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Historical consulting services/
Research help
Do you need help with a historical project? We are happy to help with:
- Books
- Movies
- Dating private collections and artifacts (clothing, bikes, etc.)
- Research into various aspects of nineteenth-century life
- Everything you always wanted to know about the Victorian era but were afraid to ask!
Rates:
$30 /hour for general consulting and research services.
The minimum charge is for one hour.
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Past Work
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From an author of historical fiction, about our consulting services:
"I am more than THRILLED with what you've sent!…Thanks again and wishing you lots of joy in your lifestyle choices!"
—Sharon Marburger, author, Blue and White
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Image credit: "A Person Known To Me"
Movie: A Person Known to Me
https://www.facebook.com/APersonKnownToMe
When the producers of this exciting detective story asked us for research advice, we were happy to oblige! We have very much enjoyed working with them and relished the challenge of their questions. Every new project expands our knowledge further.
https://www.facebook.com/APersonKnownToMe
When the producers of this exciting detective story asked us for research advice, we were happy to oblige! We have very much enjoyed working with them and relished the challenge of their questions. Every new project expands our knowledge further.
"We met Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman when we shot part of our 19th-century detective adventure A Person Known to Me in Port Townsend, and ever since, the two of them have been an invaluable part of the project's extended family. For us, knowing Sarah and Gabriel is like having a direct line to the 1890s. They are our trusted advisers who can provide an almost instant answer to any question about life and history in our story era. How did people dress, eat, travel? Where could we go to learn the kind of slang that sleuths and crooks might have used? Who manufactured ladies' boots so recognizable that they could serve as a clue in one of our mysteries? Sarah and Gabriel bring a deep expertise, based always on the primary sources that they've spent years studying. Their answers to questions are thorough and extensive, with connections to even more resources -- and it all comes wrapped in a sweet-natured humor that makes every exchange with them an entertaining pleasure."
-Steph Argy, Producer A Person Known to Me
-Steph Argy, Producer A Person Known to Me
The director of A Person Known to Me interviews Sarah:
(Video courtesy of Steph Argy)
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Documentary: Elwha River project
We stepped into this project at a mature stage of its development and provided cultural background and research tips on primary sources for Native American fishing rights in the 20th century. |
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We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world?
From Victorian beauty regimes to nineteenth-century bicycles, custard recipes to taxidermy experiments, oil lamps to an ice box, Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman decided to explore nineteenth-century culture and technologies from the inside out. Even the deepest aspects of their lives became affected, and the more immersed they became in the late Victorian era, the more aware they grew of its legacies permeating the twenty-first century.
Most of us have dreamed of time travel, but what if that dream could come true? Certain universal constants remain steady for all people regardless of time or place. No matter where, when, or who we are, humans share similar passions and fears, joys and triumphs.
In her first book, Victorian Secrets, Chrisman recalled the first year she spent wearing a Victorian corset 24/7. In This Victorian Life, Chrisman picks up where Secrets left off and documents her complete shift into living as though she were in the nineteenth century.
Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
From Victorian beauty regimes to nineteenth-century bicycles, custard recipes to taxidermy experiments, oil lamps to an ice box, Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman decided to explore nineteenth-century culture and technologies from the inside out. Even the deepest aspects of their lives became affected, and the more immersed they became in the late Victorian era, the more aware they grew of its legacies permeating the twenty-first century.
Most of us have dreamed of time travel, but what if that dream could come true? Certain universal constants remain steady for all people regardless of time or place. No matter where, when, or who we are, humans share similar passions and fears, joys and triumphs.
In her first book, Victorian Secrets, Chrisman recalled the first year she spent wearing a Victorian corset 24/7. In This Victorian Life, Chrisman picks up where Secrets left off and documents her complete shift into living as though she were in the nineteenth century.
Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
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