African American   Immigration to  Wyandotte County
          18875 - 1885
          Delaware Township 
          PART II : TAKING NOTES ON THE RESOURCES
           
    Successful completion of this project depends upon completing two types of research procedures.  First you must accumulate the data needed to answer the research question.  To do that you must enter the necessary data from the Kansas State Census.  Second you must  review and summarize the literature that places the immigration to Delaware County in the context of the national migration of blacks to the north during this period.  The procedures below will guide you through the source material on this page.
     
     
              The first thing researchers must do is familiarize themselves with the available sources.  In many cases, there are  a mixture of types of sources ranging from written sources to oral histories to primary sources and secondary sources   These sources sometimes present problems in that they may contain some contradictions.   Careful note taking is the first step in making order of these often disorderly sources.

            The sources also contain more information than needed to answer the research question.  Only take notes on the parts of each source that answers the research question.  Use the procedures below to take notes on  each source.

             Use direct quotes or paraphrases when taking notes, and be sure to include the page numbers - or electronic benchmarks - needed to locate the source.

             
        Always include the essential publication material that will be needed for research citations later.  A basic format for a note card might look like this:
         
        Author's Name           Title of Resource       Pages Referenced     Publication Information 
        (Last, First) 

        Notes on Resource: 
         
         
         
         
         
         

         
         
         
      Literature Resources

      African American Mosaic: Western Migration and Homesteading . Library of Congress On-Line Exhibit.  http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam009.html

      Coombs,  Norman. "The New Negro Immigration and Migration". The Black Experience in America:   The Immigrant Heritage of America     (Twayne,  1972).       http://www.teachersoft.com/Library/nonfict/coombs/chapt09.htm

      Lawrence, Dennis. "Black Migration To Wyandotte County 1860 - 1900." The Impact of Local, State and Federal Government Decisions on  the Segregation and Subsequent Integration of Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kansas .  Diss. U of Kansas, 1997.

      Singleton, Benjamin. United States Senate.  Senate Select Committee.  Negro Exodus from the Southern States.  Washington, D. C.: April 17, 1880.
       

           
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