by Carolyn Nuelle | Aug 4, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I spent 14 days in Paris, looking in several archives for documents and sources that would help us in our research. I was armed with a list of gaps in the data about Second Viennese School performances, an iPad and a digital camera, a list of...
by hynes1 | Aug 3, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
We worked in ArcGIS, GoogleMaps, and Carto to display simple pin-drop maps, heat maps, chronological maps, and cluster maps. In some cases, these may be combined to provide the benefits of both styles. Though our some 2,900 cataloged performances of the Ballets Russes...
by hynes1 | Aug 3, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Yesterday, we held the opening of our exhibit at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. It will run for two weeks, and then we get to keep pretty, glossy pictures, so really it’s awesome. A lot of people came to enjoy the remarks, exhibit, and refreshments...
by Stella Li | Jul 21, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
If you browse through Le Figaro of the 30s, you will find a regular column entitled “Chronique T.S.F.,” or “Radio” in the late 30s, that contains a selected program of daily radio broadcasts all over Europe. Music programs occupied the majority...
by hynes1 | Jul 14, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
How do you conduct research when the data has already been collected for you? I face this question often as I catalog the Ballets Russes data. Since Jane Pritchard, Sarah Woodcock, and Lynn Garafola have already collected all of the Ballets Russes performance data...
by Sam Parker | Jul 12, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Dear Future CURI Researcher, Data entry has a bad rep. Sure, typing in all those records can take a long time, and doesn’t usually make the top ten list of mentally stimulating activities, but when done right, the process can be downright enjoyable. Listed below...
