Undergraduate Economics Research Assistant · 2024

The Social Geography of Baltimore's Elite, 1967-1989

An interactive organization network built from OCR, cleaned directory data, and membership relationships in Baltimore Blue Books and Society Visiting Lists.

Python JavaScript Network Analysis Time Series OCR CSV/JSON Processing Historical Data
Project scale
4,500 scanned Blue Book pages processed with OCR
53,000+ household listings converted into structured records
42,000+ person-organization relationships built for analysis
230+ clubs, societies, and civic organizations identified
8 Blue Book years compared from 1967 through 1989

Interactive Explorer

Organization network by year.

Project Writeup

Baltimore's Elite Network: Mapping Social Connections Through Urban Decline.