Gloved hand opening an archive box of yellowed papers

8 video lessons · About 2 hours

Reading old sources

Eight short video lessons on how to read a letter, a ledger or a map: who made it, who it was for and what it leaves out, with a source to try after each one.

  • 01Who made this, and why14 min
  • 02Reading a letter slowly16 min
  • 03What a ledger tells you15 min
  • 04Maps and what they leave out17 min
  • 05Two sources, one event13 min
  • 06Four questions for any source12 min
$49