The purpose of this survey is to better understand how current and future Chesapeake Heartland users prefer to navigate and use a digital archive as well as what content they would find most interesting or useful. Your participation will help guide our digitization and web development efforts moving forward.

The survey contains 19 questions exploring your thoughts on the interpretation of African American history as well as demographic questions about your age, race, and gender. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Participants must be 18 years or older to fill out a survey.

This community curated digital archive proactively welcomes community participation, seeking to build an archival space that is inclusive and welcoming. To that end, we thank you for your time, ideas, and feedback.

Prior to taking the survey, it may be helpful to spend some time exploring content within the Chesapeake Heartland Digital Archive or take a look at the project’s About page.

Your participation in this survey is entirely voluntary and you may skip any questions or stop participation at any time. You may also pause at any time to send us any questions you may have (questions or feedback can be sent to Dr. Pat Nugent at pnugent2@washcoll.edu or Darius Johnson djohnson6@washcoll.edu). Information related to your identity will never be included in any sort of report and the data from this survey will only be made accessible to those working on the project.

Benefits to Participants: All research has risks and rewards. The benefits of this research include contributing your ideas to an important community project with a broad impact. You might also find that reflecting on the archive and the African American history of the Eastern Shore evokes a sense of joy and pride.

Risks to Participants: The risks of participating in a survey like this are limited, but you might find that reflecting on the history of race on the Eastern Shore of Maryland evoke a sense of anger or injustice.

As a way of honoring the time and energy you spend on this survey, a $50 amazon gift card will be provided to 5 randomly selected survey respondents who complete this survey and choose to provide their email address.