One of the great challenges of my research has been deciphering the handwriting of late New York University history professor Bayrd Still (1906-1992), a frequent creator and leader of walking tours throughout Downtown Manhattan. One of the walking tours that ...Read More

One of the major primary documents I'll be incorporating into my mapping project is a series of photocopied handwritten index cards that I only recently finished deciphering. The nearly illegible and poorly re-printed script belongs to Bayrd Still (1906-1992), an ...Read More