Coombs, Debora . “North Adams Public Library.” Debora Coombs stained glass. Accessed October 15, 2017. http://coombscriddle.com/artwork/2437806_North_Adams_Public_Library.html.
Susannah and I are making steady progress toward our final goal. We took a trip to the local library last week and found some promising sources on a few prominent Irish immigrants to the area during the late 1800s. We are also starting to create our pages for our project site and are currently figuring out where we want what information to go where. We plan on going back to the library either this week or next week to try and find more primary sources. We are also still adding information to our google map and our timeline to make them as full as possible because we want them to be a sort of center point on our project site. They are some of the most visual pieces and are also our most interactive elements of the project so people will most likely gravitate to them first, so we want them to be the best they can possibly be.
How do these prominent Irish immigrants figure into the narrative you are constructing? Curious.
I’m glad you’re finding specific Irish and their roles . . . just don’t lose sight of the common immigrant and their challenges and successes as well.