guide to analyzing historic primary sources
take a photo and/or do a sketch of the object and link to it
1. Who created this source (author)? (there may not be an author)
2. When was it created?
3. Is there a publisher? If so, who?
4. Why was it created? Can you easily tell? If not, thoughts about how to find out?
5. What aspect of the Brooklyn Bridge does this object address? What about the Brooklyn Bridge could you learn more about with this object?
6. With the information you gathered about this object, try to find it in the catalog of the New York Historical Society and share the link in your post. Use keywords. If you can’t find the object, say so.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B12WGC_ZMtnFOGFxUHUxR2Fiems/view?usp=sharing
Photo?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_SR_WYffTXhUF9TM09mUzNKU3M/view?usp=sharing
excellent! Wish you had included a photo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0NKO2NhmHXrTjN0ZmVBRUN0Vkk/view?usp=sharing
good work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ia8axcLsgXjL_CGLnc841uTXBxY1mbITwFgzumhywA4/edit?usp=sharing
good work. Indeed, this is not in the catalog.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6cexuzvhtiauwy4/NY%20SOCIETY%20MUSEUM.pdf?dl=0
Good work. Maybe a little more detail or depth but your thinking is good.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3zB5Bu96lQqWGtTWmpDTzZGQ0U
Good work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xf9ToGBRHeFMAQlv7kaHUvO8TQEnIjUw0Izvp7HeCRw/edit?usp=sharing
Impressed that you tried to find it in another catalog … I suspect that this was published as a give-away in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5h1IFK0uQtgNE1RX3dxZXBOTnc/view?usp=sharing
looks like you picked a difficult object to analyze. I can see that!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBsjhlQYNxBjlUYN0ynuGePGDGn-Xrgcrf9tycFNqj0/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBsjhlQYNxBjlUYN0ynuGePGDGn-Xrgcrf9tycFNqj0/edit?usp=sharing
maybe think more about what a journal is …
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dvg8b5ZuH6xnUDweGrwq55CQpE0RCXAr43QzfYWUa9o/edit
glad that you did some research but some of the text doesn’t sound like your voice … be careful not to copy and paste from sources. If you do, use quote marks and give attribution to your source. Otherwise, it’s plagiarism.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w3iqQ3E6gSDL57Gsx1sxkUGlwtetDexnIQG6B3MP-jI/edit?usp=sharing
good but photo is missing.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1idhECU8H8u9X7pXNs1xAlOSuEcGZfqM-RkH9siEBA4E/edit?usp=sharing
Some good analysis and thinking but don’t confuse photography versus the ability to print photographs in a magazine or newspaper. Also, I was looking for a link to the catalog of the NYHS, not other external links.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3baTSdzg9G7eEdZVllVeDd5Rmc/view?usp=sharing
You are confusing the publisher/printer versus the author, etc. The main thing you can learn is that archival material like this shouldn’t be treated like a published book. I can go over this with you if you wish.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9XSE5ke6YbsV0l4bjJSWUxFbGM/view?usp=sharing
OK … but no photo.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypiRfHOpL1_YyQslEZGmTMna3B1-MEvAzfh0yD6MmUc/edit?usp=sharing
good.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6BmXkxqoR_LdUw3dTc4YTZnSkU/view?usp=sharing
Good work!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vm0fUiidcJJ-WfTSXS5jwPe-5YvhQx-nX24G2Igp-vo/edit?usp=sharing
Although there is no date on the object, the data from the catalog could help or you could do quick research on Stevens and Hewitt and give a guess or range of years.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fXEhdKBMzx3WwQi0a-RltIKfLqpL0MGBgNEkvGn33yw
good choice.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CZAnR9_l35X2RLdms4UFc4Y28/view?usp=sharing
please be thoughtful about not copying and pasting text you find. I do appreciate that you tried to learn more about your object and you included a photo.