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I leave in the morning for a month in my archive in Charleston, followed by a month in the State Archives in Columbia. This means that, by Labor Day, my dissertation will (hopefully) be mapped out. It will be very exciting couple of months for me. I'd love to share thoughts, though I'm not sure how exciting old manuscripts will be in comparison to Lavabe's jungle adventures. My thread would probably consist of heavy amounts of "Let me tell you about the awesome beachy place where I 'worked' all day, surrounded by southern belles."
Anyway, if y'all want, I'll sticky another research thread (but it really won't hurt my feelings not to do one). I'm a mod...I can do those sorts of things. ;)

wilson wrote:I leave in the morning for a month in my archive in Charleston, followed by a month in the State Archives in Columbia. This means that, by Labor Day, my dissertation will (hopefully) be mapped out. It will be very exciting couple of months for me. I'd love to share thoughts, though I'm not sure how exciting old manuscripts will be in comparison to Lavabe's jungle adventures. My thread would probably consist of heavy amounts of "Let me tell you about the awesome beachy place where I 'worked' all day, surrounded by southern belles."
Anyway, if y'all want, I'll sticky another research thread (but it really won't hurt my feelings not to do one). I'm a mod...I can do those sorts of things. ;)

Will you include pictures?

OZZIE4DUKE wrote: Will you include pictures?

Sure!

wilson wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote: Will you include pictures?

Sure!

Of cute guys as well as cute girls?

wilson wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote: Will you include pictures?

Sure!

Be sure to include some pictures of you or other beach hunks for the women on the board!

If you find the secrets to any hidden pirate treasure, remember you friends!

My real answer to your question is yes, please keep us posted.

TillyGalore wrote:

wilson wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote: Will you include pictures?

Sure!

Of cute guys as well as cute girls?

Well, at least I know why all of you are really interested in my work... ;)

I'd love to read about your work (with or without pictures). Post away!

wilson wrote:

TillyGalore wrote: Of cute guys as well as cute girls?

Well, at least I know why all of you are really interested in my work... ;)

Is that a yes? If you post pics of cute guys, then I vote yes for a sticky. ;) ;)

Of course I want to read about your research! Start your own PIRATE* thread.

*Pirate Information Research And Thoughts Explained

CathyCA wrote:Of course I want to read about your research! Start your own PIRATE* thread.

*Pirate Information Research And Thoughts Explained

Sadly, I don't think this round of research will include too much about pirates, but talking/writing about it to a non-specialist audience will actually help me focus the project a lot. I'll get the thread up in the next few days...not much will happen until next week, as the archive is closed Fri and Sat for the 4th.
And seriously, it means a lot that y'all really are interested in what I do.

wilson wrote:

CathyCA wrote:Of course I want to read about your research! Start your own PIRATE* thread.

*Pirate Information Research And Thoughts Explained

Sadly, I don't think this round of research will include too much about pirates, but talking/writing about it to a non-specialist audience will actually help me focus the project a lot. I'll get the thread up in the next few days...not much will happen until next week, as the archive is closed Fri and Sat for the 4th.
And seriously, it means a lot that y'all really are interested in what I do.

Well, at least we're interested in the pictures.

Post any good restaurants you find.

wilson wrote:

CathyCA wrote:Of course I want to read about your research! Start your own PIRATE* thread.

*Pirate Information Research And Thoughts Explained

Sadly, I don't think this round of research will include too much about pirates, but talking/writing about it to a non-specialist audience will actually help me focus the project a lot. I'll get the thread up in the next few days...not much will happen until next week, as the archive is closed Fri and Sat for the 4th.
And seriously, it means a lot that y'all really are interested in what I do.

Remind me, what are you researching? IIRC, you are studying maritime history.

TillyGalore wrote: Remind me, what are you researching? IIRC, you are studying maritime history.

I think he's researching "Women in Bikinis at the Beach"

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

TillyGalore wrote: Remind me, what are you researching? IIRC, you are studying maritime history.

I think he's researching "Women in Bikinis at the Beach"

I thought that is what you are researching. ;) ;)

TillyGalore wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

TillyGalore wrote: Remind me, what are you researching? IIRC, you are studying maritime history.

I think he's researching "Women in Bikinis at the Beach"

I thought that is what you are researching. ;) ;)

Tilly too funny! OZ - she has your research pegged!!!

Tilly - I was actually going to ask that question as well as history is extremely interesting and there is a lot of it there in Charleston?

Wilson - Good luck on your trip and safe travels! I too look forward to hearing about your experiences and research progress in that beautiful town!!!!

Be ye therefore exceedingly careful amongst the wilds of Bikini Beach and the hordes of wild inhabitants of the SC low country, even more so in that capital city.

Post at will. It would be read.

wilson wrote:I leave in the morning for a month in my archive in Charleston, followed by a month in the State Archives in Columbia. This means that, by Labor Day, my dissertation will (hopefully) be mapped out.

Don't hold your breath. You are more likely to find so much stuff that you'll feel like you're drowning in it. Just copy as much as you possibly can, even if it doesn't seem relevant. Once you return home you can go through all of it and begin to map things out. Better to have too much info than too little. And, if you take digital images of the documents, use Acrobat to convert them all to .pdf files when you return as they are much easier to deal with when reading through the material.

It will be very exciting couple of months for me. I'd love to share thoughts, though I'm not sure how exciting old manuscripts will be in comparison to Lavabe's jungle adventures.

To me, old manuscripts are very exciting. Then again, you could probably have guessed that already.

wilson wrote: Sadly, I don't think this round of research will include too much about pirates, but talking/writing about it to a non-specialist audience will actually help me focus the project a lot.

I'll try to keep any of my own comments in the non-specialist vein. The last thing you need is someone questioning your source-base, etc. as we historians are in the habit of doing.

Just always keep in mind that your intended audience will be comprised of specialists.

Thanks for the tips, colchar.
For those who asked, my project concerns intercolonial trade in and out of Charleston between roughly the 1730s and 1750s. I'm particularly interested in evolving human geographies; that is, the changing ways in which people interacted with the physical landscape and the cultural footprint of human inhabitance (be it European/creole, African/African-American, or Native American). Networks of exchange--commercial, informational, cultural, etc. are important to the project.