The Center for Digital History at the Washington Library makes scholarship accessible by producing online content for people who want to learn more about George Washington’s world. In collaboration with partners at Mount Vernon and beyond, we make new media like podcasts and videos, provide access to curated digital archives and datasets, and create online reference sources you can trust. Learn more about our new and ongoing projects below!
Featured Projects:
The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington
Reaching more than 10,000,000 people since its creation in 2013, the Digital Encyclopedia examines the wide range of subjects related to George Washington’s world and the colonial and founding eras.
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ARGO: American Revolutionary Geographies Online
ARGO is an exciting new project led by the Washington Library and the Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library. The site, currently in public beta, will collate digitized maps of North America made between 1740-1800 in a single, user-friendly portal alongside interpretive essays, curated collections, interactives, teaching materials and more.
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Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library
Leadership and Legacy invites prominent leaders and historians to reflect on their growth, challenges, and innovative approaches that made them the leaders that they are today, as well as how these questions can be informed by the past — in particular the lessons and legacy of George Washington.
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Database of Mount Vernon's Enslaved Community
To create this database, a team of Mount Vernon staff and volunteers spent more than two years analyzing George Washington’s papers and compiling references to the enslaved people who lived and worked on his plantation. Work is ongoing to improve and expand this important resource.
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The Correspondence of Baron de Vioménil
The Correspondence of Baron de Vioménil Project is part of an effort at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon to transcribe and translate the manuscript papers of Vioménil, a French officer who served during the American War for Independence. It has been generously funded by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
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Washington's World Interactive Map
Washington's World Interactive Map examines the places important to George Washington during his many travels.
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The Quotable George Washington
The Quotable George Washington offers documented quotes from the first president of the United States in an effort to combat apocryphal attributions.
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Public Transcription Projects
Explore our public transcription projects and learn how you can help us make our collections more accessible.
Get in Touch!
Many of our projects are done in collaboration with institutions and scholars from around the world.
Are you interested in working with us to explore the history of early America and the Early Republic? Let us know!
Other Digital Resources at Mount Vernon:
Digital Collections at the Washington Library
The Digital Collections were selected from the resources of the Washington Library.
Event Livestreams
Learn more about Washington's world by exploring our archive of book talks, conferences, and livestreams.
Be Washington!
The Center for Digital History was proud to be a part of building Be Washington!, a multi-million dollar first-person interactive leadership experience available at Mount Vernon and online.