Failed Visit

After researching Bill Bailey, a big name in the history of the Abraham Lincoln Brigades, I decided to personalize my research, and study a lessor-known topic. I came up with the idea to research the music inspired by the war, or if not that, then how music helped the volunteers cope with the toils of war. Although this is a promising topic, I must not be researching it in an effective way, because I found little information about my topic from searching the ALBA website.

Today I went to the archives to look up what little I had found related to music, but realized the tamiment library would be closing in 45 minutes for an event. It was frustrating to allot a portion of my time to research, only to find that the library would be unavailable. I rushed to research what I could in what little time I had, and found a few German patriotic songs of the war. However, when I tried to copy the lyrics, which were themselves copies of originals, two people rushed over to me one after the other to tell me that I was breaking the rules by copying archive files. All in all, it was a frustrating and unproductive visit.