primary sourcesAustriadenewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Access to Switzerland’s diplomatic records and foreign policy documentation.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritprimary sourcescontemporary
Terms, methods, and debates in contemporary history research.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeencyclopediascontemporary
Virtual manuscript library of Switzerland.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritmanuscriptsprimary sourcesmedievalmoderncontemporary
Online web portal of the ETH Zurich Graphics Collection.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenphotosprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Manuscript material from Swiss libraries and archives.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritmanuscriptsmapsprimary sourcesmedievalmoderncontemporary
The platform for digitised rare books from Swiss libraries.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritprimary sourcesmedievalmoderncontemporary
European History through renewed historiographic objects and major contemporary challenges.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropefraudiovisual sourcesbooksencyclopediaslearning materialsmapsphotosmoderncontemporary
Scholars, survivors, students, and community partners in challenging eugenics.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenaudiovisual sourcesbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch enginemoderncontemporary
A curated directory of online primary sources for European history, organized by country and period, with many items hosted by reputable institutions and using Dublin Core metadata.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropeenmulcollectionportalmedievalearly modernmoderncontemporary
Search engine for European textual and non-textual archival sources.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropedeenesfritmulnlnoplsvaudiovisual sourcesbooksencyclopediaslearning materialsmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch engineancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
The Asia Directories and Chronicles is a reference work for foreign traders in the Asian region, published annually by the Hong Kong Daily Press, annually between 1863 and 1941.
Archives and primary sourcesAsiaenbooksprimary sourcesstatisticscontemporary
Forex rate history since 1953.
Digital library of the National Library of France.
Archives and primary sourcesFrancedeenfritaudiovisual sourcesbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcesmedievalmoderncontemporary
Open HGIS Lessons and Resources.
Resources on the history of games, cracking, and the demoscene.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalenmagazinesphotosprimary sourcessearch enginetoolswebsitescontemporary
Teaching and collaborative resources for digital history (University of Erfurt).
Catalogue of more than 15’000 manuscripts (12th–20th century) in Icelandic, Old Norse, Danish and Latin (plus a few other languages) with more than 4’000 manuscripts digitally available.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropedaislatmanuscriptsprimary sourcesmedievalmodern
A not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries preserving and making accessible millions of digitized items.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Online course for Methods and Readings in Digital History.
Zotero group with literature on historical network research and social network analysis in historical studies.
A specialized information service for historians that offers access to research tools and services.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydemagazinesmapsnewspapersprimary sourcessearch enginetoolswebsitesmoderncontemporary
Toolkit designed to support students in their historical studies and research.
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Digital collection of manuscripts from around the world.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalarenfrmanuscriptsancientmedievalmodern
Historical statistics of Switzerland online.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfrstatisticscontemporary
Historical newspaper collections of the Swiss National Library, the National Library of Luxembourg, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Temps, the Valais State Archives and the Swiss Economic Archives.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlandennewspapersmoderncontemporary
Swiss national inventory of industry artifacts.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeencyclopediasphotoscontemporary
A database containing current historical edition projects in Switzerland.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritencyclopediasancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
INA is a repository of French radio and television audiovisual archives.
Archives and primary sourcesFrancefraudiovisual sourceslearning materialsprimary sourcescontemporary
Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalenaudiovisual sourcesbookslearning materialsmagazinesmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch enginestatisticswebsitescontemporary
This guide, created in the fall semester of 2022, accompanies the introductory courses in history at the University of Basel and is intended to provide a first insight into the field of digital history.
A textbook offering a comprehensive introduction to Python programming, tailored for researchers and students in the humanities.
Digitized maps of Iceland, Greenland and the Arctic region (1545–1949).
Archives and primary sourcesEuropeismapsprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Icelandic musical heritage collection (including recordings and sheet music), legends and fairytales.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropeisaudiovisual sourcesbookssheet musicmoderncontemporary
Book search engine for finding hundreds of millions of media in catalogs worldwide.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobaldeensearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
Database on built heritage in Switzerland and Liechtenstein based on and including the digitised book series of the same name.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritbooksencyclopediassearch engineancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
Archive of Gazette de Lausanne et du Journal de Genève.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritnewspaperscontemporary
Platform of the State Archives of Baden-Württemberg.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydelearning materialssearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
Encyclopedia of musicians persecuted during the Nazi era.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeencyclopediascontemporary
Professional development curriculum to introduce to historical research methods and digital history skills.
Journey through time via maps of Switzerland.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritrmmapscontemporary
Collection of Mannheim newspapers and historical printed matter on the history of Mannheim.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydenewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Everything you ever wanted to know about Marx (and other important socialists).
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalarcadeenesfrjamulnlptrusvbooksencyclopediaslearning materialsmagazinescontemporary
Find archived web pages in Internet Archive, Archive-It, British Library, archive.today, and GitHub.
Provides access to audiovisual documents from Swiss memory institutions.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddefritaudiovisual sourcesphotoscontemporary
Rich collection of the National Archives of the Netherlands.
Archives and primary sourcesNetherlandsennlaudiovisual sourcesmanuscriptsmapsphotosprimary sourceswebsitesmedievalmoderncontemporary
The official archives regarding veteran records, founding documents and presidential libraries of the United States.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenaudiovisual sourcesbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch enginewebsitesmoderncontemporary
National Library of South Africa’s digital collections, including historical newspapers and special collections materials.
Archives and primary sourcesAfricaenmulnewspapersphotosprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Repository for the public and legal records of Scotland.
Archives and primary sourcesGreat Britainenmapsstatisticsmedievalmoderncontemporary
Data collections from the National Library of Scotland.
Archives and primary sourcesGreat Britainenbooksmapsphotosprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Maps, starting in the 17th century.
Search engine for libraries around the globe.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobaldeenfrsearch enginecontemporary
A time travel map created by a community of mappers and historians.
The Austrian archive for sound recordings and videos from cultural and contemporary history.
Archives and primary sourcesAustriadeaudiovisual sourceslearning materialsprimary sourcescontemporary
Portal for African Research Collections: PARC is the new meta-catalogue for the Africana collections at the research location Basel.
Archives and primary sourcesAfricadeenaudiovisual sourcesprimary sourcesancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
Online collection of scanned maps.
A library of over 60,000 free eBooks.
Contains 10’000 works by over 2’000 authors in German.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydebooksmoderncontemporary
Central platform providing access to a wide range of research databases and content types including news, dissertations, ebooks, video, and journals.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalmulnewspapersportalprimary sourcessearch enginemoderncontemporary
Open access academic literature.
The Jupyter Book (in German language) is aimed at historians who are looking for a first application-oriented and interactive introduction to the Python programming language.
A list of tools for research.
Retrodigitalisierte und digitale Editionseinheiten der Schweizerischen Rechtsquellen. Ediert wird rechtshistorisches Quellenmaterial vom Mittelalter bis in die Frühe Neuzeit (1798).
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddefritprimary sourcesmedievalmodern
This collection comprises over 500 business archives from the period 1750 to the present day, with a focus on the Basel region.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenencyclopediassearch enginemoderncontemporary
Tools and resources for scientific writing beyond LaTeX, including Markdown, reStructuredText and Jupyter notebooks.
Collection of archival material and digitized journals in the field of history of education.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
The Foundation for Art, Culture, and History (SKKG) provides online access to its collection of approximately 100,000 objects, ranging from artworks to historical artifacts spanning from the Stone Age to the present.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeprimary sourcesancientmedievalmoderncontemporaryprehistory
Over 1.8 million graphic media (photographs, maps, drawings).
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeaudiovisual sourcesmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcesmedievalmoderncontemporary
A platform for digital scholarly text editions, integrating TEI Publisher and IIIF in Switzerland.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddesearch enginemoderncontemporary
Discovery platform for South Asian historical and cultural materials held worldwide, with mixed hosting plus outward links.
Archives and primary sourcesAsiaenmulportalprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Open-access collection of South Asian newspapers covering major regional and global events across multiple countries and languages.
Archives and primary sourcesAsiaenmulnewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Image collection of photographs, prints, and drawings focusing on Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, depicting life roughly 1850-1950.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalennlphotosprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Open-access collection of Southeast Asian newspapers documenting colonialism, decolonization, and early statehood across the region in multiple languages.
Archives and primary sourcesAsiaenfrmulnlnewspapersprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
SPIEGEL archive since 1947.
Meta search engine for historical and modern collections in Swiss libraries and archives.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenfritsearch engineancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
Swiss Natural History Collections portal providing open access to specimen data from natural history collections preserved in Switzerland.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlandencollectionportalmoderncontemporary
Digital History Directory.
A book for teaching Computational Thinking and Programming skills to people with a background in the Humanities.
A non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales.
Archives and primary sourcesGreat Britainenaudiovisual sourcesbookslearning materialsmagazinesmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
London’s Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913.
Archives and primary sourcesGreat Britainenbooksmapsprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Novice-friendly, peer-reviewed tutorials that help humanists learn a wide range of digital tools, techniques, and workflows to facilitate research and teaching.
Digitized newspapers and magazines from Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropedafoisklmagazinesnewspapersmoderncontemporary
The Federal Council reports to parliament on income and expenditure for the past years.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddefrstatisticscontemporary
Browse and compare Dutch topographic maps (1815 until today).
Create, share and access transcriptions of historical manuscripts.
Archives and primary sourcesSwitzerlanddeenmanuscriptsprimary sourcesmedievalmodern
Manuscripts, documents, maps and literature.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydebooksmagazinesmanuscriptsnewspapersprimary sourcesancientmedievalmoderncontemporary
Overview on the field of Digital History and Digital Humanities.
Rare prints, manuscripts, bequests and more.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydebooksmagazinesmanuscriptsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcesmedievalmoderncontemporary
Archives and records from the United Nations regarding Secretaries-Generals, departments and missions.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalarenesfrruzhprimary sourcessearch enginecontemporary
Historical and contemporary visual materials from Southeastern Europe.
Archives and primary sourcesEuropeenaudiovisual sourcesmapsphotosprimary sourcescontemporary
Explore more than 486 billion web pages saved over time.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalensearch enginewebsitescontemporary
A comprehensive collection of manuscripts that provides insight into the Islamic scholarly tradition in West Africa.
Archives and primary sourcesAfricaarddnenfrhamanuscriptsmodern
It is based on the Historical Dictionary Vienna by Felix Czeike, currently there are 50,156 contributions and 12,510 images.
Archives and primary sourcesAustriadeencyclopediasmapsphotosancientmedievalmoderncontemporaryprehistory
An exploration of women’s impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsphotosprimary sourcesstatisticscontemporary
WDL is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.
Archives and primary sourcesNorth Americaenaudiovisual sourcesbooksmagazinesmanuscriptsmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcessearch enginemedievalmoderncontemporary
Collection of content and services that permit world historians to do spatial and temporal reasoning and visualization in a data rich environment at global and trans-regional scales.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalenlearning materialsmapsmoderncontemporary
Archive of radio and television broadcasting journals, industry-specific guides and professional directories.
Archives and primary sourcesGlobalenmagazinesprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
Historical German newspapers.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeennewspaperscontemporary
Collections of the Berlin Central and State Library.
Archives and primary sourcesGermanydeenbooksmagazinesmapsnewspapersphotosprimary sourcesmoderncontemporary
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