Come on a Solo-Research Trip With Me (studying 100 year old letters)
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0:00 Finding Letters + Study With Me
1:45 Tea Time & Tea Haul
3:16 Studying
3:34 Campus
3:55 Cafe Studying
4:25 An update on my Archive Visit
5:40 Writing Nonsense Poetry + the "point" of a dissertation
7:09 I start actually writing the dissertation!
9:19 Going home
10:05 Travelling to the Archives!
10:47 Lunch Break with Mum
11:48 Studying Manuscripts (see 100 year old letters!)
13:33 Heading back to University
14:17 Outro
3:16-3:35 Campus
This helped me so much! I’m currently working on my Master’s thesis and I’m drowning in literature. I haven’t started writing anything, yet. You encouraged me to finally start writing. Thank you, Ruby! Greetings from Germany :)
I feel like so much of it is just making yourself write... It really doesn't matter if it's bad -- it's just getting something down :)
Writing is thinking!
@@RubyGranger8 your a great person. i love all your books :)
My dissertation supervisor told me you can’t edit a blank page! :) good luck everyone!
Research scholar here, and there are few things more awesome, overwhelming, delightful, and rewarding than digging into archives. I've been to random libraries in the middle of America to Ivy League unis to the British Library. Nothing will ever compare to the first time a box of Louisa May Alcott's materials were placed in front of me at the Scribner archives. Oh, you bet I had tears running down my face (but I kept them away from the archived materials)!
Wow!!! Louisa May Alcott!!! What did you get to see? There's something truly magical about seeing these documents in the flesh!
@@RubyGranger8 it was the Mary Mapes Dodge collection, IIRC, and the one that really got me was when Lou had written to her about an upcoming lecture and visit, and mentioned that she didn't want to stay at a hotel (I think it was Boston's Parker House, which was her regular hangout) again, and asked if her friend had room for "a literary spinster" to stay with her. Really highlights the links between her and Jo, obv., but makes me even sadder for the non-shipped, non-Bhaer, independent Jo March ending we might've gotten.
Part of that research led to my first published paper, in Canadian Children's Literature, comparing the love triangles in Little Women with LM Montgomery's Emily of New Moon series. (So I mean it when I say that if you are going to continue with any sort of work in Children's Lit, even tangentially, drop me a note!)
I am intensely envious right now!! I did a lot of research into the Alcott family during grad school at USD; it was my own research rabbit hole, a side project inspired by a seminar I was taking in 19th century American Lit. At that point (late '80s to early '90s), Alcott's letters and journals were just being published by Madeleine Stern, Daniel Shealy, and Joseph Myerson, and I was sooooo excited!! But to see the real thing -- aaaahhhh!! I am so thrilled for you and envious of you!! :D
@@SusanneMBarrett NO ONE TODAY REMEMBERS HOW MINDBLOWING STERN'S WORK WAS! There was a time just a generation ago that people didn't know that Alcott herself wrote and published all of these "blood and thunder" stories!
@@DS-uh6ss Exactly!! All of those "potboilers" wouldn't have been attributed to Louisa if it hadn't been for Stern's riffling through the Houghton Library at Harvard. The stories are amazing, and I've been thinking about rereading A Long Fatal Love Chase and A Marble Woman.
I love seeing your progression in this process. It’s so exciting to see the things that will eventually end up in your paper 💜
I'm genuinely loving sharing this process with you!
I must say, Ruby's tweed-style, green, button up coat reminds me so much of the sort of thing Jo March from Little Women would wear! Absolutely fabulous!
Yes! It always makes me think of Jo in the 2019 film!
I love that you can see such old letters! How amazing.
It was incredible!
I really enjoyed your nonsense poem! I’d happily read more.
Also, I know the main part of this video was about visiting the archives, but I got so hyped up when it was ‘Tea Time with Ruby’ where you tried the red velvet tea, and so I went onto the Bird & Blend website to buy it.
Sidenote: my comment reminds me of that Mean Girls scene where that girl was like “I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip flops… so I bought army pants and flip flops” 😂
Ahh thank you so much Janine!
And that tea is truly divine! Has it arrived yet/have you tried it? It's just so unique and delicious 🙈
Sidenote: I absolutely LOVE the reference. One of the best films of all time ;)
@@RubyGranger8 it arrived today!
You were absolutely right, it smells gorgeous and tastes amazing to boot.
Thanks so much for the recommendation ☺️
So funny that you started out your video deciding you needed to make another cup of tea and then got your tea box delivery lol
I can't say that I've ever seen such joy & delight on a person's face as when you opened your tea gift box and discovered the contents!
Your eyes and your smile lit up my entire room!!! 🌞😁🤣🤸♂️🤹♂️🌹
I was not expecting the parcel *at all* and cannot tell you how over the moon I was! Tea is just amazing. Nobody can contest 🙈
@@RubyGranger8 So true!! I received my order of organic strawberry tea yesterday that is sooooo scrumptious!! Am currently making my way through a potful this morning, and it's delightful!! :P
I loved your nonsense poem!! It was so fun and charming, I’m inspired to give it a go myself :) I’m intrigued as to whether you’ll be discussing Carroll’s very problematic history in your diss at all?
6:14 ruby giving me cool college professor teaching a very cool concept and has the entire class hanging on to every word effortlessly
Loved the nonsense poetry Ruby! Especially the way you read it !
ahhh thank you Melissa!
I love your little nonsense poem! Its so wonderful! I would love to start writing creatively, but I have no idea where to start. Would you ever consider doing a video about how to get started with creative writing and your process of doing it? I would adore seeing it.
Ruby, I've been watching your content for several years now. I am just a couple years younger than you, so it has felt like you are a sister I'm growing up with that gives me advice and tells me cool facts late at night. It's been so amazing to watch you grow, and how that inspires me to do the same. I hope I can be as productive and lovely as you one day. You really inspire me.
Ruby, please keep on uploading these dissertation diaries! 😀
i had seen in some video on youtube, the future generations would be able to see all our private online conversations, like how we're able to see past generations letters etc.
If i'm not wrong, Ruby actually mentioned that she would like to hold a 100 year old letter in one of her videos. Well, I dont know if she
held them, but i mean come on, this was as close as she could get!
I'm only a few weeks away from my final project at college for media, and I'm starting to get really stressed, but these videos help me relax and be calm
The iconic Woking Pizza Express!!!! 😅
Dear Ruby, I just wanted to thank you for all of your videos! I've grown so much more into my own personality thanks to your posts and I also feel a lot more motivated after watching your videos! All the best for your dissertation!
How neat, I live right down from the University of Texas. So glad to see that you were able to use documents from their library, and that they got to you speedily. I loved seeing your new video, like all of the others. I have recently been on a Ruby Granger video kick, and just keep it playing on repeat. It has given me such a motivation for completing my schoolwork while at university. Good luck on your dissertation! 💕
I can't say how much you encourage me to study, and i'm only in secondary. I have been a fan for a while and always check everyday if there's a new video uploaded from you. Thank you Ruby :D
Nonsense poetry is so fun. I loved your poem Ruby !
This is what I needed to watch this morning for motivation/inspiration! I’m currently working on my Masters dissertation and with everything happening on the news it’s so easy for me to not want to bother with things but thanks Ruby for the little push! I’ll be looking forward to your next episode :)
Hi Ruby. Just curious, as it seems you're planning to focus on Lewis Carroll. In your dissertation, will you be touching at all upon discussions surrounding his suspected inappropriate relationships with the girls to whom he wrote his letters? I know your focus is more from a literary perspective, and totally understand if it's not something you're comfortable discussing on TH-cam, but this seems to come up time and again in historiography and articles about Carroll (alongside the photos he took...). Was wondering if it was something you'd come across as well?
As a History MA student, I LOVE this video and completely share your love of the archives! Glad you enjoyed your first visit :) Also, having studied Cicero, I have to say that it was very rare he wrote something without considering it would be published - the man was a performer!x
I love your nonsense poem!!! seriously made me shout out loud! I've been working with nonsense literature (specifically Maker of Ghosts and the Maker of Shadows and The Mines of Experience by A. E. Bonser) with an interest in literalism as an expression and exercise of children's development and curiosity as they begin to make sense of the world. I am so intrigued by your work with Carrol. I haven't spent much time with nonsense poetry but you have defiantly convinced me to give it a go!
English is my 3rd language and watching your videos always motivate me to learn more and I actually learn new words too. And because you speak in such a clear way it helps me with my listening skills😊
Lovely video as always, Ruby!
Very excited you posted a new one, when I do my assignments your videos are always my motivation.Thank you Ruby. From Macao in China.
So lovely to see your dissertation journey so far! That's so awesome that you got to touch a piece of history while looking at those archive papers ☺️
It was honestly incredible Tracy 💕
Love getting a notification for a new video! Your videos always motivate me to get my work done!
Thank you Kaitlin! I hope it can provide some motivation :)
What is the research question you will be covering in your dissertation? (Sorry if I missed it!)
Those archive parts were absolutely outstanding. I love archives and old letters and was once fortunate enough to handle some of the original posters/pamphlets of the English Revolution of 1649, although I was obliged to wear white cotton gloves. I don't think many people really appreciate the value of handling genuine historical documents.
Thank you for a fascinating video.
Loved this! I'm currently working on my dissertation - on the use of Hydrogen for zero emission aircraft so a tad different - but this is so motivating! Makes me feel in good company :)
This was very enjoyable Ruby as well as really interesting with the old letters.
I’m finished with school, but I LOVE all your videos❤️❤️ Hope everyone is safe and sound
looks like you had a good time spending time with your mom ruby 😊
it's so fun to be working on my thesis while you are working on yours! :)
Not exactly the same, but I’m studying biology and I saw the original works of Darwin (behind glass) and I was so in awe!
It’s just incredible to see original works of those who meant a lot to your workfield
This is so exciting!! Thanks to you I now have to make a pot of tea every time I study! My favorite is Raspberry Zinger
Not only a very interresting video but also good fun to enjoy your lovely outfits. You have found your style. Loved the nonsense poem where the mouse was 'really a snail'. ha ha x
That's so cool u got to see the archives! I always geek out to that kind of stuff lol
I was geeking out SO much, I can't even tell you ;)🤓
That's amazing Ruby! For my dissertation I edit a 1647 narration that was unknown until now!! It's great to see other people studying manuscripts and working on them carefully. I hope it's going great!! ☺
love this video ruby! I am doing my dissertation next year, and I can't wait to visit the archives (i do literature too!) also your nonsense poetry was brilliant!!!
I really needed this right now. Also... your editing style has improved so much! You got this!
Ah thank you so much Fey 💕
hi ruby, loving the video! archives are truly amazing! actually, just last week, i got an opportunity to work at an archive, here in ireland and it was a wonderful experience. all that knowledge of history and such, that an archive is able to provide, as well as the vast collections that it has, sorting through them and seeing it all up close was wonderful and i absolutely loved it!
That sounds incredible! What were you doing specifically? And what did you learn from the experience? xxx
@@RubyGranger8thank you for the heart :) and yes, it was! i worked in the irish traditional music archive, and i was able to see & hear different pieces of music, from the 1700s onwards, some earlier! as well as photographs, notes written by various musicians, and other ephemera. throughout the week, i sorted through, catalogued & organized items, digitized them and more! one of my favourite parts of the week was when i got an opportunity to work in the music library, which is a place that stores hundreds of books on music throughout the ages. getting to look through them was something special and i got to know so much more about irish history, especially within the frame of traditional music, and got to learn lots of information on my favourite musicians and their music :) if you ever visit ireland, would recommend popping in, especially if you're interested in culture, history & music of ireland!
This is so exciting! During my Masters I got to go to the National Theatre Archives in London for some research, it's just such a nice environment to be in :)
omg i’m first! can’t believe it ahhhhhh!!! i love your vids Ruby! you motivate me so much
Thank you so much 💕
Haha I love your nonsense poem :) And visiting archives is so amazing. Definitely the best thing about doing research!
I am so touched by you and your studies, I really envy you because you are studying the major that I couldn't in my life for many reasons. Every time I watch a video I really cry from the bottom of my heart. I think you shall be a great university teacher also not only an author.
I loved your poetry!!! So fun
i love your sweater vest
I loved that nonsense poetry! It reminds me of poems my nanna would tell me when I was little 🤣
How exciting, Ruby!!! I would be so, so thrilled to not only view but actually handle (with great care, I'm sure) Carroll's letters. As I wrote previously, I did a linguistics project on Carroll's nonsense poetry in my undergrad days; actually, I had graduated but came back to take the linguistics class again because it was so fascinating and I adored my professor. (If you've ever seen Dead Poets Society, he worked in New England prep schools in the '50s, and he was (and still is, in his 90s) a literary rebel of the first order. He stood on a table and recited Browning's "My Last Duchess" from memory for us in class ... and that was two years before Dead Poets was released!) Enjoy every moment of your research!! Such fun -- I am so envious!! :D
Warmly,
Susanne in San Diego, California :)
OMG, you can go to any -berto's drive through RIGHT NOW and order rolled tacos, you lucky person! As a former Sandy Eggo resident, do you feel comfortable saying what school you were at for this class, so I can play the "do we both know ___" game?
@@DS-uh6ss I did my undergrad at Point Loma Nazarene University and my graduate work at USD. And yes, my second-oldest and I popped into Sombrero's for a Pollo California burrito last week. I prefer the rolled tacos with guac myself. We currently live in Alpine within walking distance of about four authentic taco shops. ;)
@@SusanneMBarrett and a short drive away from apple pie with cinnamon ice cream, no less!
So was the prof you mentioned Seth Leher?
@@DS-uh6ss No, Art Seamans at PLNU who is blind but, thanks to a brilliant assistant and awesome tech, is still researching and writing in his 90s.
@@DS-uh6ss PS Julian, Mount Laguna, and our home town of 19 years, Pine Valley, are all enveloped in snow this morning. My family came to San Diego in 1901 and owned a gold mine outside of Julian in the 1920s, but it never produced much. They were architects who designed one of the buildings in Balboa Park as well as the old Balboa Stadium, the North Park Theater, and several buildings downtown. Someone wrote their thesis in the Quayle Brothers at USD in the '80s, and I was able to make a copy. :)
I have just started working on my master's thesis. It's so cool we're gonna be writing at the same time 😁
Love your videos Ruby! 💕
Martin Gardner's books are always worth a look. He had a regular column on recreational mathematics in Scientific American. The Annotated Alice too, of course.
love this ruby
Hey ruby could you please make a video on your current morning and night routine! I love watching those
Also,this video was super fun& motivating
Maybe its because I study nursing and public health, as opposed to literature, but it's hard to see what your dissertation is actually about. Once you've read and annotated the letters what do you write about them in your dissertation? Are you analysing them in terms of culture, linguistics, compared to his other works etc. It just seems like there isn't a lot of scope to write about for some letters. I mean my dissertation was on whether haemoglobin levels decreased when children in intensive care have more blood tests each day of their admission but I don't know whether you have to have such a research question in literature. Maybe it'll become clearer in your dissertation diaries as you write the dissertation but for now it just seems like you're reading some letters and drinking lots of tea.
i could be wrong so don't quote me on this but i believe she stated that she's researching his letters to show how they are important on understanding the rest of his works. literary research like this is completely different to scientific research so it's understandable how you'd be confused about what she's trying to achieve.
I study biomedical science so I get where you're coming from, but have you never written a bookreport in school? It's like that only much longer, much more in depth, and much more critical. There's plenty of critical questions to be asked in literature, I'm not sure what ruby's exact topic is but I think she's studying his letters that might show a way to differently interpret his work, and asks the question wether the letters are essential in truly understanding his work.
She doesn't have a thesis statement yet. Think this is all just pre-reading/research while she searches for a divinitive research question and topic to focus on.
omg that's my old local pizza express, brings back memories of childhood birthday parties!
Hi Ruby! I really hope you see this because I think you will find it fascinating!
This is very fascinating and reminds me of the time working at my university's presidential library. I used to handle letters to digitize from the 1400s and letters from Abraham Lincoln himself! I even found some Confederate money in one of the books, which is very valuable because Confederate money and uniforms were made so cheaply at the time that most of them have deteriorated by current day. I really enjoyed that job and got to digitize all kinds of historic relics, but think those were the most interesting!
Hi Ruby:
This was a lovely video. Just to say, we think your nonsense poem is great!!! Albeit meant to be nonsensical, it does, in a way, make plenty of sense. 😊
Glad you had the opportunity to use a proper archives room and view original letters. It does feel quite amazing when we get to glimpse history as it was actually made. 😊❤️
Hope that Creative Writing piece went well.
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🌹 and the children
I looove the poem! 😊😊
Hi Ruby 🤩love your videos!! Keep rocking!!! ❤️❤️
Thank you so much!
As an archives masters student, this makes me so happy to see!! 🥰🥰
that's so cool! I'm actually hoping to do an masters focusing on archival studies! How are you finding it?
Oddly makes me happy as well - I sadly do not see many young students in the archive - they prefer using the screenshots or digitalized versions. Which is great for a lot of things - but I really would like to see more people engaging with primary sources directly.
@@RubyGranger8 I’m loving it! I’m in my second semester, and I’ve really enjoyed my classes so far. I’m in the US and I’m actually doing my degree completely online, which definitely took some getting used to. But I’ve worked in archives for a long time, and it’s been great to synthesize what I’ve seen for so long in my jobs and volunteering gigs with what I’m learning now in school!
When i saw your vidio you were highschool student. Oh my god! Tims flew so fast! I hope that you finish your dissertation well❤️
Oh my gosh I loved your nonsense poem! It was so fun haha
Poor you having to read Cicero! Whilst taking Latin in high school he was my most hated author (and everyone else's). His writing is so incredibly whiny and annoying... Probably because he never expected his letters to be published, poor dude.
I am loving these video's right now so please keep them coming! Maybe you could make one about how you plan your dissertation (or long-term projects in general). I'm currently starting mine and it is quite daunting.
Much love!
Я обожаю смотреть твои видео. Они очень мотивируют. Желаю тебе успехов.😊
This video looks amazing like all of yours!
Thank you Dhia!
I love your video Ruby! I love the Jaberwoky poem. It's the only one I have memorized!
It's one I need to learn! It's just a work of art!
I finally found you! ! So happy! !
I LOVED your poem
Loved the poem!
Ruby makes me smile
and this made me smile :)
I love your poem. 😊
i loved your poem so much 😂❤
Ruby, you were the one who introduced me to the wonders of tea
this makes me so happy to read Annie!!
Ruby, you are my main inspiration right now. I am already halfway through my first year of university and i have been watching your videos since studying for GCSE'S. I love your nonsense poetry and as a writing student, it is so fun to see others giving creative writing ago. I feel like in another life we would be very good friends.
The tea section of this made me feel so cosy! I love that teapot if you don't mind me asking where it is from?
This video has really motivated me to cosy up and do some of my dissertation work too! 😌
UT!!!! YAY
Btw, Light blue suits you so nicely 🥺💙
13:54 I know where that is! It's my go to shopping centre! I hope one day to bump into you, even though it's probably nowhere near where you live so I'm guessing you'll never go there again 😢
The Tea Terrace and the Grill restaraunt next door have only just opened and are new!
Hello Ruby, love u so very much, thankyou for always motivating and inspiring me, really enjoyed watching this video... ❤🤍❤
Aadita! Thank you so very much for your lovely words x
This is such an interesting project to do!! Will you please share with us the most interesting things you find about Lewis Carroll.?
Visiting the Canterbury Cathedral archives and holding an original portfolio of The Fairy-Queen was one of the highlights of my entire degree!
So cool that you could visit the archives! I don't know why I thought that it wasn't accessible to the general public and that you could hold the originals. I thought it was too fragile for regular holding and hand oils and all that.
It depends on the archives, Jennifer, but there are places where you can make an appointment even just out of personal curiosity... mostly smaller historical sites and/or lesser-known writers. Usually you have to apply for permission, submit the project for which you need the materials, and then go through the whole protocol of only bringing in a pencil or a laptop, sometimes even wearing gloves, and -- oh, the faux pas I committed the first time! -- letting the librarians put the materials down in front of you before you touch them. For some, I had to have my academic supervisor write a letter. But at the British Library, they always have amazing archival material on display. The good news is, as Ruby's demonstrated, with the pandemic, archives have had to make more and more of their collections accessible/PDFs/online, so more of us can get to them.
But when you get to hold and touch an original letter or mss? Kinda mind blowing!
DS is quite right -- different archives have very different approaches -- and it really depends on the documents.
I understand that it's important to prserve the documents, but it is a shame that some remain within academic spaces... because they shouldn't just be restricted to those who have the opportunity to be doing scholarly work. They are historical treasures that everyone has the right to see (so long as they are careful).
The BL is indeed very good at letting the general public access materials :)
Watching this video is a really nice way to relax 😊 Where did you get the green coat? It looks amazing
Hi Ruby, I've watched your videos for YEARS and you really inspire me! I just wanted to ask, did the people working at the archive not give you gloves to use when looking at the archive materials? You'd think that they'd be cautious considering the age of the letters !
l love your videos✨🌌
Loved the nonsense poem you made!
There's a red velvet latte recipe on Pick up limes! I know that it's coffee, and not tea... But it has beetroot powder, Coco powder and coffee powder with vanilla sugar. I think you may like that as well! ❣️🫖☕
Hello Ruby 👋
Loved it......
Hello!
I watched videos from 4 years ago and it seems you have grown up 😊
Thank you for watching for so long 🥺
Me excitedly looking at the name Cicero in your presentation thingy
what pad did u use to take note/annotate with ? can i please have the name of this pad ?
ruby!! i’m currently doing yr 13 english lang/lit coursework… have you got any tips for comparing a fiction book with a nonfiction?
I just wanted to say that your nonsense poem was very good and it belongs in a Spike Milligan book. Thank you
Surrey is so stunning! I lived there twice
Where is the tea room? THANKS Ruby!
Does your house have a garden? And do you share it with anyone else besides blakeny? It looks so cozy!
I've had this question for a while, why do you keep milk in that little bottle in your room and not in the fridge? What kind of milk is it? (I mean, it looks like it doesn't get spoilt!)