Digital Heritage Preservation Collection

Founded in 1979, EMU’s preservation program reflects the evolving nature of preservation theory and practice in the United States and abroad. Over the past decade, students in the program have explored digital tools that help identify, analyze, preserve, and interpret significant places, objects, and people that are important to American history and cultural heritage. Established in 2013, the Digital Heritage Preservation Lab serves the community in several ways. Professor Dan Bonenberger manages the lab to: “Train students how to use digital tools for preservation and interpretation in the community; conduct broad surveys to identify historic places and intensive surveys of significant sites utilizing 2D and 3D scanning and modeling; conduct digital archival research that enables us to find historic records, evaluate how and why a place is significant, write site histories and historical contexts, and tell the stories of the people who lived there.” Over the decade, dozens of outstanding student projects have emerged from the Digital Heritage Preservation Lab. This series contains exemplar projects and often contain final reports as well as supporting documents created throughout a project's lifespan. PLEASE NOTE: Instructions for additional file types are included in the project metadata.