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R.
Monterosso, in the center, finding Native
American History in the records of an english
castle.
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| NEART
brings history home. Wherever it's found, whatever
it's format. Much of our work is based in European
record searching for historical and cultural documents
relating to Native Americans or other interested parties
from 1550 to 1780. Many documents from the contact,
colonial, and federal periods in American history
exists in domestic and foreign repositories as letters,
court papers, reports, maps, religious material, marine
log books, land records, petitions, grants, genealogical
representations, linguistic analysis, and political
studies. Simply put, NEART, finds these documents
and items. |
The principals
of NEART have been researchers for over 30 years combined.
Work has been done for counties, institutions, governmental
agencies and Native Americans, both federally recognized
and those in the process thereof. Through experience,
research, knowledge, contacts, and our records, NEART
has amassed a vast database of American related material.
Here's how foreign research trips work. After contracting
issues are settled, we have a period of pre-research which
involves foreign contacts, library work, reading, analysis
of documents held by the party engaging our services,
cherry picking our notes and database, and concentrated
web use focusing on England, Scotland, Wales, France,
and the Netherlands, all of whom were big players on the
North American colonial frontier. We
then lay out an itinerary based on the analysis and amalgamation
of the aforementioned pre-research and the contract length.
NEART then visits these repositories, such as the British
Library, the British Museum, the Public Records Office,
Bodleian Library @ Oxford University, Royal Archives in
DenHaag,
the Biblioteque Nationale in
Paris, private collections, and/or other less known records
houses, depending again on the contract parameters. Primary
and secondary research is conducted and copies are obtained
when possible. When NEART returns state-side and documents
are received*, we organize, catalog, and highlight in
category abstract form our gleanings. NEART has one price
inclusive of travel, expenses, one initial meeting, personal
delivery of documents with presentation, highlight abstract
form report, pictures, manuscripts consulted, as well
as pre, primary, secondary, and post research, with one
notable exception, copies. Price is based on 10
hour man days, all inclusive.
*often documents must be
copied and sent by post
| Dr. J. Segel, NEART Principal
is at work using Missionaries' correspondance
from the 1600's to uncover the lost history of
a Native American Tribe |
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