Mx. Jamieson would like to acknowledge that like much of their life, this project was a collaborative work.
Firstly Mx. Jamieson would like to thank the multiple library systems and librarians that helped them along the way. Specifically Colorado College's Tutt Library, the Los Angeles Public and County Libraries, the German National Library in Leipzig, the interlibrary loan systems of Göttingen and Colorado College, and various other libraries located around Germany.
Secondly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank all of their interviewees for taking the time to talk to them and having patience for their developing language skills. However finding these interviewees would not have been possible without the help of their friends, so Mx. Jamieson would also like to thank Caroline L., Claudia B., Heidi K., Leora R., Professor Kathrin Seidl, Regina S. (also an interviewee), their German host-father Helmut R., their grandmother Beatrice J., their mother Amy J., and Walter Z. for helping Mx. Jamieson connect with their interviewees.
Thirdly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank their professors and teachers in Colorado College's German and Russian and Eurasian Studies Departments; Ane Steckenbiller, Chet Lisiecki and Seth Elliott Meyer (currently a professor at Carleton) of the German Studies Department and Alexei Pavlenko, Tatiana Nikolskaya, and Lisa Volkovskaia of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Department. Professor Steckenbiller supported the project early on and helped Mx. Jamieson navigate how to do the interviews. Professor Lisiecki had the idea to turn the project into an online archive and supervised the project completion. Professor Meyer was the first professor to suggest to Mx. Jamieson that solyanka might actually be a good thesis topic and is the reason the project began. Professor Pavlenko helped Mx. Jamieson format some of the questions for the Russian audience. Professor Nikolskaya helped Mx. Jamieson better understand the cultural nuance in some of the cultural texts about solyanka that Mx. Jamieson collected, explained the etymology of solyanka and was also interviewed for the archive. Ms. Volkovskaia was always available and willing to help when Mx. Jamieson had a question about pronunciation, pre-language-reform Russian texts or anything at all. Ms. Volkovskaia's help was crucial for understanding the Russian texts.
Fourthly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank Ariadna P., who translated Romanian articles for Mx. Jamieson and asked her family for more information about solyanka's presence in Romania.
Fifthly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank Teo Gelashvili for gifting them a copy of სრული სამზარეულო. Ms. Gelashvili also explained different aspects of Georgian culture to Mx. Jamieson. Ms. Gelashvili and Walter Z., who was mentioned above, translated portions of the book for Mx. Jamieson as well.
Sixthly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank Natasha Thalluri for her assistance with understanding linguistic concepts and the encouragement she provided throughout the process.
Seventhly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank Jennifer Fitzpatrick for her support, linguistic explanations, and proof-reading skills.
Lastly, Mx. Jamieson would like to thank Roman Schnaider. Mr. Schnaider's help, support, and encouragement made this project what it is. Mr. Schnaider helped Mx. Jamieson write culturally sensitive interview questions, connected Mx. Jamieson to interviewees across the world, explained cultural nuances, and was always available to help. Mr. Schnaider was also Mx. Jamieson's first Russian teacher.