National History Day
This Year's Theme
During the 2023-24 academic year, National History Day (NHD) students will explore topics relating to the theme
turning points in history.
When choosing a topic, make sure to focus on an area of history that interests you - you will be spending many hours exploring this topic.
National History Day works with multiple organizations to curate resources for students participating in the contest.
Click the picture to open the Student Resources and then choose Helpful Research Links.
Possible Sources
Request InterLibrary Loan books from other Libraries to be delivered to one of the Horry County Memorial Libraries
South Carolina
Horry County Archives Center Digital Repository
This digital repository contains collections from various colleges, departments and centers at Coastal Carolina University as well as collections held by local organizations, such as the Horry County Historical Society, and individuals.Historical Newspapers of South Carolina
Horry County newspapers are: The Horry Dispatch, The Horry News, The Horry Herald, The Field. Includes full text newspapers from across South Carolina.
Georgetown County Historical Newspapers: 19th Century
Digital newspapers from Georgetown, SC in the 1800's.
Georgetown County Digital Library
Includes photographs, newspapers, booklets, diaries, etc. covering local families, institutions, and events from Georgetown, SC and the surrounding county.Lowcountry Digital Library
Materials on the Lowcountry, available through College of Charleston.The New South Newspaper: Port Royal and Beaufort
Full text digital newspaper covering 1862-1866 for Port Royal and Beaufort, SCSanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina
Digital maps of SC urban environments mapped from 1884-World War II.South Carolina Department of Archives and History
History and links from the SC Dept. of Archives and History.South Carolina Digital Library
Provides access to digital collections related to South Carolina cultural heritage or created by South Carolina institutions. Also includes resources to guide institutions undertaking digital library projects.South Carolina Historical Society
Digitized collections are accessible as part of the Lowcountry Digital Project.
General
Digital Public Library
Free digital resource that provides access to millions of materials from libraries, archives, and museums.Evans Early American Imprint Collection
Nearly 5000 digitized texts from the 17th and 18th century published in America and covering a wide variety of topics.Hathi Trust
E-text of books, many are full-text with no restrictions. Excellent source for books published after conflicts prior to 1950. Largest collection is pre-1923. Search by topic or keyword to locate books. Also includes government reports.Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites, books, audio, film, and other cultural artifacts in digital form.Library of Congress: Digital Collections
Extensive digital collections on topics, people, and events in American history from the wide-range of Library of Congress primary resources.New York Public Library Digital Gallery
This collection includes images of African American history, Native American portraiture, wood engravings by Alexander Anderson, early baseball photographs, dance in photographs and prints, fashion from late 19th to early 20th century, nature illustrated, stage and screen stars, illuminated manuscripts, wonders of ancient world, early cars, WWI images, theatre marquees, pre-Victorian to Art Deco patterns, American public figures and images of science.Slave Voyages Database
Contains information on more than 35,000 slave voyages involving the forcible transport of more than 12 million Africans to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Offers researchers, students and the general public a chance to rediscover the reality of one of the largest forced movements of peoples in world history.Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1938
Includes over 2,400 first person accounts collected in the 1930's by the WPA and Federal Writer's Project.
NHD Categories
Judging
Projects must include a bibliography (annotated), title page, and process paper. Each category has a specific project checklist & evaluation.
Documentary: Project Checklist & Evaluation
Exhibit: Project Checklist & Evaluation
Paper: Project Checklist & Evaluation
Performance: Project Checklist & Evaluation
Website: Project Checklist & Evaluation
IMPORTANT: NHD websites must be created on the NHD web domain. Check out this NHDWEBCENTRAL & watch THIS VIDEO before beginning your website.)