Wrapping Up Pride Month and the Current Publication
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 - 18:00
Well I did it: I posted something for the Project on every day in June. This was, in part, thanks to tackling the longer work that could be chunked up into multiple posts. I try to do the marathon posting every year for Pride month, but this year was on hard mode due to the broken arm. The cast comes off in two days, after which there will be an unknown period of physical therapy getting back to 100%. I'll be taking a short break from the blog, even though I have another collection of articles all written up and ready to go. And I have one more podcast rerun scheduled for this coming Saturday, then after that I should be able to do a catch-up "On the Shelf" show later in July. August will mark the 10th anniversary of the podcast and I have a special interview planned to commemorate that. If I'm feeling energetic, I may do several extra shows in August as a special treat.
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Full citation:
Orr, Dannielle. 2006. A Sojourn in Paris 1824-25: Sex and Sociability in the Manuscript Writings of Anne Lister (1791-1840). (Doctoral Dissertation, Murdoch University)
Appendices
The appendices consist of several types of information. The first section covers technical reference data:
- How the journal content and correspondence is catalogued and referenced
- A list at the of the correspondence falling within the Paris era
- A guide to people mentioned in the journal, including all the variations in how Lister recorded them
- A high-level timeline of the period covered by the study
- A guide to all the symbols used in the journal
The second section contains a technical description of Lister’s journals (all of them, not just the Paris volume) and a table giving the basic information about each volume’s contents.
The next section describes the nature and contents of Lister’s account books and her accounting practices. These are entirely separate from the journals. A table of examples of expenses is provided.
Finally, there is an extensive selection of examples of the original documents, accompanied by transcripts. These include:
- An extensive journal entry from December 7-8 from the midst of the domestic fracas over Barlow’s reputation.
- The journal index that includes most of December.
- The literary index (showing how it’s recorded in a column next to the index of journal entries).
- The index of correspondence for the second half of 1824. [Note: as this takes up a single page, I think it answers my previous question of how space was allocated at the beginning of the volume for this index. The whole period could not have taken up more than three pages.]
- A sample letter to Aunt Anne from December.
- A page from a financial account from early December. This includes itemization of expenditures (and would make a very useful economic study on its own),
The dissertation finishes with a bibliography of works cited.
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