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In general, I’m interested in using the Davidson College Archives to source primary documents for my final project.

Three specific ideas:

  1. Davidson student William Ardey kept a diary from 1862-65. The files are digitized in a searchable format. I might apply social network analysis using the people the Ardey mentions in his diary.
  2. Apply network analysis to the College’s collection of “Presbytery Minutes Relating to the Founding of the College” to see who emerges as a central figure in Davidson’s founding. I expect that what the Presbytery minutes reflect may be different from what historical analysts would say do to the nature and structure of the primary source.
  3. Apply topic analysis to inaugural addresses of Davidson’s founding. I will try to visualize what concepts the speakers emphasize.