Dear Debbie I have gone through what I have and can't see a sign of the site I vaguely remembered. However, I had a look for Holcombe Rogus, Bluett and John Overholt and found several sites that appear to tie up Holcombe Rogus, Bluett and Overholt but not John. Some of these may be of interest to you and you know what you are looking for better than I do. Perhaps you could do something similar to see if you can find anything that interests you. The only other thing I can suggest is that you get in touch with John's family, although it could be rather sensitive just now. They may not mind but it's difficult to forecast their reactions. All I can tell you is that, from a personal point of view, I don't mind people getting in touch with me about my late husband's work and always do my best to answer their questions if I can. They may feel the same as me. Best of luck. I'm sure that it all depends upon how you word your approach. 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 >