Guided Primary Source Analysis: Abolition Frowned Down
Access a larger image of this political cartoon. Do you think this cartoon supports or opposes abolition? Explain your reasoning, pointing to specific details in the source that support your view. Now review the bibliographic record and closely read the summary. Do you think this cartoon supports or opposes abolition? Explain your reasoning, pointing to specific details in…
Guided Primary Source Analysis: Jefferson’s Pasta Machine
Curator description: Thomas Jefferson noted these plans for a macaroni or pasta machine while touring northern Italy in 1787. When Jefferson prepared these plans, macaroni was a highly fashionable food in Paris, where he was stationed as minister to France. He later commissioned his secretary William Short to purchase a macaroni machine in Italy, but…
Featured Source: Detail of Submarine Section
Today in History: Submarines
Guided Primary Source Analysis: Hitting the trail to Normandy
Using details from the cover of this sheet music, describe what you think this song is about. Use the Primary Source Nexus search box to find out about Normandy. Where is it? What was happening there in 1917? Look inside at the song lyrics and music notation. What is the tone of the song? Does…
Featured Source: Noon meditations at Slabsides
“John Burroughs at ‘Slab Sides’” description from Bird Lore, Volume 1 (1899): SOME years ago a favor to a neighbor resulted in Mr. Burroughs acquiring possession of a small ‘muck swamp’ situated in a valley in the hills, a mile or more west of his home at West Park. on the Hudson. To Mr. Burroughs, the…
Guided Primary Source Analysis: Taft About to Eclipse Bryan
What scientific event does this source facetiously mimic? Do you think the analogy works in this context? Why or why not? This source is referenced as a photographic print but is it a single image? How do you know? How do you think the postcard was made? Do some research to find out more about the…