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What is the difference between historical research methods & historiographical frameworks/concepts?

To put it crudely: your historical research methods are how you go out and find/process the information; your historiograhical framework shapes how you write that information into a history of your subject. Both of course affect each other. A good starting point is the introduction (I think, or early chapters) of E.H. Carr's What Is History?. I always thought of the relationship between facts, history and historiography as analogous to that between displacement, velocity and acceleration if that helps (it probably doesn't, but it worked for me).

So for example, if I was writing a history of my local area my research methods might involve:

• primary sources such as parish records detailing births, deaths and marriages
• secondary sources such as books already published on the local area
• oral history such as conducting interviews with local residents

My historiographical framework shapes what I consider important and therefore look for in those sources, and ultimately end up writing about. I might: focus on:

• several influential local families
• a factory which employed lots of people and transformed the local economy when it opened
• a non-conformist church which grew in membership over time, and helped shape the values and recreation time of that community
• themes raised in other more general historical texts, which I then apply to the history of the local area

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Hello young history padawan! I have recently completed my masters in history and would be happy to share some information.

Historical research methods and historiography kinda go hand-in-hand. Historiography is the "history of history." It's how history has been written about over the years, research methods used, and how events have been viewed, mainly by the historical community (academics, schools, museums, etc.). So for instance, an example of historiography going on in the public realm right now is the 1619 Project. While the project does have issues with its history, it is looking at these major events of American history from the perspective of the enslaved, and the slavery economy.

What this means is when you are researching using secondary literature, you need to analyze the source: its methodology, thesis, intended audience, evidence, etc.

Historical research methods. I find that to be a slippery term because it's hard to define specific ways of going about things. I find it often times refers to the types of sources being used. Primary sources need to be analyzed the same as mentioned above: who is writing it, who are they writing for, when are they writing it, why are they writing it, what isn't mentioned, what bias would this person have, what kind of source is this (diary, letter, newspaper, financial document), etc.

I remember doing this exact same project in my undergraduate historiography/intro to historical profession class. It's important to remember to discuss HOW your work will fit into and compare to previous historiography.

Resources I recommend:

Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. (Boston: Bedford/St.Martin's, 2015)

^I bought this book for undergrad and still keep a copy of it on my desk for my own research

Salevouris, Michael J. and Conal Furay. The methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide. (Massachusetts: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2015).