April, The Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas is a museum, and what they discribe as a historical park where there are authentic, historic buildings in a lanscape setting behind the actual museum building. Their web site is http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ranchhc/. There are some great pictures of the buildings and their settings along with descriptions, and a map. You could incorporate a museological interpretation along with your historiography. I did this recently in a paper about the meaning of objects during the Crusades, for my last graduate class for Museum Science. You might try, A History from Things, edited by Steven Lubar and David Kingery; or Interpreting Objects and Collection, edited by Susan M. Pierce. Best of luck, Rachel Foster The Grace Museum Registrar Intern 102 Cypress Street Abilene, Texas 79601 (325) 673 - 4587 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).