Emerling, DanielleBrumage, JodyGard, Sarah D'AntonioWilliamson, Travis2022-04-262022-04-262022-04Emerling, Danielle. 2022. "The American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project White Paper"https://hdl.handle.net/1808/32711This white paper documents the work of the American Congress Digital Archives Portal project to aggregate congressional archives into a single, online platform and make them more broadly available. Congressional archives document the democratic process; the development of public policy; and multiple narratives related to the country’s social, cultural, and political development. Work of the project included developing standards and best practices; creating governance structures for the one-year project and future phases; developing a web portal that meets user needs and adding archival content; determining digitization priorities via a research survey; conducting usability testing; and communicating and publicizing the project. The project was made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.CongressArchivesAmerican HistoryDemocracyDigital HumanitiesWorking PaperopenAccess