As a history major with very little knowledge of computers or anything beyond typing words into search boxes, I knew that my contribution to this project would have to be through qualitative research, and that’s where I spent most of my time in this process. I worked with the sources team doing research into the…

My name is Elise McIlhaney and I am a senior History major and Archaeology/MARS minors. By virtue of that, I have done a lot of historical research that includes looking through primary sources like hagiographies, popular histories, criminal trial records, treatises, and newspapers, to name a few. For this project, I would like to delve…