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Author: Stephen Robertson

Digital Harlem at the University of Pennsylvania

March 8, 2014 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

On April 1, I’ll be giving two talks on Digital Harlem at the University of Pennsylvania. Behind the Scenes at…

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Posted in: Presentations

Digital Harlem has moved

December 18, 2013 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

The server at the University of Sydney that has been home to Digital Harlem has been shut down, and the…

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Posted in: Updates Filed under: Digital Harlem

“Harlem in Black & White” now in the Journal of Urban History

August 26, 2013 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Our article, “Harlem in Black and White: Mapping Race and Place in the 1920s,” has now appeared in the Journal…

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Posted in: Publications Filed under: 1920s, 1930s, black business, Harlem, Journal of Urban History, white business

New Review of Digital Harlem

July 26, 2013 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Nicholas Grant, of the University of East Anglia, reviews Digital Harlem in the IHR’s Reviews in History for 25 July…

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Digital Harlem in New York Archives

February 14, 2013 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

 A two-page spread on Digital Harlem appears in the Winter 2013 issue of New York Archives.  The article offers a…

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Posted in: Publications Filed under: 1920s Harlem, digital archive, Digital Harlem, digital history

Digital Harlem Talks

December 2, 2012 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

In December 2012 & January 2013, I will be giving a series of talks on Digital Harlem in the US…

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“Disorderly Houses” in the Journal of the History of Sexuality

August 27, 2012 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Our article, “Disorderly Houses: Residences, Privacy, and the Surveillance of Sexuality in 1920s Harlem,” has now appeared in the Journal…

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Populating a Building in 1920s Harlem: 116 West 144th Street

April 12, 2012 Stephen Robertson 5 Comments

Aggregated census data have been important in establishing the character of Harlem as a black neighbourhood.  Census schedules individualize that…

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Posted in: Maps, Places, Presentations Filed under: 1920s, 1920s Harlem, 1930s, 1940 census, black families, census, census schedules, Harlem, lodgers, West 144th Street, West Indians

The 1940 Census as Digital Data

April 1, 2012 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

On April 10, 2012, I will be a participant in a roundtable discussion on the 1940 Census at the Digital…

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Digital Harlem at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting

March 9, 2012 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

I will be presenting a paper on Digital Harlem at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in…

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Posted in: Presentations Filed under: GIS, historical GIS, Organization of American Historians, spatial history, virtual cities

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