Painstaking analog research methods relied on physical accumulation of paper slips.
Evidence
The raw materials of composition could fill a room, a house. Keith Thomas has performed his life’s work with scissors and ink, staples, index books, old envelopes, cardboard boxes and a forest of slips of paper: “some of them get loose and blow around the house, turning up months later under a carpet or a cushion.” — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 730
Categorization
- SEED: SEED: Use this as an essay angle on how deep historical research changed with digital tools.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 730
- XREF: connects to: Painstaking paper research methods rival what databases now achieve quickly — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 730
Broader Connections
- Painstaking paper research methods rival what databases now achieve quickly
#corroborates(0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 730