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HIST 398: Approaches to Historical Praxis (BMC)

HIST 398: Approaches to Historical Praxis (Fall 2023)

Welcome to Special Collections

Photo of the outside of the Special Collections Reading Room on the 2nd floor of Canaday.

Collections for September 9/15 class meeting & assignment

Bryn Mawr College Board of Trustees and Directors records
BMC RG-2B-S1, Meeting Minutes, 1911-1919.
Lucy Evans Chew Diaries and Papers. 
BMC M90, January 1935 - January 1936
Finding aid
Katharine McBride Presidential Papers. 
BMC 1970-03, Series I: General Office Files 1942-1970, Box 26: Monographs - NDEA.
Finding aid
M. Carey Thomas Papers
BMC RG1-DD2, Series 1: Personal Papers, Box 4:  Letters of M. Carey Thomas to Mary Garrett, 1883-1888. 
Online collection
Andrew H. Woods Papers.
BMC M78, Box 4: Correspondence, 1890-1971.
Finding aid
Bryn Mawr College Strike Collective.
BMC RG9-ME-BMCStrikeCollective.
Online collection

Special Collection/Primary Source Analysis – Short Assignment

ASSIGNMENT:  Identify a set of historical documents from among the collections we looked at in class. Make an appointment to go back to Special Collections between 9/14 and 9/19 and spend some time with your selected primary sources. In your two-page written response, consider the particular types of research questions that your selected sources could help answer. In addition, also identify some of the possible challenges posed by working with the selected set of primary sources. In other words, what kinds of questions cannot be answered with your sources?

Due:  September 20, 2023 on Moodle