RJ7
I find that the oral history that we can come into access is by far the most useful to the students of TAMUC. These histories provide us with so much information that could be vital to what we may be researching as we try to find the roots of which this foundation came to be.
As for the maps, I saw many similarities about the buildings but I also saw how the maps have changed over time. Not only did the number of buildings go up but also the quality of the maps improved as the years went by. I saw that the literacy of being able to draw out maps has increases over the years. I also saw the addition of the new student buildings which means that the number of students attending the school has gradually been going up steadily.
Reading the transcripts gave me a littel more insight on who Mayo was and that is basically all I liked from the excerpts. As for helping out with my research question, I would be interested to see if it would be possible to pull people’s backgrounds from the archives and if so, how many there are available for me to read and analyze.
Fieldworking
1.First Baptist Church Faculty and Staff. Hopkins County Leadership team. FCA Leaders. Missionaries
2.FBC Staff- In- Really dig into their history as the oldest churh found in Sulphur Springs Texas
out- Be in the community and see what others perspectives are towards them.
FCA leaders- In- Find each individual background
out- Agian step into the community to see their views on them
Missionaries- in- Ask their background and what motivated them to take that path
out- see what they have to go through in the outside world as they are hiding out most of the time as a member of that certain society
3. The drawbacks that I may encounter in doing my project is people not being totally sincere about what they are saying which would give me false information. Another one would just be people just simply not wanting to participate in my interviews.
4. I have done little of anything towards my final project as of yet. The journal entries have been the only thing I have really had time for due to haveing homework in all of my other classes as well. I think as soon as we start focusing more on the final project i will be able to pull together and find more time as the journals decrease.
