Roller Derby research

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Wikipedia Roller Derby History Article

• Finish figuring out which citations to use for initial roller derby origins, including old speed races, marathons, and 1885 six-day marathon
• Find citation for bus accident
• Double-check and properly format all citations
• Determine which citations are still needed; find and format
• Request outstanding citations
• Figure out chronology/overlap/sections
• Edit for tone and consistency
• Extract relevant material from Five Strides on the Banked Track: see Five Strides TODO

Roller Derby History - Historical Sources

• Coordinate and complete roller derby newspaper article downloads
  • Date, title and pub index
    • Download guide located at Roller Derby research/Download guide
    • Pub legend located at Roller Derby research/Publication legend
  • Roller derby press coverage graph?
  • Locate additional newspaper articles
• Roller derby bibliography
  • Decide on citation format and coordinate efforts (online databases, microfilm searches, local libraries, ILL, etc.)
  • Track down, copy and scan known roller derby articles
  • List of celebrity involvement in roller derby
  • Eventual complete index of roller derby players and associated personalities
  • Roller derby timeline: Roller Derby research/Chronology
    • Synchronize with bibliography