- 3D Modeling
- Data Visualization
- Database
- Digital Collection
- Exhibit
- GIS/Mapping
- Media
- Network Analysis
- Pedagogy
- TEI
- Text Analysis
- Tools
Data Visualization
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The London House Project
Created by Schuyler Gardner The London House Project uses data visualization to make London House, a kitchen record dating from 1612 to 1614, discernible and navigable. Documenting the foods purchased by houses on a weekly basis, kitchen records are rare yet vital sources as they provide one of the most accurate representations of Early Modern…
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East India Company Trade Data Visualization (1660-1834)
Created by Munirmahedi Paviwala The East India Company Trade (EIC) Visualization (1660-1834) highlights the flow of different commodities across Asia by the EIC. It also showcases the changes in trading patterns as EIC becomes a colonial force in South Asia. By interacting with the visualisation, one can understand the changes in trading patterns of…
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Love Cults, Masquerading Gals, and Subway Sammies
Created by Sam Hurwitz The aim of Love Cults, Masquerading Gals, and Subway Sammies is to analyze the diverse LGBTQ+ subcultures that existed in mid-twentieth century Boston. Using the The Mid-Town Journal, one of the most valuable historical records for Boston’s LGBTQ+ community, this project employs data visualization, mapping, and historical contextualization to bring greater…
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Early English Book Subscribers
Created by Elspeth Currie Early English Book Subscribers introduces the men and women who subscribed to books published in England between 1617 and 1698. Its core is a dataset of demographic information based on twelve surviving subscriber lists, with 4,104 entries. Along with the original transcribed list entries, viewers can learn the class status, presumed…
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Colombia Point, A Boston History
Created by Emily Coello Columbia Point, a Boston History focuses on the Columbia Point housing project that was completed in 1954, and was Boston’s last large-scale housing development. The project explores the history of public housing, changes in postwar Boston, racial tensions, and more. This project has been sunsetted.
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Black Women’s Labor in 1920 Boston
Created by Bailey Lemoine Black Women’s Labor in 1920 Boston uses Boston census data to elucidate the kind of work available to Black women in 1920. It does not provide a complete record but, instead, a representative sample of women between the ages of 20-30. The stories of individual women included here, though filtered through…