The Walt Whitman Archive Edited by Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price and published by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Walt Whitman Archive is dedicated to making America’s most influential poet Walt Whitman’s vast work accessible…
Smithsonian National Museum of Africa American History and Culture Although its physical building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. will not be completed until 2016, the web site for the Smithsonian NMAAHC offers images and historical information about richness and diversity of…
Lewis Carroll (Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Photography Collection This digital collection from the University of Texas Austin’s Harry Ransom Center site features Dodgson’s personal photographs. In addition to family members, this collection also includes photos of George MacDonald, Ellen Terry, Alexander Munro, John…
The Great American Hall of Wonders This exhibition hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the 19th century belief that America was an exceptional and innovative nation. It features great works of art, images of technological innovation, and a variety of other…
Global Views: Nineteenth Century Travel Photographs Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology presents a digital exhibition providing a glimpse into the golden age of travel photography in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Emily Dickinson Museum This is the official website for the Emily Dickinson Museum and homestead. This site provides an online collection of Emily Dickinson’s letters and drafts of her poetry. It also includes pictures of her community and the home where she spent so…
The Civil War and American Art: This site is part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s digital collections, and it features works by artists Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Frederic Church, and Sanford Gifford. This exhibition of 75 works –57 paintings and 18 vintage photographs—explores…
Nineteenth Century Actors and Theater Photographs: This collection, from the University of Washington, gathers over 600 images of actors and actresses from the mid to late 19th century. The performers in this collection were little known outside of major theater circles, and, thus, this…