Diaries and letters offer rich source materials. Molly Beer read letters from Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton to learn about the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, one of the women behind the American Revolution. Listen to Beer discuss analog-digital research: tinyurl.com/pejbddx8

In this month’s When the Field is Online newsletter readers will learn about diary and narrative methods with varied types of analog and digital diaries.

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