when i get around to it, this will be my own little archive of early public history webpages and an associated graphics garden. contrary to many stereotypes, historians were fairly active on the early web, and there are all sorts of these interactive exhibits made by teachers, museums, and libraries of all institutional sizes and prowess. while many are out of use, a lot of them are still useful, whether that be in a kind of historiography-of-digital history or in actual history learning and education. as i incorporate examples, i will include information on historiographical relevancy (aka would historians sign off on this as a valid method of teaching their topic and does the information hold up). while some of these sites may contain outdated material, i still believe they can hold up as valuable pieces of learning, especially because so many have clearly been made with love and care and attention to these little experiential details for whoever might stumble across them. i myself remember stumbling across a lot of these, or similar pages, and what i have learned from them is part of why i chose this field and why i ended up where i am today

tl;dr: hand-coded webpages are the backbone of the historical discipline. this is a shrine to them