After giving a Pecha Kucha presentation (see below!) I've come to realize some things that I want to update about the scope and presentation of my project.
First, rather than looking at the entirety of the U.S. in the 1850's I am going to look at just at Massachusetts and Virginia to limit the number of sources as well as to provide specific examples of just the north and the south. That means that all my primary sources need to come out of those two areas. Though I would have liked this project to encompass more, it seems to make more sense to limit the project to two specific areas indicative of their regional areas.
That being said, it makes my primary and sample sources smaller and more attainable. So I am feeling much better about mapping out these two specific areas (by county) and then looking at just the articles and books published in these areas. This makes the project more powerful and gives more of a reasonable look at what marriage was in the 1850s between the north and the south.
I have started reading some primary sources given to be by Dr. Stephan and I will be finding online scans of these (or completing them myself) and then, once I figure out how to make folder on iWeb, I will be placing them up there to help keep myself organized. Right now, I'm planning on getting the maps done around halloween and then making sure that all my primary sources are in a digital format. That will make the usage of analytic tools much easier.
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