PRINT Portal: User Interface and Experience

Discipline: CS

Advisor: Edward Amoruso

The PRINT Portal redesign improves how historians explore and analyze large collections of historical correspondence. Researchers studying early modern religious communities rely on thousands of archived letters that record connections between people, places, and ideas, but these datasets are difficult to interpret using traditional databases or static records. Our project enhances the PRINT Portal by creating a unified, interactive platform that allows users to search historical data and immediately visualize the results through maps, network diagrams, and structured metadata. Users can filter letters by individuals, locations, organizations, religion, and time period to better understand how communication networks developed across geography and time. The system integrates a query engine, mapping interface, and network visualization into a cohesive research tool designed for historians, students, and digital humanities researchers. By transforming raw archival data into interactive visualizations, the PRINT Portal allows scholars to identify influential figures, trace communication routes, and observe how ideas spread between communities. Beyond this specific research project, the portal demonstrates how modern data visualization and web technologies can make complex historical datasets more accessible, helping researchers uncover patterns and relationships.

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