The 19th-Century Concord Digital Archive


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Initial set of texts : The Concord Archive is planning to launch its initial set of texts in Fall 2008. The following materials are included in the initial launch: Critical Apparatus A detailed introduction and description of editing will be included in the initial launch. Census Materials The following Concord, Massachusetts census materials are transcribed and, after editing, will be included on the CDA: 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860. Additional census materials from 1800-1900 will follow. Broadsides and Images “Order of Exercises at the Dedication of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.” Broadside. Concord Public Library. 1855. “Fourth of July Breakfast and Floral Exhibit.” Broadside. Concord Public Library. 1855. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Address to the Inhabitants of Concord, At the Consecration of Sleepy Hollow, 29 September 1855.” Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Country Life (Concord), 2 December 1857.” Cleveland, H.W.S. “A Few Words on the Arrangements of Rural Cemeteries.” Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co: Chicago, 1881. “The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery—Old Graves,” Franklin Sanborn. Concord Minute Man, Nov. 24, 1915. 1, 8. “The Concord of 1855-1856,” Franklin Sanborn. Concord Minute Man, Dec. 22, 1915. 1, 3. “Order of Exercises at the Dedication of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,” Concord, Sept. 29, 1855, 2, P.M. [printed program] (Concord: B. Tolman, 1855). Town Reports All Concord Town Records from 1841-1860 are transcribed and edited. We are finishing the structural markup in June and adding editorial marking during the Fall semester. Our partners, the Concord Free Public LIbrary, have completed scans and mounted the reports. We will be linking the edited transcription to the scans prior to the fall launch. Interfaces Faceted browsing of archive materials is in development. An initial contemporary map model has been developed using a Google map manipulation. We will be developing additional maps using GIS technologies and historical map overlays that will allow the user to search the online materials. Interactive Contemporary Concord Map based on a Google map manipulation
The 19th-Century Concord Digital Archive is being developed by Amy Earhart, Department of English, Texas A&M University. Updated April 2008

Initial set of texts :

The Concord Archive is planning to launch its initial set of texts in Fall 2008. The following materials are included in the initial launch:

Critical Apparatus

A detailed introduction and description of editing will be included in the initial launch.

Census Materials

The following Concord, Massachusetts census materials are transcribed and, after editing, will be included on the CDA: 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860. Additional census materials from 1800-1900 will follow.

Broadsides and Images

“Order of Exercises at the Dedication of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.” Broadside. Concord Public Library. 1855.
“Fourth of July Breakfast and Floral Exhibit.” Broadside. Concord Public Library. 1855.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Address to the Inhabitants of Concord, At the Consecration of Sleepy Hollow, 29 September 1855.”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Country Life (Concord), 2 December 1857.”
Cleveland, H.W.S. “A Few Words on the Arrangements of Rural Cemeteries.” Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co: Chicago, 1881.
“The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery—Old Graves,” Franklin Sanborn. Concord Minute Man, Nov. 24, 1915. 1, 8.
“The Concord of 1855-1856,” Franklin Sanborn. Concord Minute Man, Dec. 22, 1915. 1, 3.
“Order of Exercises at the Dedication of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,” Concord, Sept. 29, 1855, 2, P.M. [printed program] (Concord: B. Tolman, 1855).

Town Reports

All Concord Town Records from 1841-1860 are transcribed and edited. We are finishing the structural markup in June and adding editorial marking during the Fall semester. Our partners, the Concord Free Public LIbrary, have completed scans and mounted the reports. We will be linking the edited transcription to the scans prior to the fall launch.

Interfaces

Faceted browsing of archive materials is in development.

An initial contemporary map model has been developed using a Google map manipulation. We will be developing additional maps using GIS technologies and historical map overlays that will allow the user to search the online materials.

Interactive Contemporary Concord Map based on a Google map manipulation