UnusualSuspect

I wrote about wanting to research popular culture in the Midwest, and I've grown more and more interested in American environmental history, although I am still interested in popular culture and its relation to environmentalism. My time period would remain the same, although the location within the United States might change. Some further history: I recently finished a distance master's program in library science at my school, which is located in the Midwest, and I conducted research on a certain digital collection as part of that program. One of the history professors mentioned that he was looking for a student to study that collection, and I mentioned in my SOP that I'd be interested in continuing to research it. While finishing my research last year, I grew to hate the collection and really don't want to study it any further. I'd much rather focus on environmental history, and there is at least one professor who is doing this sort of research.

So... when I wrote my statement of purpose last year, I expressed interest in researching a particular topic, and in the past six months or so, I've been very interested in another topic. I'm entering a master's program, and I can still easily study what I'm interested in at the school I'm attending. Has anyone else done this, and should I expect problems? I've heard before that changing one's focus is less of an issue for master's students than for doctoral students, but I'm still a bit anxious.

I'm hoping to move there this summer to study history this fall. Have any of you history-MA folks heard anything about funding?