1. Mapping Everyday Life:
Digital Harlem, 1915-1930
Digital History Seminar, IHR, January 8, 2013
Associate Professor Stephen Robertson
Department of History

2. Digital Harlem
The Projects:
› Black Metropolis: Harlem, 1915-1930 (2003-2007)
› Year of the Riot: Harlem, 1935 (2011-2015)
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4. Digital Harlem
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5. Everyday Life
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6. District Attorney’s Closed Case Files
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7. Harlem’s Newspapers
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8. Database
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9. Database: Relational Structure
Omits some
supporting tables
Entities

10. Event Types
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11. Location Types
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12. Maps of Harlem

13. Bromley Real Estate Map
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14. Digital Harlem Map Overlay
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15. Bromley Real Estate Map | Detail
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16. Bromley Real Estate Map | Key
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17. Search for Events, Places and People
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18. Nightlife Venues
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19. Pop-up Windows
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20. Pop-up Windows | More Detail
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21. Prostitution Arrests 1925
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22. Prostitution Arrests 1925 & 1930
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23. Elks Fourth of July Parade, 1929
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24. Probation Department Files, Court of General Sessions

25. Morgan Thompson* (1928-1933)
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26. Basketball Courts

27. Basketball Courts and Baseball Fields

28. 369th Regiment Parade, 1919

29. 1927 Elks Convention Parade

30. 1924 UNIA Convention Parade

31. Whites in Harlem
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32. Harlem in Black & White

33. Digital Harlem | Digital Harlem Blog
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34. Blog Post: Traffic Accidents in 1920s Harlem

35. Blog Post: Perry Brown: A Lodge Member’s Life in Harlem

36. Digital Harlem
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37. Year of the Riot: Harlem, 1935
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