How does one enhance access to historical data through mapping and
visualization tools? In this presentation, the experience of working with
over 21,000 historical records from the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania's school admission registers will be discussed. In particular,
the normalizing of historical occupational data using hand coding,
OpenRefine, and Tableau will be examined. How many gentlewomen were there
in Philadelphia? Where did their children attend school, and did the
children of tinmen go there, too? And what, exactly, is a shrimp fiend?
Learn the answers to these questions, as well as lessons from this
second-year LEADS-4-NDP Fellowship project, in this humorous and
informative presentation.