WAAC Newsletter

The May 1993 issue of WAAC Newsletter is now available. WAAC Newsletter
is a publication of the Western Association for Art Conservation.

Feature articles in the May 1993 are:

    "Ageless(tm) Oxygen Scavenger: Practical Applications"
         by Vinod Daniel and Frank L. Lambert (2-1/2 pages)

    "Fire Suppression and Life without Halon"
         by Barbara O. Roberts (3 pages)

    "Cultural Heritage Fire Suppression Systems: Alternatives
     to Halon 1301"
         by Nicholas Artim (3 pages)

    "Cumulative Trauma Disorders: Some Cautions for Conservators"
         by Rosamond Westmoreland (2 pages)

    "Facts about Cumulative Trauma Disorders"
         by Chris Stavroudis (2 pages)

    "The Conservation of Tibetan Thangkas" (16 pages, photos)

      * The History of the Art History of Tibetan Art
            by Janice Leoshko
      * A History of Thangka Conservation in Western Collections
            by Victoria Blyth-Hill
      * Akshobhya Buddha in His Abhirati Heaven: A Treatment Report
            by Julie Goldman
      * The LACMA Tibetan Thangka Research and Survey Project
            by Susan Sayre Batton
      * Modern Traditional Painting in Nepal
            by Ian Alsop

Individual copies of this issue cost $10. To purchase, send a
check payable to WAAC to:

    Elizabeth C. Welsh, WAAC Newsletter Editor
    1213 W. San Miguel Avenue
    Phoenix, Arizona  85013  U.S.A.

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 6:56
                 Distributed: Wednesday, April 28, 1993
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