A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | AA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Layer Name | Description | Download Source or Data Creation Notes | Other Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Black persons as percent of total population, 1890 | yes | Visualized from the map layer 'Census Variables - 1890' to show black persons in 1890 as a percent of the total population of each county | NHGIS | NHGIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Carondelet Street | yes | Carondelet Street the center of New Orleans' financial district. | Created by digitizing the length of Carondelet street | NA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Cheniere Caminada | yes | Created by dissolving New Orleans county multi-part feature into individual parts and then selecting Grand Isle | NA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Civil War Battles, 1861-1865 | yes | Map layer showing the locations for Civil War battles between 1861-1865, including information on victor and estimated number of troops involved. | MUSHAGO: The American Civil War 1861-1865 | These files were compiled, based on data from the National Park Service, by Robert Stewart, Jeremy Newcomb, and Chris Bunin as part of The Virginia Experiment, a Teaching American History grant. 2007. Courtesy of Albemarle County Schools, Charlottesville City Schools, Greene County Schools, Madison County Schools and Orange County Schools. Data courtesy of The National Park Service. “The Civil War, The American Battlefield Protection Program” http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/civil.htm, December 8, 2007, Accessed December, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | French-born population by county, 1890 | yes | Visualized from the map layer 'Census Variables - 1890' to show raw number of French-born persons living in each U.S. county in 1890 | NHGIS | NHGIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Georectified Map - Rates of Travel from New York City, 1857 | yes | Historic map from the Atlas of Historical Geography of the United States | University of Richmond, Digital Scholarship Lab, Atlas of Historical Geography of the United States project | Rates of Travel from New York City, 1800-1930 [Plates 138A-E] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Grand Isle | yes | Created by dissolving New Orleans county multi-part feature into individual parts and then selecting Grand Isle | NA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Major Cities - 1860, 1890 | yes | Map layers showing the largest cities in the country for 1860 and 1890, including population and relative rank of each city. Taken from population & rank by year tables from 1998 Census report | U.S. Census report from 1998 - "POPULATION OF THE 100 LARGEST CITIES AND OTHER URBAN PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES: 1790 TO 1990" | Metadata on table from the report | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Major Rivers of North America | yes | Major rivers in U.S. | Natural Earth Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | New Orleans City Boundary | yes | Outline of the New Orleans city boundary | Created by dissolving boundaries between features in neighborhood file to create outline only | NA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | New Orleans Historic Districts | yes | Boundaries of historic districts in New Orleans | City of New Orleans data.nola.gov website | Metadata for New Orleans historic districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | New Orleans Historic Landmarks | yes | Point locations of historic landmarks in New Orleans | City of New Orleans data.nola.gov website | Metadata for New Orleans historic landmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | New Orleans Neighborhoods | yes | Boundaries of New Orleans neighborhoods | City of New Orleans data.nola.gov website | Metadata for New Orleans neighborhoods | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Percent of farms operated by share-cropping | yes | Visualized from the map layer 'Census Variables - 1890' to show percent of farms employing share-cropping (as a stand-in for former slave population) | NHGIS | NHGIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Plantations Built Prior to the Civil War | yes | This is a subset of the plantation list from 1600's-1900's that includes only the plantations known to have been built prior to the start of the Civil War. Our goal is to research these locations to find out which were still in active operation in the decade prior to the Civil War. However, at this point, this layer is only a *rough* estimation of the geographic concentrations of plantations in the United States. | Wikipedia article | Wikipedia article | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Population by county, 1890 | yes | Visualized from the map layer 'Census Variables - 1890' to show differences in population by county in 1890 | NHGIS | NHGIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Railroads, 1870 | yes | Map layer showing the extent of railroad lines as of 1870 | University of Nebraska at Lincoln's 'Railroads and the making of modern America' project - data download/resources and tools page | Metadata for UNL's railroad project data | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Slave vs. Free States, 1861 | yes | Shows a snapshot of states in 1861 by whether or not they had outlawed slavery | MUSHAGO: The American Civil War 1861-1865 | These files were compiled, based on data from the National Park Service, by Robert Stewart, Jeremy Newcomb, and Chris Bunin as part of The Virginia Experiment, a Teaching American History grant. 2007. Courtesy of Albemarle County Schools, Charlottesville City Schools, Greene County Schools, Madison County Schools and Orange County Schools. Data courtesy of The National Park Service. “The Civil War, The American Battlefield Protection Program” http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/civil.htm, December 8, 2007, Accessed December, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Storm Lines, 1880-1900 | yes | Map layer showing storm paths from 1880-1900 | NOAA NCDC IBTRACS ftp site | Metadata for NOAA NCDC IBTRACS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Storm Points, 1880-1900 | yes | Map layer showing storm points from 1880-1900 | NOAA NCDC IBTRACS ftp site | Metadata for NOAA NCDC IBTRACS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | The Long Road to Women's Suffrage -- Map Notes | yes | Map notes with information on key events in the women's suffrage movement | Downloaded from user keddy_grace from ArcGIS Online and GeoNet | NA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Transportation - Rates of Travel from New York City, 1857 | yes | Digitized from georectified map of the same name | Digitized by Bucknell students using georectified historic map provided by University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab project Atlas of Historical Geography of the United States | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | U.S. Territorial Acquisitions, 1783-1845 | yes | Shows areal extent of U.S. territorial acquisitions, including the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 and Florida Purchase from Spain in 1820 | Teaching American History Project download page | Metadata for Teaching American History Project's territorial acquisitions data | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Women's Suffrage by State, 1896-1920 | yes | Shows states by how early or late they adopted women's suffrage | Rutgers University's Teach a Girl to Lead Program - Lesson Module on Women's Suffrage | NHGIS NHGIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 |