Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
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Description
This online collection comprises court records and contemporary books and letters concerning people involved in the trials. The Archive's historical maps of Salem Village, Salem, and Andover show the locations of the houses of many of the people involved in the trials and displays the chronology of the accusations from February through November 1692 and the spread of the accusations across the towns of Massachusetts Bay. Users will also find biographical profiles, a collection of images containing portraits of notable people involved in the trials, pictures of important historic sites, historical paintings and published illustrations taken from 19th and early 20th century literary and historical works. The Archive also contains some of the classic scholarly studies: Charles Upham's Witchcraft in Salem Village, with an interactive index, and selections from George Lincoln Burr's valuable Narratives of the Witchcraft Trials. Sidney Perley's History of Salem. The Archive's collection of literary works includes works by Hawthorne, Longfellow, Whittier, and Freeman.
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