I'm Stalled! Holp holp!

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MissMacchiato

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Hopefully this is in the right place. I think it is!

I'm supposed to be writing a 'study edition' or annotated catalogue of some primary sources for my masters degree.

I chose to write about love letters from various world wars, but I've just had my application for copyright refused, which means I need a new set of source material, in a hurry!

This thing isn't too long, only 6000 odd words, but I'm literally sitting here, racking my brain, wondering where on earth I can find some primary sources to use.

Essentially, this project was designed for ancient history students to write about ancient texts, so copyright wasn't a problem, but it is for me, since mine has to be on modern texts!

Any ideas about how I can alter my topic, or find primary source material?

So sad that they refused my request - that material was perfect, but it's in another state, and I can't afford to commute a second time, and there's too much to read in the half weekend day that the library is open :(
 

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I would go to the best library within easy reach, find a reference librarian and shriek "Holp! Holp!" Tell her you're looking for modern primary source material. You never know what sort of things an individual library is hanging onto. Anything I suggested would be a wild guess since I don't know what you have near you.
 

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I would try to network through some nursing homes and elderly social hotspots. There have got to be lots of surviving members who would love to have their love letters immortalized in a book.

I used to do volunteer work in a hospice and elderly people absolutely love to talk, love to help, and love to discuss what they've been through.

I have no doubt you'd be able to find tons of support if you network properly.

Good luck

Mel...
 
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