Welcome to our Online Archive

What is a digital archive?

A digital archive is similar in purpose to a physical archive, but the historical documents and objects that provide evidence of the past have been digitized (often by scanning or photography, unless a document was created digitally in the first place) and made available online.

Digital archives are usually created with a goal of preserving historical objects and making them available to researchers.

Being asked to find a "digital archive" is much more specific than just being asked to find a "website."