I have been working on my project for a few days now and I ran into a little problem. I needed a copy of a restoration plan from another theater so that I can use it as a reference. My mentor suggested I posted a call for info on several different listserves (email lists), bulletin boards and websites. I only managed to get the info off to two listserves so far and already I have gotten 30 contacts from all over the country from people who used to attend USC. Pretty amazing.
I also had to join a couple of professional organizations to get some info and help, so now I can say I belong too.
Today I was asked by the owners to give a presentation next week to some of the potential financial contributors for the theater. I am really excited to share the information I have found so far. I only wish I could find the answer to a question I have been trying to decipher since last semester. See, I found this picture of the building dating back to 1905, but the building looks nothing like it does now, and neither does the adjoining building. As far as I can figure out it must have been demolished in the two years it was empty and rebuilt. The problem is that I can't find any proof. Most city government documents are stored at the archives, but my city for some reason is not and so far the particular agency that does have them is elusive at best. (I am starting to think it is all a government conspiracy and that I should call Mulder and Scully.)
In class today, one of my classmates who had also done some preliminary research on the theater, asked if he could see my research. But he made the unfortunate mistake of asking to "see my crap about the theater." Oh no sir. My research is not crap. He thought I was joking with him, but I was very offended by that statement. He also mentioned that he would like to do the nomination to the NRHP (using my research), which I have already done and am just waiting for the building to be eligible after the restoration project. That really bothered me. I would be happy to work with him jointly on the nomination, but the research is already done and the nomination is written so there is nothing for him to do. Now I am worried that he is going to try to get the nomination through under his name. I never thought my work would be competitive.
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You go, girl! Don't you give that guy your research! Anyone who calls research "crap" doesn't deserve it.
I had no idea that building restoration work involved so much cloak-and-dagger stuff. Very interesting
Your project sounds fascinating. Do you have to first get the funding in order to do anything else?
And, yeah, I'm with Amy-- sic Mulder and Scully on that guy.
The theater is currently doing feasability studies in order to get more funding from donors for the actual restoration. My part is being funded by the school and only lasts until the end of April. After that I have to find more funding on my own for my pay if I wish to continue, but I don't know that I will need to be actively doing anything at that point other than making presentations and submitting my research to various publications and whatnot.
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