DIGITIZED

An African American family from Georgia sits together outdoors, circa 1890.

Ancestry Has Digitized Records of 183,000 Enslaved Americans Dating Back to 1788

Rare details about the lives of enslaved and emancipated Americans reveal the cruel treatment they suffered as well as their resilience.

Detainees at California's Manzanar War Relocation Center.

Researchers Have Published a List Honoring the More Than 125,000 Japanese Americans Incarcerated During WWII

The Irei Project and Ancestry have teamed up to publish the most comprehensive list ever assembled of the more than 125,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated on American soil during WWII.

The Internet Archive is the ultimate boredom-buster.

7 Fun Ways to Use the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive goes beyond the Wayback Machine—it also hosts movies, arcade games, and more.

The Louvre Just Launched a New Online Database With Its Entire Collection—More Than 480,000 Artworks

The Louvre’s online database includes literally everything, from artworks in storage to those on display at other museums.

Feast Afrique, A Digital Archive Dedicated to West African Cuisine, Is Now Online

Feast Afrique is an online library that gathers recipes and culinary texts from the past 200 years of African diasporan history.

Johann Jaritz, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

England's New Forest National Park Shares Digital Library of Centuries-Old 'Witch's Marks' Tree Etchings

Southern England's New Forest National Park is filled with trees covered in centuries-old carvings, including symbols meant to ward off evil spirits.

A portrait of Marian Anderson taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1940.

Explore Marian Anderson’s Handwritten Letters, Private Recordings, and More in a Newly Digitized Collection

Marian Anderson’s singing was unparalleled—and her work to promote civil rights was just as important.

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison devoted his life to opposing slavery.

The Boston Public Library Needs Help Transcribing Anti-Slavery Letters

The letters shed light on how leading abolitionists were protesting slavery during the Civil War era.

Hundreds of 17th-Century Case Notes of Bizarre Medical Remedies Have Been Published Online

The treatments prescribed by Simon Forman and Richard Napier were weird, ineffective, and often dangerous. Now you can read hundreds of their case notes online.