Update 13MAR2018- Hollins Market Research Continues to Unfold

It my continued research, I have dived deeper into the decade of my choice. I have developed concise stories and narratives on the Black Cherry Puppet Theater and have also developed an abstract of this place for our class project that will be featured to the public in an upcoming series of events. Along with this continued research of my decade and the unique places that are contained within them, I have secured a historical figure, William H. Bevans that I was able to develop a concise profile on this individual and his accomplishments throughout his life. I am amazed on the general overall improvement of my writing style and the type of messages I am able to convey to the reader.

In the past week, the class and I have developed specific courses of actions in order to execute the project in the most effective and efficient manner possible. Therefore, the class and I thought it would be best for me to reach out to local businesses and ask for their attendance at each of the events the class is planning. This move was to get our ideas out to the public and educate primarily the common resident living in the Hollins Market area of the general history of the area and how unique these places really are. I have yet to coordinate with the rest of the group but I will start to finalize my ideas with the rest of the class come tomorrow 14MAR2018.

Update 5MAR2018 on Hollins Market Research

The story and focus of this class project is to design and present information about historic places in the Hollins Market area in order to educate people on a subject they would like to learn more about, especially the residents in Hollins Market. The class has decided to do this by presenting a zine of all the research the class has found along with a walking tour in order to put a name to the places and the narratives we are describing. This will help to put all our narratives and research into context in order to have a coherent understanding of the Hollins Market area as a whole. The current historical figure I chose to write a profile about was Mr. William H. Bevans. He was a wholesale vendor in the Hollins Market area that sold strictly poultry, especially during the times of the holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although he did not live during the time period of the 1950's that I have done my research on, I believe he is still of historical significance to the Hollins Market area and deserves a seat at the table of our research knowledge, and discussion. The class project can only truly be unique if we delve further into these topics and strive for the current residents in the Hollins Market area to have an interest in the research we are proposing and presenting.

In order to make the project complete, we need to tie certain businesses, places, people, and other areas of interest together. Only then can we truly grasp the historical significance of our research that we are conducting. Therefore, the class must continue to conduct personal interviews and accounts of current residents in the Hollins Market area in order to present a lasting impression of our final product to the people. I think a great name for our project/zine to present to the public would be "Hollins Market: There an Back Again." This title presents a position to the people that is worth the time and effort to listen to and discuss areas of interest. I cannot wait to conduct more research on my certain decade in order to bring this whole project together. More to come!

27FEB218- Update on Research of Hollins Market

• There are many aspects of my research that I would like to contribute to the AMST 422 class project. For example, the research I have conducted thus far with Black Cherry Puppet Theater and the interviews I had with the director, can prove to make a lasting relationship with the Baltimore community and foster future plans and projects. My idea would be to continue to interview these people in our assigned places and the surrounding Hollins Market area to find out more about the area and what makes it unique. I would like the opportunity to talk to people more to find out facts you can't find on the internet or in a book. I would also like the opportunity to interview as a group with areas of focus that seem to overlap in the project and be able to video the people we interview as well.
• In order to do this, the place-based research must be specific and coherent. It must flow with the other group members which I believe requires us to get together a little more often than once a week. However, I feel the progress that myself and the rest of the class has made on their various research projects has laid the framework for our success and will allow the class to develop an innovative preservation project for the overlooked community of Hollins Market. Therefore, I feel very much excited for the opportunities coming up to continue this research and I believe there is much more learning to gain in the process.