Alliance For Historic Hillsborough

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE BURWELL SCHOOL DATABASE HOLDS OVER 1300 ENTRIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH HILLSBOROUGH AND ORANGE COUNTY IN THE 19TH CENTURY. THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERYONE. PRESENTLY WE HAVE OUTSTANDING RESEARCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON MORE THAN 40 INDIVIDUALS, MOST OF THEM AFRICAN AMERICANS. THE BSHS ARCHIVES ALSO HOLD A VAST ARRAY OF MATERIALS RELATING TO ORANGE COUNTY FROM THE 1700S-1900S. MANY OF THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE AND SHOULD BE DIGITIZED AND MADE ACCESSIBLE TO RESEARCHERS AND THE PUBLIC. THE ARCHIVE CONTAINS MORE THAN 5,000 DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR DIGITIZATION BASED ON MATERIALS THAT RELATE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN. PROJECT GOALS ARE TO COMPLETE THE ENTERING OF RESEARCH INTO THE DATABASE; DIGITIZE, PRESERVE AND DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN ARCHIVE; AND CREATE FINDING AIDS ARCHIVE AND MAKE THESE AVAILABLE ONLINE.