Mapping Everyday Life: Digital Harlem, 1915-1930

Digital History Seminar, IHR, January 8, 2013

Department of History

Associate Professor Stephen Robertson

Digital Harlem

› Black Metropolis: Harlem, 1915-1930 (2003-2007)

› Year of the Riot: Harlem, 1935 (2011-2015)

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The Projects:

Digital Harlem

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Everyday Life

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District Attorney’s Closed Case Files

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Harlem’s Newspapers

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Database

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Omits some

supporting tables

Entities

Database: Relational Structure

Event Types

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Location Types

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Maps of Harlem

Bromley Real Estate Map

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Digital Harlem Map Overlay

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Bromley Real Estate Map | Detail

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Bromley Real Estate Map | Key

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Search for Events, Places and People

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Nightlife Venues

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Pop-up Windows

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Pop-up Windows | More Detail

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Prostitution Arrests 1925

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Prostitution Arrests 1925 & 1930

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Elks Fourth of July Parade, 1929

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Probation Department Files, Court of General Sessions

Morgan Thompson* (1928-1933)

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Basketball Courts

Basketball Courts and Baseball Fields

369th Regiment Parade, 1919

1927 Elks Convention Parade

1924 UNIA Convention Parade

Whites in Harlem

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Harlem in Black & White

Digital Harlem | Digital Harlem Blog

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Blog Post: Traffic Accidents in 1920s Harlem

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

Digital Harlem

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Year of the Riot: Harlem, 1935

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