Let's brainstorm terminology that might emerge in doing cemetery studies.
After our class, I'll add our discussions here:
Gravestone terms:
Customs
Records
Because this work can draw on different contexts, we can use interdisciplinary databases to find relevant information.
https://library.mtroyal.ca/history/articles
History articles can narrow down not only to the date the article was written, but the time period in question.
In the Advanced Search, you can choose the range of the Historical Period you're researching.
Tips:
https://library.mtroyal.ca/history/backgroundsources
These tertiary sources pull together existing information, often synthesizing broad information. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and atlases are examples of these background sources, also called reference sources.
Start here for our class:
https://library.mtroyal.ca/history/primarysources
Primary sources are artefacts created at the time a historical event occurred. Examples include letters, diaries, photographs, speeches, legal records, and news.
Primary sources that are relevant to Calgary might include:
https://library.mtroyal.ca/archivalresearch
Use this guide to familiarize yourself with how to access records, from reading finding aids to searching the archives.
In breakout rooms, connect with your groups. If you've identified a pattern to research, start there.
Lorisia Macleod, a librarian from James Smith Cree Nation, developed templates for citing Indigenous oral history.
APA
Last name, First initial. Nation/Community. Treaty Territory if applicable. Where they live if applicable. Topic/subject of communication if applicable. personal communication. Month Date, Year.
For example: Cardinal, D. Goodfish Lake Cree Nation. Treaty 6. Lives in Edmonton. Oral teaching. personal communication. April 4, 2004.
MLA
Last name, First name. Nation/Community. Treaty Territory if applicable. City/Community they live in if applicable. Topic/subject of communication if applicable. Date Month Year.
For example: Cardinal, Delores. Goodfish Lake Cree Nation. Treaty 6. Lives in Edmonton. Oral teaching. 4 April 2004.
For more detail, see her work More Than Personal Communication: Templates for Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers.