https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/index.html Reviewed by Bryan Mathison, Research Associate II, National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University [PDF Full Text] Background As a research associate, I have ample opportunity to seek out and utilize primary sources. As a doctoral student, I fully appreciate how important it is to have access to primary source materials … Continue reading Oral Histories of the American South

https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/black-teacher-archive Reviewed by Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian, Alder Graduate School of Education [PDF Full Text] The Black Teacher Archive (BTA) is a newly developed digital resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Monroe C. Gutman Library Special Collections that offers access to serial publications and other materials from the Colored … Continue reading The Black Teacher Archive

https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/library/ Reviewed by Bailey Adolph, University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives [PDF Full Text] The Disability Archive UK is an extension of the University of Leeds Centre for Disability Studies, which is an interdisciplinary network of STEM, humanities, and social sciences researchers. The Centre’s goal is to achieve social justice and equality through … Continue reading The Disability Archive UK

https://www.daacs.org Reviewed by Noah Safari, University of South Carolina [PDF Full Text] Among the tragedies of slavery was the forced removal of people from their homes, causing them to lose touch with much of their cultural heritage. Despite enslavers’ efforts to suppress the cultures of enslaved peoples, enslaved people persevered and created their own unique … Continue reading The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)

https://www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk/ Reviewed by Addison D. Faulk, University of South Carolina [PDF Full Text] The UK National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive is an online database dedicated to documenting premier professional theatrical productions written by Black British, African, and Caribbean playwrights in the United Kingdom. “The Black Plays Archive aims to provide a more effective way of … Continue reading UK National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive

http://www.musicalpassage.org Reviewed by Christina Taylor Gibson, Processing Archivist, American Bandmasters' Association Special Collections in Performing Arts, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland, College Park [PDF Full Text] For centuries, the silence surrounding colonialist encounters in the Americas has been deafening. From native and enslaved people alike colonizers collected instruments without bothering to learn … Continue reading Musical Passage

http://homosaurus.org/ and https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/%5B1%5D Reviewed by Brian Watson, Archivist-Historian, and Researcher at the Kinsey Institute Library [PDF Full Text] Homosaurus is a linked data vocabulary used as a controlled vocabulary on the Digital Transgender Archive. Despite this modern form, it has deep historical roots: it is based on the internal thesaurus of Netherland’s International Homo/Lesbian Information … Continue reading Homosaurus and The Digital Transgender Archive

http://www.thehistorymakers.org/digital-archive Reviewed by Jessica Ballard, Visiting Archives Resident, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [PDF Full Text] The HistoryMakers Digital Archive is an online oral history portal dedicated to making accessible interviews and preserving histories of African Americans. Headquartered in Chicago, The HistoryMakers is a national nonprofit institution for education that creates curricula, produces oral histories, and … Continue reading The HistoryMakers Digital Archive