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Categorizing Historical Documents: What is a Red Book?

Abstract:: This module is a guide to the process of identifying what type of work you are researching and using that information to expand the potential of different research projects. You will be introduced to the process of categorizing the works you find in your research, locating similar and divergent works and using them in concert to contextualize the "Egyptian Red Book," a satire of the British government Sudan policy included in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive.

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Getting the Whole Story From "The Egyptian Red Book": General Charles Gordon in Khartoum

Abstract:: In this module, we unravel the story contained in "The Egyptian Red Book," which uses cartoons and quotations from authorities to criticize the British government's handling of General Charles Gordon while under siege in Khartoum in 1884-1885. We discuss research methods used by historians, including examining the original source for key details; identifying significant words to use in catalog and index searches; using newspapers, political papers, and other Primary source materials; and comparing multiple sources to get the fullest understanding of events.

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Abstract:: Visual materials such as cartoons, drawings and photographs can be invaluable resources for research, but often they lack clear information about what they depict. For instance, the "Egyptian Red Book" is filled with cartoons that do not identify their authors or the characters they represent with their drawings. Identifying the characters is one of the first steps toward understanding the meaning of the cartoons and, thus, the message of the "Red Book" itself. Here we will provide a guided exploration of the research process in search of the identities of the many characters found in "The Egyptian Red Book."

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Abstract:: An introduction and table of contents that describes and provides access to the different learning modules in the Egyptian Red Book course. The course itself is a virtual research project that centers on the nineteenth-century political satire "The Egyptian Red Book," which is part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). The course introduces methods of historical research and resources available from research libraries.

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Abstract:: This course is designed to guide you through a variety of virtual research projects centered on the nineteenth-century work of British political satire, "The Egyptian Red Book". The modules will introduce a variety of research techniques used by historians as well as a number of resources available at research libraries.