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Jason A. Heppler

Digital & public history

Over a decade of building history on the web.

Most of this work sits at the intersection of digital history, computational research, community-engaged and public-facing scholarship, and design — a combination of solo projects and collaborations. Find more on GitHub and Observable, or see my full CV.

Westward Westward An endless scroll of public-domain photographs of the American West. Mapping Private Investigations Mapping Private Investigations Mapping the operations, agents, and impact of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency across the United States. Mapping Early Modern Violence Mapping Early Modern Violence How violence was enacted, understood, and remembered in the cities of early modern Italy, 1500–1700. Teaching History Teaching History Teaching materials, history content, and best practices for K–12 American history education. Connecting Threads Connecting Threads Amplifying the contributions of Indian weavers and African Caribbean consumers to global histories of dress. The Denig Manuscript The Denig Manuscript An eighteenth-century Pennsylvania merchant's manuscript and watercolor. DataScribe DataScribe A structured data transcription module for Omeka S. Apiary Apiary A data API for data-driven research at RRCHNM. Religious Ecologies Religious Ecologies New datasets and visualizations to better understand the history of American religion. Mapping the University Mapping the University Campus histories of slavery, exclusion, segregation, and bias on Virginia's physical structures. Death by Numbers Death by Numbers Transcribing and publishing the London Bills of Mortality in a dataset suitable for computational analysis. Pandemic Religion Pandemic Religion Documenting American religion in a time of pandemic. Collecting These Times Collecting These Times Documenting how American Jews responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Connecting the Interstates Connecting the Interstates Visualizing and critically examining the development of the U.S. interstate highway system. Mapping Identity in Magna Graecia Mapping Identity in Magna Graecia Mapping instances of Hephaistion across areas with linguistic Attic-Ionic foundation. a thousand little fires a thousand little fires Share what we create while reconciling with self-isolation. Nebraska Historical Nebraska Historical Curating histories of Nebraska and the Northern Plains. U.S. Federal Lands U.S. Federal Lands Mapping the federal lands of the United States. Machines in the Valley Machines in the Valley A spatial history and digital narrative of Silicon Valley. Cody & the Progressive Wild West Cody & the Progressive Wild West Debates over Reformist and Enabling Progressives in the Wild West. William F. Cody Archive William F. Cody Archive Digitizing the papers of William F. Cody. Geography of the Post Geography of the Post The spread of 14,000 post offices across the nineteenth-century American West. Omaha Zoning Omaha Zoning Visualizing single-family and multifamily zoning. Every Lot Omaha Every Lot Omaha Every property parcel in Omaha, one tweet at a time. #deletefacebook #deletefacebook Scraping Twitter to explore trends in #deletefacebook. Endangered Data Week Endangered Data Week Raising awareness about threats to public data. Mobile Community Archives Mobile Community Archives Partnering with community archives throughout the Great Plains. American Indian Digital History Project American Indian Digital History Project Digitizing Indigenous newspapers, photographs, and archival materials across Native North America. Mapping Omaha Bikes Mapping Omaha Bikes The most dangerous areas in Omaha for bicyclists and pedestrians. Western Federal Lands Western Federal Lands Visualizing the federal government's holdings of Western land. Prussian Foodstuffs Prussian Foodstuffs Exploring changes in taste among food items at the palace in Königsberg, Prussia during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm. Collaboration with Molly Taylor-Poleskey. Marriage of Thames and Rhine Marriage of Thames and Rhine An interactive narrative of the journey of the court of Prince-Elector Friedrich Wilhelm. Collaboration with Molly Taylor-Poleskey. Chinese Computing Chinese Computing Visualizing 21st century Chinese writing. Collaboration with Tom Mullaney. The First Draft The First Draft Discussions about higher education, digital humanities, technology, games, and learning. Hosted by Elijah Meeks, Jason Heppler & Paul Zenke. Wars of the United States Wars of the United States Visualizing the wars of the United States. What is Digital Humanities? What is Digital Humanities? Perpetual answers to the perpetual question. Framing Red Power Framing Red Power Exploring how the media covered the Trail of Broken Treaties.

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Occasional writing on the American West, agricultural history, and political culture.