"A little later than I'd hoped, but here is my presentation. Was anyone else surprised at the sizes of some of the images they wanted to include? It took some planning, but I got them all to fit!
Thanks for the fascinating class. I have lots to share…"
"I was looking through the section on the Emergence of Modern America and came across a comparison between the belongings lost by two Titanic survivors, one from steerage and one first class. The lists were made when each was suing the White Star…"
"What a wealth of material in this section! I had a hard time choosing just one to research. Each exhibit I browsed through contained gems that could have sent me into a long exploration. I chose “The Way We Worked” to fully examine.
I enjoyed…"
"I thought the exercises were very clear. I would add an element to include "How to Improve Search Results," such as the quotes, capitalization tips and better use of the plus and minus signs. It really made a difference in my results when I used the…"
"In exploring the Digital Copies, I kept coming to references to the Sir Henry Wellcome collection, so I thought I’d explore that. This is a collection that was donated to the National Archives, not something generated by an agency.
I found a…"
"Thanks for this information, Robyn. It makes sense relative to the structure we've been discussing. So, if we want to know about Lincoln, we should first know the issue and which agency would have handled that issue, then work our way through it…"
"1) I haven’t quite determined what my final project will be, but this assignment led me to some interesting threads. I found this article when I entered “musk ox” in the search field. It is the only article that came up using the basic search. It’s…"
"The learning styles quiz was interesting. I was equally strong in linguistic, visual-spacial and interpersonal. Given my long-time love of maps (visual-spacial), it’s no surprise that I like telling (interpersonal) people where to go and will tell…"
"I used the National Archives document and photo worksheets to analyze the Official Log and the photo of the Native barabara and Aleut boy. The questions posed on the sheet made me examine the document in more detail, especially looking at dates and…"
"More of an "office archive," I have collected in a file box all the materials that went into researching and publishing my book. This includes: early outlines, work schedules, drafts of chapters with revision notes, maps - including drafts and…"
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Welcome to the Archival Research Basics with the National Archives course! For your class materials and the discussion board, please go to http://anuahforum.ning.com/group/research-basics-with-the-national-... and sign up again. I can't wait to meet all of you. I love Alaska teachers! Carol
Research Basics with the National Archives, Winter '13
Learn to use government archives to focus and simplify your search for primary sources.
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How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you,but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on ( pollardjames95@gmail.com ) for the full details.Have a nice day
Thanks God bless.
Welcome, Rosemary ... You did it! I'm looking forward to your comments on both discussions for this week! Carol
Welcome to the Archival Research Basics with the National Archives course! For your class materials and the discussion board, please go to http://anuahforum.ning.com/group/research-basics-with-the-national-... and sign up again. I can't wait to meet all of you. I love Alaska teachers! Carol