Documentation and Interpretation of Historic Sites
History 5809
Spring Semester 2002
Dr. Donna M. DeBlasio
Office Hours: MWF 8:30-10:30
MF 1:00-2:00
TTH 10:00-12:00
and by appointment
DeBartolo, Room 531
Phone: 330-742-3158 or 330-742-3457
e-mail: dmdeblas@cc.ysu.edu
Required Reading:
Both booklets are
available free of charge from your instructor.
Other Required
Materials:
35mm black and white
film, 400 speed
35mm color slide
film, 400 speed
One floppy computer
diskette
Two 35mm cameras
available through the Center for Historic Preservation
Course Description:
This course deals
with the methods of documenting historic properties especially as related to
the National Register of Historic Places.
Includes interpretation of historic sites for public exhibit.
This semester’s
project will involve the class with Sacred Landmarks in the Mahoning
Valley. We will be researching and
writing three National Register Nominations for sacred properties in Youngstown
and Niles. The three properties
are: Youngstown St. Patrick’s church,
school and rectory; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Niles church and rectory; and
Martin Luther Lutheran Church on Youngstown’s upper south side. Students will
be placed in teams and assigned one of the church properties. How you divide up the work is up to the team
members. We will go over the NR
criteria in class as a refresher.
Each team will
prepare the nomination, take photographs, and do an in-class presentation on
his/her property. The final grades will
consist of your presentation and work on the nomination. The instructor will provide a template with
NR form (you provide the diskette).
Graduate Students: In addition to your work on the project and
the paper, you will complete two book reviews to be a selected from a list I
will give you. Each review will be 3 to
5 pages long, typed. The first review
is due on Monday, March 18 and the second on Wednesday, May 3.
Grades:
This course uses the standard 100 point grade scale where A=90%, B=80%, C=70% and D=60%. Course grades will be computed as follows:
Undergraduates: Graduates:
In Class Presentation 40% In-Class Presentation 20%
Book
Reviews 20%
Final Paper 60% Final
Paper 40%
Total 100% 100%
Class Schedule:
This class is a
field-based experience. Thus, we will only meet once a week—on Mondays. There are some exceptions and they are noted
in the class schedule below. After our initial meeting on, we will meet on
Wednesday, January 16 in the lobby of Maag Library as refresher for use of
library resources on this project.
Several of the earlier class meetings will entail visits to the various
churches.
The schedule is as
follows:
January 14 Class meeting
January 16 Class meets in lobby of Maag Library
January 21 No class (ML King Day)
January 23 No class
January 28 Class meeting
January 30 No class
February 4 Class meeting
February 6 No class
February 11 Class meeting
February 13 No class
February 18 Class meeting
February 20 No class
February 25 Class meeting
February 27 No class
March 4 Class meeting
March 6 No class
Week of March 11 Spring Break
March 18 Class meeting; first graduate book
review due
March 20 No class
March 25 Class meeting
March 27 No class
April 1 Class
meeting
April 3 No
class
April 8 Class
meeting
April 10 No class
April 15 Class meeting
April 17 No class
April 22 Class meeting
April 24 No class
April 29 Class meeting
May 1 Class
meeting; in class presentations
May 3 Class
meeting; in class presentations; second graduate book review due
May 6 Final
paper due no later than 3:00 p.m. in my mailbox