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The paper is done.
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No CommentsI finished the paper in record time. I was even able to edit it a few times, and didn’t even touch it over the weekend. The course intention is for... -
Some more changes to the project.
Posted on April 20, 2010 | No CommentsTo make this post not so boring, here’s a couple of pictures I put in my paper. After meeting with my dissertation and adviser and prof., we decided to make... -
Gathering the historiography
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsI went back to the Archives last week, for another go at finding documents. I left home at 7am and got there at 9am, this time. I was able to... -
Getting my hands dirty
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsLast Friday was archival research day. I spent the whole day at the National Archives at College Park. Well, let me rephrase that, I spent half the day getting there... -
Switching topics
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No CommentsI met with my Dissertation adviser last week, and we decided that the topic I had picked really had nothing to do with my dissertation. I don’t know why, but... -
Archival Research
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsSo I finally went to the Library of Congress for actual archival research. They have about ten years worth of the ‘Kosmos’ magazine from 1919-1927 that I will look at... -
The Mystery of Scholarly Articles Revealed
Posted on February 16, 2010 | No CommentsIn class last night we discussed what makes up a historical scholarly paper. To jump start our thinking processes and enhance our observation skills, we were to compare two essays,... -
The review of the historiographical essay
Posted on February 6, 2010 | No CommentsWith 20+ inches of snow outside, and no sign of it letting up, and the kids busy playing and what not, there’s not much else to do but homework. So... -
Aaarg – finding an historiographical essay
Posted on February 3, 2010 | No CommentsSo the next assignment for the Research Seminar is to find a historiographical essay related to our topic, and then write a three page summary of the article. After a... -
Changing plans already
Posted on February 1, 2010 | No CommentsI needed to rethink my proposal for my paper. The comments I got back were “too vague,” “too broad,” “need focus,” and “what aspect.” Yeah, I knew that already. But...