How to Use This Repository: This repository is intended for use with the CDRH API and the Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition Cocoon application.
Data Repo: https://github.com/CDRH/data_transmississippi
Source Files: TEI XML, CSV
For the original spreadsheet from which CSVs were derived, please refer to the cdrh-working drive under "Projects."
Script Languages: XSLT, JavaScript, HTML
Encoding Schema: Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines
The far-reaching success of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 inspired community leaders in Omaha, Nebraska, to hold their own version of that historic event — the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. The Expo spread across 184 acres at the northern edge of Omaha, near the Missouri River, from June 1 to October 31, 1898. The Grand Court at the heart of the Expo consisted of majestic but temporary structures and statuary, lush gardens, and a canal with fountains and gondolas — all in stark contrast to the city of Omaha itself, which was still regarded by much of the nation as a frontier town, even as it grew and developed as a major Midwestern business center.
The photographs, newspaper articles, documents, and souvenirs featured in this digital archive — a partnership of the Omaha Public Library and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln — captures the ambitions, controversies, criticisms, cultural attitudes, and technologies of the time, while also depicting the grandeur of the architecture and celebration of the region.
Project Site: https://trans-mississippi.unl.edu/
Cocoon Repo: https://github.com/CDRH/cocoon_transmississippi
Credits: https://trans-mississippi.unl.edu/about.html
Created by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. Funding provided by the Plains Humanities Alliance, the Center for Great Plains Studies, and the Office of Research and Economic Development at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Thanks to Omaha Public Library and Jeffrey Spencer for use of collections.
This is currently set up for posting to Solr but not for Elasticsearch! TEI will technically post to ES but CSVs do not currently.
See the Cocoon documentation.
See the Datura documentation for general updating and posting instructions.
The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH) is a joint initiative of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries and the College of Arts & Sciences. The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities is a community of researchers collaborating to build digital content and systems in order to generate and express knowledge of the humanities. We mentor emerging voices and advance digital futures for all.
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities GitHub: https://github.com/CDRH
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities Website: https://cdrh.unl.edu/