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Websites, apps, and digital projects supported by NEH grants

Between the Waters

Take a virtual tour of the history of South Carolina’s 16,000-acre Hobcaw Barony, from its Native American roots to its 20^th-century role as a haven for artists, movie stars, and world leaders.

Read, watch, and hear testimony from those who witnessed World War II from the battlefield and the homefront, and explore teacher resources and lesson plans built around Ken Burns' documentary series.

Photogrammar Project

Explore 170,000 photographs of America in the 1930s and 40s, created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project

First Lady, diplomat, and citizen activist, Eleanor Roosevelt also wrote more than 8,000 columns, 580 articles, 27 books, and 100,000 letters.

"The Problem We All Live With," Norman Rockwell, 1963

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his groundbreaking six-part series that takes viewers across five hundred years and two continents to shed new light on the experience of being an African American.

Credo

W.E.B. Du Bois’ prose poem “Credo” proclaimed his philosophy of racial equality.

Influenza warning poster from Rochester, NY

The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919

An estimated 650,000 Americans lost their lives to the infamous and tragic 1918-1919 influenza epidemic. Read the stories of the places, the people, and the organizations that battled the epidemic at this digital encyclopedia.

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Mary Moody Emerson Was a Scholar, a Thinker, and an Inspiration
She saw connections among the minds she encountered in books and in person.
John Ruskin Taught Victorian Readers and Travelers the Art of Cultivation
His power of observation gave “eyes” to generations.
Modernism and Mexico
The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates the works of some of Mexico's greatest twentieth-century painters.
Winter 2017 available on ISSUU
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What to Make of T. S. Eliot?
He feared and loathed women, colored his face green, and wore lipstick.
Back When Everyone Knew How You Voted
The secret ballot seems fundamental to democracy, and yet we did not always vote in private.
Paper Trail
On letters, diaries, and other records of the American story at the Massachusetts Historical Society
Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Made History Together
Two souls on fire fought for justice