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Digital Harrisburg

Exploring the history, society, and culture of Pennsylvania's capital city

  • Are YOU a Descendant?
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    • Stories In Place
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    • African-American Women’s Organizations in Harrisburg
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    • One Hundred Voices
      • 100 Voices A-D
      • 100 Voices F-N
      • 100 Voices P-Z
  • Interactive Maps
  • Race and Place in Harrisburg (NEW)

Exploring the history, society, and culture of Pennsylvania’s capital city

Exhibitions

A series of digital exhibits designed to let you explore the social history of Harrisburg.

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Datasets

Coming 2020-2021 — a curated collection of social and historical datasets of Harrisburg available for download. Harrisburg Population Population Data Census Table 1900 (.xls) Census Table 1910 (.xls) Municipal League for Civic Improvement members (.xls) Residents of Bellevue Park in 1920 and 1930 (.xls) Geospatial Data 1901 Geospatial Population Data (.zip) Spanish Influenza Outbreak 1918…

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Getting Out The Vote at Messiah University

As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment and the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, the Center for Public Humanities has partnered with the Student Government Association as well as the MU Democrats and MU Conservatives for a voting drive across campus

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