Resources and Tools

We are pleased to share many of the tools that we used to develop this site with other digital scholars. All resources in this section of the site are available free and open-source. Choose a tool below for more information, a demonstration, and information about using these technologies in your own research.

• Spatio-temporal Correlation Technology Version 2.0 (Created at the UNL Computer Science Department, Laboratory for Advanced Research Computing) This map interface includes our 1840, 1850, 1855, and 1861 Historical GIS of the growth of the railroad network, integrated with selected data on passenger volume in the North and South, as well as slavery and population change. We will add political data, time table data, and other ways to analyze and see the patterns of railroad change.
• Language Analsyis Tool for William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Campaign includes a TokenX language analysis of frequently used words in Bryan's speeches and will soon include a GIS map displaying his railroad campaign route. This tool features word clouds, manipulation of word searching, and visualization options.
• Spatio-temporal Correlation Technology Version 1.0 (Created at the UNL Computer Science Department, Laboratory for Advanced Research Computing) This map interface focuses on Nebraska in the 1870s and correlates population change with events and railraod growth.
• Historical Railroad Systems GIS Files (coming soon) Created at the UNL Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
• Book Notes/Historiography (coming soon)