The start of the new year has meant the re-start of dissertation research. We kicked off this activity in a big way by driving down to Austin on Friday so that I could look at the Coleridge Family Archive housed at the Harry Ransom Center. We both registered as readers and went through an orientation, where we learned how to handle rare books and manuscripts. After a thorough introduction on how to find materials, I spent most of my time looking through the HRC's old fashioned card catalog system, trying to figure out what's what. The last 20 minutes or so of our trip was spent reading (and handling) letters written by Robert Southey to Sarah Fricker (the future Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleridge) in 1795. Very cool.
More trips to come in the future. Next time, we'll remember to take pictures.
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