Fantastic mysteries and where to find them

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...

Digital Humanities: Oxymoron?

While it seems like the words “digital” and “humanities” should remain in their respective spheres of intellectual study, the interdisciplinary phenomenon of the digital humanities comes with the budding age of limitless data flowing at our...

Source Evaluation: Etiquette Manuals

Good manners never go out of style, or so they say. Unfortunately, that particular proverb neglects the fact that even that most conservative aspect of society – social etiquette – necessarily evolves. Otherwise no one would publish updated and revised...

1924 travel guides…an unexpected source

In A Room with a View, E.M. Forster’s beloved 1908 novel, the young British protagonist Lucy Honeychurch religiously clutches her Baedeker travel guide as she explores the Italian city of Santa Croce. The tactless and comical Miss Lavish believes herself to be more...

Dear Future CURI students

Dear future CURI students (for this project, at least), A few words of advice. As you’ve undoubtedly realized by now, finding information is relatively easy. Plugging into the spreadsheet in a usable fashion, though, may be turning out to be slightly more...