As a vehicle for outstanding creativity, the typewriter has been taken for granted and was, until now, a blind spot in the history of writing practices. The Typewriter Century: A Cultural History of Writing Practices provides a cultural history of the typewriter and explores "celebrity writers," including Henry James, Jack Kerouac, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, and Erle Stanley Gardner. In this post, author Martyn Lyons shares what a day in the life of a researcher looks like as he discusses some of the meticulous archival research that went into his book.

Author Peter A. Morton talks about the importance of providing students with the kinds of primary sources that will enable them to be effective historians.

Author Nigel A. Raab offers some reflections on the discipline of history and the impetus behind his new book.

In her latest book, Unarrested Archives: Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Canadian Women's Authorship, Linda M. Morra digs into the archives of six Canadian women authors.

Archival research can be a daunting and tedious process... Christopher Carlsmith is the author of A Renaissance Education: Schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic