by west3 | Jan 30, 2019 | DUR January 2019
As we wrap up a month of research, it feels fitting to reflect on the things I’ve learned over the past few weeks. When I was writing the prose for the introduction of our project page and the “Mapping H.T. Burleigh” section, I found myself trying to grapple with the...
by west3 | Jan 19, 2019 | DUR January 2019
The most recent challenge that has popped up in my Burleigh research is tracking down places where his compositions were performed abroad. Over the past week, I have been focusing on rounding out my Paul Robeson and Roland Hayes research, trying to fill in gaps of...
by Thea Brenner | Jan 16, 2019 | DUR January 2019
As a class we’ve now spent a week reading about and researching Harry T. Burleigh. After a meeting where we chose the kind of maps we want to eventually make, everyone got to work on their projects. I am focusing on a map of Burleigh’s performances in New...
by broske1 | Jan 16, 2019 | DUR January 2019
In our search for sources with specific location information, Latitude-Longitude pairs or street address, I decided to search for Harry T. Burleigh in the genealogical databases Familysearch.org and Ancestry.com. Before long, I worked my way through all available...
