My week five has been an interesting one. I decided to revise my storyboard (the process of which remains ongoing) and I’ve requested the only (so far) non-digital book I need to study from Temple library. I’ve begun skimming my other sources as well when I’m not in class or working, and I have some time off Tuesday when I plan to really sink my teeth into them.
The source I’m most excited to get into is the treatise on the original Treaty of Utrecht written in 1762 by an Englishman. I love primary sources, but what I love more than regular primary sources is past sources talking about their sources. It’s a double-dopamine historian’s rush, and I love it. Historiography looms, so I feel it will come in useful.
Moving forward, I need to select my sources for the Historiography assignment due on Wednesday as well as really beginning to sketch out a framework of the paper in preparation for the first draft. Nothing fancy, really only partially digested notes. The sooner I begin getting my thoughts down on paper, the sooner I can rewrite and revise them. Additionally I need to dedicate significant time to sitting down and plowing through my primary and secondary sources, taking notes as I go. Hunting for other sources too couldn’t hurt at all.