Dear Debbie I do hope that I can trace the site. It was a long time ago that he sent it to me and I know that I've changed computers at least once since then. I shall certainly try and locate it. However, at the time, he was anxious not to allow his material to get out into the hands of all and sundry (I'm sure that this does not include you). I think that he had thoughts that there could be some unscrupulous people out there who would try and trace the Bluett fortunes and capture them for themselves. I don't think money figured in John's mind but protecting the Bluett archives did. However, I am sure that his site would be available now and so there would be nothing there that could compromise any of his research. After all, it's a bit like taking out a page in a newspaper when things are displayed on an Internet site, isn't it. However, you do have to be careful what information you hand out as banks have a habit of asking questions about mother's maiden names and the like in order to use as a password to protect one's bank accounts. Perhaps he had that in mind too - I really don't know. Any way, I'll do my best to find the site and send you the address. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] John Overholt > > Audrey > > As far as I am aware John never had a website and he never published any > of > his research so if you do have an old URL for something he published I > would > be very interested to receive it. Even if the site is no longer there it > should still be possible to retrieve it on the Internet Archive. > > I've heard many sad stories of people's research being completely > destroyed > after their descendants took no notice whatsoever. I did try my best to > persuade John to publish something but sadly his health defeated him. I > just hope > that one of his daughters will eventually take up the reins. > > Debbie > > In a message dated 04/11/2006 10:43:07 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Dear Debbie > > I do know what you mean about leaving things too late. A well respected > man > that I knew whose expertise was vernacular architecture and who gave a > great > deal to others in the subject never, himself, published. Others who were > not > so scrupulous would take his ideas and put them forward as their own but, > if > he had published, he could have claimed copyright. A great deal of his > work > was quite possibly lost as a lot was in his private files and on his own > slides. > > As far as John's daughters are concerned, they may just get the bug when > they are going through his papers. Surely they will not get rid of them > without considering the records office or the like! However, I have > known > of others who have come along to a more remote relative and literally > burnt > all his effects upon his death without looking at what they were doing. > Old > photographs and various other bits and pieces were lost that way. I would > think that John would not have daughters like that as they would think of > their father when going through his things. > > He did leave his site with me and I looked at it quite a while ago. I > shall > now have to revisit it to refresh my memory. > > Audrey > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.27/517 - Release Date: > 03/11/2006 >