In talking to my history adviser, I found out that it is unlikely that I'm going to be getting any sort of support from the head of graduate advisers, as he'd be suspicious and mistrusting of someone in his own department writing such a thing, much less someone he doesn't know at all. I may still try to give him the files when it's all said and done, and let him see if they would like to revise them to suit their needs, but all in all, this is fairly disappointing.

In any case, it will be interesting getting together support for my argument without that sort of assistance. I've got an acquaintance in the grad program I should talk to, but the problem is I haven't seem him in a while, and don't know how to get in touch with him.