Greenwich Village History Blog
Link to biographical blog post [https://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/laura-williams/]
Link to first blog post [http://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/guidebooks-a-useful-resource/]
Link to second blog post [http://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/the-mayor-of-macdougal-street-vs-inside-llewyn-davis/#comment-560]
Evernote
Link to your shared Greenwich Village research folder [https://www.evernote.com/pub/lhw262/greenwichvillage]
Link to your blog post on Evernote [http://https://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/researching-with-evernote-2/]
Digital Archive
Objects related to MacDougal Street, between Bleecker and West 3rd, and the 1960s folk music revival. Items include photographs of businesses and musicians, audio files, and folk music documents. Archive collection also includes excerpts from Greenwich Village guidebooks that discuss businesses on MacDougal Street.
Objects related to my blogs and web exhibit, which will be about drinking culture and historic and/or relevant bars in Greenwhich Village. The archive already contains a lot of objects about Chumley's, McSorley's, White Horse Tavern, and the Stonewall Inn, so I will mostly look for objects about different bars.
Web Exhibit
My exhibition will focus on the section of MacDougal Street between Bleecker and West 3rd, and its relationship to the folk revival scene of the 1960s.
I will look at the section of MacDougal Street between West 3rd Street and Bleecker Street-both its history and as it is today-to discover why it is such a popular place for tourists and New Yorkers alike.
Link to your Research Question wikipage
Add a link to the exhibit. [http://http://gvh.aphdigital.org/exhibits/show/macdougalstreet]
Hi Laura,
I think you're off to a great start here. In both the beatnik riot and Inside Llewyn Davis sections you do a good job briefly explaining specific people involved in the folk scene rather than simply saying 'other artists.' I think the inclusion of these specifics and the names and locations of the venues add a very personal feel to the area you're discussing.
The sections are very easy to follow and offer a lot of detail without getting too wordy.
At the moment your historic argument seems a little fuzzy, but this probably because i only read one of the opening sections. It seems like you're going to highlight a changing resident character in the village but if you are looking to prove something more specific you might state it directly in one of the other opening pages ( maybe you already planned this!)
I also really liked your About the Author section. Discussing your relation to the topic and how you came to it really brings the street to the present and reminds us that the village is always changing and used by different groups.