Mapping Matthew Arnold\u27s First North American Lecture Tour

This project digitally renders, in an interactive map, Victorian poet and essayist Matthew Arnold\u27s first lecture tour of North America. In addition to accurately plotting the locations Arnold visited, users can click on each location to view archival images of these buildings, as well as archival ephemera related to Arnold\u27s visit and lecture. Finally, in order to bring the past into communication with the present, each location has been photographed in its current condition. The project\u27s purpose is to digitally render the reality of this important visit and bring its vanishing traces to light as well as expose opportunities for archival research. This project has been made possible through the Shott Scholar Award