As a History grad student myself (finishing Masters then likely moving on to PhD), I love this video! I have a much different specialization than yours (twentieth century African American Social and Political History), but still find your work very fascinating! I take research notes in Google Sheets, but you’ve convinced me to use Notion for coursework and general notes.
Whenever I’m doing long and occasionally draining research like this, I find it so so helpful to listen to coffee shop conversation RUclips videos over my headphones to make it feel like there are more people around. Also, I’ll find a desk that faces a wall explicitly so that I don’t see the fact there isn’t anybody around. Basically, if you lie to yourself the right way, you can get away with it lol
This is such a timely video. Today, I was compiling a bibliography for a larger research project, and I wanted to pull some scholarship links on the Victorian period to look at social attitudes, and one link led to another and then to The National Archives. It was a beautiful site to see for the Victorian section. It reminded me of a digital humanities project. Now you're discussing it. It was for me to watch this video. Thank you.
God the first time I went into an archive for research it was the most anxiety inducing but liberating thing. I can't wait to be back in London for more research!
This is so interesting! I’m currently in high school but I love the idea of pursuing higher education in History and I was wondering what you're trying to do with your PhD, do you want to teach? The idea of being a professor is amazing to me, but the average pay for adjuncts is kind of intimidating.
I actually run three businesses in addition to my pursuing my PhD so I will likely take those full time and work as an independent scholar or work in education technology! I am not sure about pursuing a traditional academic career
Thank you for your work. Black history is so often ignored and it’s infuriating. I’m a community educator but there’s only so much I can do without a PhD. I’m grateful for people like you who commit their energy, skills and talent to this work. Thank you!!
Hi Kaelyn! I am still in undergrad but have been traveling domestically this summer to conduct archival research for my senior history thesis. It's been an amazing-but certainly exhausting-experience. I really enjoyed watching this video to gain insight into what this sort of research looks like at the graduate level. Thank you so much for sharing!
Kaelyn, just stumbled on your content and love it! I was an undergrad at Yale and it gives me nostalgia to follow your journey. If you haven't already checked them out, my favorite places to study on campus were the British art library, the div school library, and Haas!
Incredible. Thanks for sharing. I'm Black American but my maternal grandfather was born and raised in Jamaica. He was mixed race. I think it was his mother who was white (from the UK) and his father was a Black Jamaican. It has always been a mystery about my grandparents, but what is so telling is that they owned a horse farm in Jamaica. They were horse breeders in the 19th century. Thanks for all you do!
Hello! Would you be comfortable sharing where you stayed while in London (from the opening scenes of this video)? I'm going on a research trip to London next summer and am trying to find affordable accommodations. Also, a video detailing how to plan/organize a research trip would be great! Have a great day!
I was so excited to watch the archives vlog! I always love seeing inside archives and libraries and I love seeing your research! Though the shear amount of resources can be overwhelming, I hope you can find a way to tackle them and get some good information for your prospectus. Thank you for talking about the not wearing gloves when handling paper materials and books. You lose tactile sense while wearing gloves and can damage the paper. Gloves are needed for items like negatives and photographic prints.
Loving finally seeing you get to go to the archives! I’m a while off archival work myself still, but as someone who is only starting history work now during my PhD I’m currently working on my paleography and transcribing skills. Do you have any tips for starting to get to grips with decoding old handwritings and transcribing documents?
We’ve literally switch places. I’m doing my phd in the uk and I’m in the states doing archival research first at Indiana u and then library of congress. Cool to watch your process
How to take note of archives, as it's sometimes data, letters and stuff that can be draining. So can you please share some help tips to be followed. However, you share some great tips and stories for all of us. And, a huge thanks to you for what you do.
Very interesting vlog! As an experimental biologist PhD student, I was wondering how do you acquired data to analyse outside of sciences. It looks extensively draining to stay focus! For me, listening to calm instrumental music/classic music while I need to be focused is a good way to build my bubble (and without lyrics it is less disturbing). This UK trip seems to have been an amazing experience for your research. Was it not too difficult to come back though, with your previous experiences in Oxford? As always, amazing job for the video creation!! Johanna
Being at the archives is so exciting yet so confusing. I'm at the similar stage where I have to convince the interview panel that there are relevant documents in the archives and I know where to look. By the way, could you give me any tips whether the National Archives of UK contains some documents regarding the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the Japanese-supported Indian National Army during WWII?
Hi!! I enjoy your videos. I’m curious about your research, do you have a video on why you are selecting this as your focus? When looking at slave law (I’m sure I’m not suing appropriate terms) but what are you attempting to explain, reveal Or share from this research? Thank you, I’m looking forward to learning more.
Hi, I'm a PhD student in literature and I do use the archives as well. Would it be possible for you to share a template of a Notion page for taking notes in archives ? Thanks !
Coming from someone who works in a university special collections: It’s generally a rule not to use gloves on paper documents, especially fragile ones - they can increase the chance of a tear when turning the page, etc. But archives do often require people to wash their hands before handling those paper documents. If she were handling photographic material she’d likely have to use gloves
Hello dear, I hope you notice my question and answer it. I'm a PhD student of American literature from Algeria. How possible is getting a month length internship at Yale university ? And how expensive is it? Greetings.
As a History grad student myself (finishing Masters then likely moving on to PhD), I love this video! I have a much different specialization than yours (twentieth century African American Social and Political History), but still find your work very fascinating! I take research notes in Google Sheets, but you’ve convinced me to use Notion for coursework and general notes.
Also, I am a redheaded historian as well! Thought that was notable enough to add 😂
@@garrett215 LOLLL
Whenever I’m doing long and occasionally draining research like this, I find it so so helpful to listen to coffee shop conversation RUclips videos over my headphones to make it feel like there are more people around. Also, I’ll find a desk that faces a wall explicitly so that I don’t see the fact there isn’t anybody around. Basically, if you lie to yourself the right way, you can get away with it lol
haha Interesting tactic! I will give it a try :)
I loved seeing your journey into the archive! I’m in my masters program to become an archivist, and an archives always looks and feels like home!
I've always been interested in history but oh my gosh, every video of yours I watch is like cementing it in!! 🥰 sending love!
This is such a timely video. Today, I was compiling a bibliography for a larger research project, and I wanted to pull some scholarship links on the Victorian period to look at social attitudes, and one link led to another and then to The National Archives. It was a beautiful site to see for the Victorian section. It reminded me of a digital humanities project. Now you're discussing it. It was for me to watch this video. Thank you.
Thanks for showing your process! I'm not a historian but I love hearing how different fields conduct research!
Your nudge to try Notion was a complete game changer for me 🤯 So exciting to see your work, Kaelyn!
God the first time I went into an archive for research it was the most anxiety inducing but liberating thing. I can't wait to be back in London for more research!
This is so interesting! I’m currently in high school but I love the idea of pursuing higher education in History and I was wondering what you're trying to do with your PhD, do you want to teach? The idea of being a professor is amazing to me, but the average pay for adjuncts is kind of intimidating.
I actually run three businesses in addition to my pursuing my PhD so I will likely take those full time and work as an independent scholar or work in education technology! I am not sure about pursuing a traditional academic career
Awesome! Same vibes from Bogotá. The Andes has also this raining and cozy environment to being working over historical archives c:
Thank you for your work. Black history is so often ignored and it’s infuriating. I’m a community educator but there’s only so much I can do without a PhD. I’m grateful for people like you who commit their energy, skills and talent to this work. Thank you!!
Hi Kaelyn! I am still in undergrad but have been traveling domestically this summer to conduct archival research for my senior history thesis. It's been an amazing-but certainly exhausting-experience. I really enjoyed watching this video to gain insight into what this sort of research looks like at the graduate level. Thank you so much for sharing!
That's such an incredible experience. Thank you for watching :)
Have just come out of almost a year in archival research and am now finalising my thesis. Already looking for an excuse to go back. I love it.
Kaelyn, just stumbled on your content and love it! I was an undergrad at Yale and it gives me nostalgia to follow your journey. If you haven't already checked them out, my favorite places to study on campus were the British art library, the div school library, and Haas!
Incredible. Thanks for sharing. I'm Black American but my maternal grandfather was born and raised in Jamaica. He was mixed race. I think it was his mother who was white (from the UK) and his father was a Black Jamaican. It has always been a mystery about my grandparents, but what is so telling is that they owned a horse farm in Jamaica. They were horse breeders in the 19th century. Thanks for all you do!
Hello! Would you be comfortable sharing where you stayed while in London (from the opening scenes of this video)? I'm going on a research trip to London next summer and am trying to find affordable accommodations. Also, a video detailing how to plan/organize a research trip would be great! Have a great day!
To be an academician like this is total life goal
I was so excited to watch the archives vlog! I always love seeing inside archives and libraries and I love seeing your research! Though the shear amount of resources can be overwhelming, I hope you can find a way to tackle them and get some good information for your prospectus. Thank you for talking about the not wearing gloves when handling paper materials and books. You lose tactile sense while wearing gloves and can damage the paper. Gloves are needed for items like negatives and photographic prints.
Wow. This was so interesting 😯 I’m so glad I found you!
Loving finally seeing you get to go to the archives! I’m a while off archival work myself still, but as someone who is only starting history work now during my PhD I’m currently working on my paleography and transcribing skills. Do you have any tips for starting to get to grips with decoding old handwritings and transcribing documents?
This looks so cool! Hopefully I'll be in some archives one day!
Thank you so much to Notion for Sponsoring today's video!
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We’ve literally switch places. I’m doing my phd in the uk and I’m in the states doing archival research first at Indiana u and then library of congress. Cool to watch your process
Love watching you do your thing as a historian!
How to take note of archives, as it's sometimes data, letters and stuff that can be draining. So can you please share some help tips to be followed. However, you share some great tips and stories for all of us. And, a huge thanks to you for what you do.
Will discuss research fatigue in a future vlog for sure!
I am still in Secondary School but I really like History too and this was interesting to watch.
OMG IT’S THE ARCHIVE VLOG! Yay! I’ve been looking forward to this!
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@KaelynGraceApple Of course! 👏🏽
Amazing,so interesting.
So cool! I want to get into some kind of archivist or librarian job in the future. So I can help people like you :)
Very interesting vlog! As an experimental biologist PhD student, I was wondering how do you acquired data to analyse outside of sciences. It looks extensively draining to stay focus! For me, listening to calm instrumental music/classic music while I need to be focused is a good way to build my bubble (and without lyrics it is less disturbing). This UK trip seems to have been an amazing experience for your research. Was it not too difficult to come back though, with your previous experiences in Oxford?
As always, amazing job for the video creation!!
Johanna
Hey girl from the caribbean :) reach out to the national archives in the region if you ever need anything :) best of luck with your research!!
Being at the archives is so exciting yet so confusing. I'm at the similar stage where I have to convince the interview panel that there are relevant documents in the archives and I know where to look. By the way, could you give me any tips whether the National Archives of UK contains some documents regarding the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the Japanese-supported Indian National Army during WWII?
Parliamentary Archives sounds so cool! Also, it’s so cool you had a great first experience at the Houses of Parliament.
One of the most memorable experiences of my life thus far
You are everywhere, Hello!
Hi!! I enjoy your videos. I’m curious about your research, do you have a video on why you are selecting this as your focus? When looking at slave law (I’m sure I’m not suing appropriate terms) but what are you attempting to explain, reveal
Or share from this research? Thank you, I’m looking forward to learning more.
Will share more when I do my prospectus video :)
Hi, I'm a PhD student in literature and I do use the archives as well. Would it be possible for you to share a template of a Notion page for taking notes in archives ? Thanks !
Did I hear you say you linked your Notion template? I see the link to Notion but it only takes you to the login/sign up page. Thanks!
Links on my website kaelynapple.com
@@KaelynGraceApple Thanks!
I was surprised you can hande all the documents without gloves
Coming from someone who works in a university special collections: It’s generally a rule not to use gloves on paper documents, especially fragile ones - they can increase the chance of a tear when turning the page, etc. But archives do often require people to wash their hands before handling those paper documents. If she were handling photographic material she’d likely have to use gloves
Isn’t there a heatwave? Maybe that could be one of the reasons for nausea?
It was a lack of iron. The heatwave came after this week.
@@KaelynGraceApple I hope you’re feeling much better.
My dream job🤎
Hello dear,
I hope you notice my question and answer it.
I'm a PhD student of American literature from Algeria. How possible is getting a month length internship at Yale university ? And how expensive is it?
Greetings.
What can a bachelors degree in history get me
Check out my video on careers for humanities students