This ALEXANDER_README20230201.txt file was generated on 20230201 by Kaylee P. Alexander. ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Dataset for: Marbriers de Paris: the popular market for funerary monuments in nineteenth-century Paris. 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Kaylee P. Alexander Institution: University of Utah Address: Language and Communication Building 255 Central Campus Drive, Room 3500 Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860 Email: kaylee.alexander@utah.edu Alternate Contact Information Name: Institution: Address: Email: 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 20170801 to 20190119 4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected/where were you located when you obtained the data?): Paris, France 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: PhD Lab Fellowship in Digital Knowledge, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University James B. Duke International Research Fellowship, Duke University -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC BY NC - Allows others to use and share your data non-commercially and with attribution. 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: https://doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2020.1804964 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: N/A 5. Was data derived from another source? Yes. Commercial almanacs available digitally on the Biblioth\'e8que nationale de France's digital library, Gallica (gallica.bnf.fr). Historically, the compilation of the annual commercial almanacs was a project undertaken by two different publishers (Bottin and Firmin Didot), who eventually merged in 1857. \ 6. Recommended citation for the data: Dataset for: "Marbriers de Paris: the popular market for funerary monuments in nineteenth-century Paris." Early Popular Visual Culture. 18:2, 127-148. The Hive: University of Utah Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7278/S50d-cpg6-7vn8 --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: Joined_Data_MDP.csv Short description: This dataset covers all of the marbriers (stonecutters) listed in the commercial almanacs for the city of Paris from 1798 to 1907. Binary variables are included in the dataset, based on text descriptions in the almanacs, to indicate named areas of specialization. 2. Relationship between files: N/A 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: N/A 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Manual transcription of historical documents 2. Methods for processing the data: OpenRefine for data cleaning, term searches and filters applied to transcriptions to code data for specializations 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: N/A 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: N/A ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Joined_Data_MDP.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 27 2. Number of cases/rows: 17,589 3. Variable List B. Name: enterprise Description: name of the marbrier or company C. Name: street_orig Description: original street name where marbrier's studio, storefront, etc. was located in Paris D. Name: street_mod Description: closest present street corresponding to the original street, based on Nomenclature officielle des voies publiques et priv'e9es E. Name: longitude Description: x-coordinate for the marbrier's given address (based on mod_address) F. Name: latitude Description: y-coordinate for the marbrier's given address (based on mod_address) G. Name: latest_begin Description: latest possible start date for marbrier at a given address (Jan. 1st of the year of the first appearance in the almanac) H. Name: latest_end Description: latest possible end date for marbrier at a given address (Dec. 31st of the year previous to the first year not included in the almanac) I. Name: successor1 Description: first known successor to the business J. Name: successor2 Description: second known successor to the business K. Name: successor3 Description: third known successor to the business L. Name: successor4 Description: fourth known successor to the business M. Name: pend_dummy Description: if the almanac entry includes the designation P or PMF; and/or if the description includes key words relating to bronzes and clocks (i.e. 'pendules,' 'bronzes,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in bronzes and clocks N. Name: meub_dummy Description: if the almanac entry includes the designation BM; and/or if the description includes key words relating to furniture/furnishings (i.e. 'meubles,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in furniture O. Name: chem_dummy Description: if the almanac entry includes the designation B; and/or if the description includes key words relating to fireplaces (i.e. 'chemin\'e9es,' 'chambranles,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in fireplaces P. Name: bat_dummy Description: if the almanac entry includes the designation B or BM; and/or if the description includes key words relating to buildings construction (i.e. 'b\'e2timents,' 'traveaux publics,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in buildings Q. Name: mf_dummy Description: if the almanac entry includes the designation MF; and/or if the description includes key words relating to the production of funerary monuments or vaults (i.e. 'fun\'e8bre,' 'caveaux de famille', 's\'e9pulture,' 'fun\'e9raire,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in funerary goods R. Name: sculpt_dummy Description: if the almanac description includes key words relating to the production of sculpture (i.e. 'sculpt.,' 'sculpteur', etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in sculpture S. Name: relig_dummy Description: if the almanac description includes key words relating to the production of religious goods (i.e. 'fonts baptismaux,' '\'e9glise', 'religieux,' 'autel,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in religious goods T. Name: carr_dummy Description: if the almanac description includes key words relating to the production of flooring tiles (i.e. 'carrelage,' etc.) for that marbrier at any point during their years of operation at a given address (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE); not limited to those working exclusively in flooring U. Name: exh_dummy if the almanac entry indicates that the marbrier exhibited works and/or received an award at an exhibition (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE) V. Name: vap_dummy if the almanac entry indicates that the marbrier had a steam-powered plant for extracting stone (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE) W. Name: intexp_dummy if the almanac entry indicates that the marbrier exported stone/work internationally (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE) X. Name: comm_dummy if the almanac entry indicates that the marbrier took commissions (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE) Y. Name: export_dummy if the almanac entry indicates that the marbrier exported stone/work nationally or internationally (yes = TRUE; no = FALSE) Z. Name: details Description: transcriptions of additional information about the marbrier provided in italics next to the address of the marbrier in the almanac; includes mentions of specializations, exhibitions, etc. AA. Name: notes Description: transcriptions of additional information about the marbrier provided in italics next to the address of the marbrier in the almanac; includes founding dates, names of successors and predecessors, additional details about the marbriers location (region, landmarks, etc.). Also noted here are orthographic differences in the marbriers name (if it was clear that it was the person/enterprise at that address). 4. Missing data codes: NULL information unavailable 5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used N/A