How Digital Hobbyists Are Changing Scholarship

Historians embrace personal Web projects, but are wary of amateur postings

By BROCK READ

Over the past six years, Vernon Burton has spent a lot of his time -- "too much time," he says -- canvassing libraries, museums, and private collections throughout the Midwest for overlooked documents and artifacts.

The material he seeks includes artifacts...

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