Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project

The Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (SWTDA) is an excellent example of the continued advance and added value of digital libraries. Begun in 1999, it has become the most extensive electronic collection of primary materials on the Salem witch trials and on seventeenth‐century New England. SWTDA was created under the supervision of Benjamin Ray, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia – a leader in on‐line digital scholarship. He received website design assistance from the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, Electronic Text Center, and Geospatial Data Center and...