Ryerson
University
The
cost for the Master of Arts Program is $18,000CD per
academic year. The estimated budget for tuition, books,
independent study projects and cost of living expenses
for the 2005-2006 academic year is not less than $30,000
USD. I can provide more financial details if requested.
Summer 2005 Internship
This is a mandatory (unpaid) internship required
by the program. Typically, my plans are a bit complex
compared to what the program had in mind. I will be
using this opportunity to spring– board myself
into my two-year thesis project. I will be working
on a private/corporate collection of over 3,000 photographs
and memorabilia from the Brown Family who started
the First National Bank in Crown Point, Indiana. My
intentions (for the thesis project) are to archive,
both traditionally and digitally, the entire collection
making it accessible to the family and the community,
and the internet.
1)
May will be spent at the Lake County Historical Society
offering my services in the archives, learning about
their cataloguing systems and conducting research
on the Brown Family as well as the First National
Bank, which is now Centier Bank.
2)
June will be spent back in the Los Angeles area wrapping
up some Preserving the Past™ business, and interning
at Curatorial Assistance, Inc. learning database management
for website/virtual museum development. I will be
working on a collection of over 50,000 photographs
by renown British photographer, E. O. Hoppé.
3)
July will find me in Columbia, Pennsylvania, interning
for Mr. & Mrs. Stark who own The Bank Museum,
the only bank museum still in the building in which
the bank originally was in the mid-1800’s. Nora
Stark’s grandfather started the First National
Bank in Columbia. (At that time, banks were franchises.)
Where
I need financial assistance is in the following areas:
living expenses, hotels, travel, rental cars. Equipment:
Laptop computer, scanner, slide scanner, video camera,
archival supplies.
Thesis Project Spring/Summer 2006
James-Paul Brown Family and Corporate
Photographic Collection
As briefly explained in the Summer Internship section,
this is a collection of over 3,000 photo– graphs
and memorabilia from the Brown Family who started
the First National Bank in Crown Point, Indiana. My
intentions (for the thesis project) are to archive,
both traditionally and digitally, the entire collection
making it accessible to the family and the community,
and the internet.
I
hope to secure corporate sponsorship from Centier
Bank as well as the Brown Family Estate for the majority
of this project. However, I will need as much as I
can get if I am to do this the way I see it, which
includes establishing an actual museum and a website.
Please check back for a written financial proposal
or send
a request.
Preserving the Past™
I thought I’d be able to continue
running my business while in school, but the demands
are so time consuming such is not the case. I plan
on re-launching my business on a grand scale upon
my graduation in October 2006. At that time I will
need start-up money so that I can establish a presence
(i.e., building/studio and all that entails, including
equipment.)
