This site originated in 2016 using Omeka Classic, with the involvement of students, faculty, and staff from Washington University in St.  Louis (WashU) and staff from the Missouri Historical Society Library and Researcher Center (MHS).

Project Director: Patrick Burke (Associate Professor of Music, WashU)

Text: Patrick Burke (page on W.C. Handy written by Courtney Kolberg and Patrick Burke) 

Site Design and Metadata: Shannon Davis (Digital Library Services Manager, WashU)

Research Interns: Logan Busch (WashU ’17), Courtney Kolberg (WashU ’17)

Image Scanning: Patrick Burke, Jaime Bourassa (Associate Archivist, MHS), Teresa Yarber (Digital Imaging Specialist, WashU)

Valuable research assistance was provided at MHS by Emily Jaycox (Librarian) and Molly Kodner (Archivist), and at WashU by Douglas Knox (Assistant Director, Humanities Digital Workshop), Vernon Mitchell (Curator of Popular American Arts), Miranda Rectenwald (Curator of Local History), Sonya Rooney (University Archivist), and Brad Short (Associate University Librarian for Collections).

In 2024, this site was migrated to and redesigned in Omeka S by Treasa Bane, WashU Copyright and Scholarly Communications Librarian.  You can find an archived version of the original site on the Internet Archive.