Megan Firestone, the head of special collections at the Smith Library Center at Southwestern University, shared this map based on the diary of Zenas Matthews, transcribed by a volunteer. Each location on the map shows a page from Matthews' diary that was written in the area. This data visualization was created using ArcGIS StoryMaps. Jessi […]
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