// Open Datasets

Research-Ready Archives

HTML CORPUS

Raw Source Archive (1990-1999)

Unprocessed HTML files preserved exactly as crawled, including malformed tags, inline styles, and early JavaScript.

1990-19991.4 TB
VISUAL RENDER

Pixel-Reconstruction Set

Screen captures rendered via emulated Netscape 3.0 & IE 4.0 environments. Ideal for UI/UX evolution studies.

1994-1999890 GB
METADATA INDEX

Link Graph & Traffic Logs

Hyperlink adjacency matrices, referrer logs, and early web server access logs for network topology analysis.

1993-1999420 GB
MULTIMEDIA

Early Web Assets

Indexed collection of .mid background tracks, animated .gifs, frameset layouts, and visitor counter scripts.

1995-1999615 GB
// Developer Access

Research API & Tools

RESTful Access for Academics

Our academic API provides programmatic access to the full archive. Researchers receive rate-limited tokens, bulk export endpoints, and dataset mirroring capabilities for institutional servers.

  • • GET /v1/pages?era=1990s&tech=frames
  • • POST /v1/archive/restore [auth required]
  • • Bulk CSV/JSONL export pipelines
  • • Sandbox environment for testing queries

API keys are provisioned upon verification of academic affiliation or grant number.

$ curl -X GET https://api.1990archive.org/v1/search
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACADEMIC_KEY"
-d 'query=geocities+under_construction'
-d 'format=json&limit=500'
-o dataset_batch_01.json
# [✓] 500 records exported | 2.1 MB | 14ms
// Academic Partnerships

Grants & Institutional Access

🎓

Faculty Research Grants

Apply for sponsored access tiers covering bulk dataset downloads, dedicated crawler nodes, and extended API rate limits for multi-year studies.

View Grant Guidelines →
🏛️

University Mirror Program

Participating institutions can host localized mirrors of the archive, ensuring offline access for libraries and digital humanities labs.

Apply for Mirror License →
📊

Citation & Attribution

Standardized DOIs for archived collections. Our metadata schema integrates with Zotero, Mendeley, and ORCID for seamless academic tracking.

Citation Guidelines →
// Curriculum & Pedagogy

Teaching Resources

MODULE

Evolution of Web Standards (HTML 1.0 → 4.01)

Slide deck, reading list, and live code comparisons for CS101 & digital history courses.

⬇ Download ZIP
WORKSHOP

Archiving Student Projects: Best Practices

Instructor guide for preserving course outputs, e-portfolios, and early web assignments.

⬇ PDF Guide
DATASET

Web Ring Network Topology (1996-1999)

Pre-processed CSV ready for Gephi/Graphviz. Includes node degrees and community clusters.

⬇ CSV Export
LECTURE

The Dot-Com Boom: Visual & Commercial Shifts

Case study comparing early hobbyist sites vs. 1998+ corporate portals. Includes annotated screenshots.

⬇ Presentation
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