New England Preservation Calendar

Calendar of Preservation-Related Workshops and Events in New England
and Environs

September 1997 - December 1997

 Date:                September 10, 1997
 Time:                10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 Subject:             "NYS Conservation/Preservation Program
                      Workshop"
 Sponsor:             Amherst Museum and the
                      Conservation/Preservation Program
 Speaker:             Barbara Lilley
 Location:            Amherst Museum, Amherst, NY
 Registration:        Workshops are free. Grant applications
                      are due on December 5, 1997.  Contact
                      Barbara Lilley to request a
                      registration form at (518) 474- 6971
                      or at blilley<-a t->unix2< . >nysed< . >gov

 Date:                September 17, 1997
 Time:                7:30 p.m.
 Subject:             "Forgery: A Matter of Intent".
 Sponsor:             Smith College Museum of Art and the
                      Andrew W. Mellon  Foundation
 Speaker:             Arthur Beale, Director of the Research
                      Laboratory and Chief Objects
                      Conservator, Museum of Fine Arts,
                      Boston
 Location:            Hillyer Art Building, Room 117, Smith
                      College, Northampton, MA
 Registration:        Open to the Public

 Date:                September 18, 1997
 Time:                10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 Subject:             "NYS Conservation/Preservation Program
                      Workshop"
 Sponsor:             New York Academy of Medicine and the
                      Conservation/Preservation  Program
 Speaker:             Barbara Lilley
 Location:            New York Academy of Medicine, New
                      York, NY
 Registration:        Workshops are free. Grant applications
                      are due on December 5, 1997.   Contact
                      Barbara Lilley to request a
                      registration form at (518) 474- 6971
                      or at blilley<-a t->unix2< . >nysed< . >gov

 Date:                September 23, 1997
 Time:                9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 Subject:             "Instituting a Conservation
                      Environment Monitoring Program"
                      (Intended for library, archives, house
                      museum, and museum professionals, as
                      well as for architects, engineers, and
                      staff involved  in facilities
                      management and design.)
 Sponsor:             Conservation Center for Art and
                      Historic Artifacts et al
 Speaker:             William P. Lull
 Location:            The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia,
                      PA
 Registration:        Registration deadline: September 12,
                      1997.  $45.00 for CCAHA members    and
                      $50.00 for non-members, including a
                      box lunch and  supplementary
                      materials.  Contact Susan W. DuBois,
                      Preservation  Services Office, CCAHA,
                      265 South 23rd Street, Philadelphia,
                      PA  19103. (215) 545-0613, Fax: (215)
                      735-9313,      ccaha<-a t->shrsys< . >hslc< . >org

 Date:                September 30, 1997
 Time:                4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
 Subject:             Massachusetts Preservation Projects
                      Fund -- Grants Workshop
 Sponsor:             Massachusetts Historical Commission
 Speaker:             MHS Staff
 Location:            Sandwich Public Library, 142 Main
                      Street, Sandwich, MA (free parking)
 Registration:        Free. Please contact the MHC Grants
                      Division at (617) 727-8470 for
                      directions or further information.

 Date:                October 3, 1997
 Time:                1/2 Day Conference
 Subject:             "Library Binding"
 Sponsor:             Cranston Public Library
 Speaker:             TBA
 Location:            Cranston Public Library, Cranston, RI
 Registration:        Contact NEDCC at (508 or 978) 470-1010
                      OR THE Cranston Public  Library

 Date:                October 21, 1997
 Time:                4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
 Subject:             Massachusetts Preservation Projects
                      Fund -- Grants Workshop.
 Sponsor:             Massachusetts Historical Commission
 Speaker:             MHS Staff
 Location:            Frio Senior Center, 330 North Street,
                      Pittsfield, MA (parking in the rear)
 Registration:        Free. Please contact the MHC Grants
                      Division at (617) 727-8470 for
                      directions or further information.

 Date:                October 23, 1997
 Time:                10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
 Subject:             "Basic Book Repair"
 Sponsor:             NELINET
 Speaker:             Todd Pattison
 Location:            NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration:        Contact NELINET at (617) 969-0400

 Date:                November 3-5, 1997
 Time:                3-day workshop
 Subject:             "School for Scanning"
 Sponsor:             NEDCC and the National Park Service
 Speaker:             Steve Dalton et al
 Location:            New York Academy of Medicine, New York
                      City, NY
 Registration:        Contact Kim O'Leary at NEDCC, (508)
                      470-1010, oleary<-a t->nedcc< . >org

 Date:                November 5, 1997
 Time:                9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 Subject:             "Have You Got the Blues?
                      Architectural Records: Their
                      Identification, Management, Storage,
                      and Treatment"
 Sponsor:             Conservation Center for Art and
                      Historic Artifacts
 Speaker:             Lois Olcott Price, Conservator of
                      Library Collections, Winterthur
                      Library;  Joan Irving, Conservator,
                      CCAHA
 Location:            Syracuse University Library, Syracuse,
                      N.Y.
 Registration:        $70.00 for CCAHA members and $75.00
                      for non-members, including
                      supplementary materials.  Registration
                      will be limited to 30.   Contact Susan
                      W. DuBois, Preservation Services
                      Office, CCAHA,  265 South 23rd Street,
                      Philadelphia, PA 19103. (215)
                      545-0613,  Fax: (215) 735-9313,
                      ccaha<-a t->shrsys< . >hslc< . >org

 Date:                November 6, 1997
 Time:                4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
 Subject:             Massachusetts Preservation Projects
                      Fund -- Grants Workshop.
 Sponsor:             Massachusetts Historical Commission
 Speaker:             MHS Staff
 Location:            Preservation Worcester, Inc.,
                      Dean-Sumner House, 10 Cedar Street,
                      Worcester, MA (free parking)
 Registration:        Free. Please contact the MHC Grants
                      Division at (617) 727-8470 for
                      directions or further information.

 Date:                November 13, 1997
 Time:                10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
 Subject:             "Intermediate Book Repair"
 Sponsor:             NELINET
 Speaker:             Todd Pattison
 Location:            NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration:        Contact NELINET at (617) 969-0400

 Date:                November 18, 1997
 Time:                4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
 Subject:             Massachusetts Preservation Projects
                      Fund -- Grants Workshop.
 Sponsor:             Massachusetts Historical Commission
 Speaker:             MHS Staff
 Location:            Springfield City Hall, 36 Court
                      Street, Room 220, Springfield, MA
                      (parking one block away)
 Registration:        Free. Please contact the MHC Grants
                      Division at (617) 727-8470 for
                      directions or further information.

 Date:                December 2, 1997
 Time:                10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon.
 Subject:             Massachusetts Preservation Projects
                      Fund -- Grants Workshop.
 Sponsor:             Massachusetts Historical Commission
 Speaker:             MHS Staff
 Location:            State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey
                      Boulevard, Boston, MA (free  parking)
 Registration:        Free. Please contact the MHC Grants
                      Division at (617) 727-8470 for
                      directions or further information.

Preservation-Related Grant Sources and Deadlines

 Agency:              National Endowment for the Humanities,
                      Division of Preservation and Access
 Address:             Room 411, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,
                      N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506
 Telephone:           (202) 606-8570
 FAX:                 (202) 606-8639
 E-mail: preservation<-a t->neh< . >fed< . >us
 Areas of Funding:    Preservation and access projects
                      including support for education and
                      training, regional field service
                      programs, and research and
                      demonstration projects.
                      The stabilization and documentation of
                      materials culture collections.
                      U.S. Newspaper program.
 Deadlines:           July 1 deadline for subsequent May 1
                      start date.

 Agency:              National Historical Publications and
                      Records Commission
 Address:             NHPRC - NP, National Archives
                      Building, Room 607, Washington, D.C.
                      20506
 Telephone:           (202) 501-5610
 FAX:                 (202) 501-5601
 Areas of Funding:    To help local organizations preserve records
                      and make them accessible by providing grants to
                      state historical records coordinators and
                      boards for state regrants (October 1).
                      To increase access to and use of records, based
                      on recommendations in the reports of the
                      Historical Documents Study and the Society of
                      American Archivists' Task Force on Goals and
                      Priorities (October 1).
                      To help carry out the national agendas for
                      archival progress put forward by the Society of
                      American Archivists and the National
                      Association of Government Archives and Records
                      Administrators, with particular attention to
                      needs for preservation, planning, training and
                      institutional self-evaluation (February 1).
 Contact:             In Massachusetts: contact Kathryn
                      Hammond Baker at the Archives of the
                      Commonwealth, (617) 727-2816 or
                      hammondbaker<-a t->sec< . >state< . >ma< . >us
 In other states:     State Archivist or Chair of the State
                      Historical Records Advisory Board
 Deadlines:           February 1 and October 1 (see above
                      for specifics)

 Agency:              Massachusetts Board of Library
                      Commissioners
 Address:             648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
                      02215-2070
 Telephone:           (617) 267-9400 or (800) 952-7403
                      (in-state)
 FAX:                 (617) 421-9833
 E-mail:              gregor.trinkaus-randall<-a t->state< . >ma< . >us
 Areas of Funding:    To help public libraries conduct a
                      preservation/conservation survey of the
                      collection(s) to determine individual item
                      conservation requirements, the needs for proper
                      storage, care and handling.
                      To help public libraries determine priorities
                      for materials to be conserved and implement an
                      action plan for their preservation.
                      To assist multi-type libraries to acquire
                      equipment and supplies, including proper
                      physical containers to house collections in all
                      formats to assist in the preservation of
                      at-risk materials.
                      To encourage and support evaluation and
                      remediation, where needed, of physical
                      facilities housing library materials in
                      multi-type libraries.
                      To develop cost-effective methods of sharing
                      preservation resources, including staff
                      training, microfilming/reformatting, shared
                      storage facilities and emergency preparedness.
 Contact:             Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Deadline:            Letters of Intent will be due at the
                      M.B.L.C. on January 8, 1998.
 Proposals due March 24, 1998.

 Agency:              Institute of Museum and Library
                      Services
 Address:             1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room
                      609, Washington, DC 20506
 Telephone:           (202) 606-8539
 Areas of Funding:    CAP grants support a 2-day site visit to assess
                      a museum's collections and environmental
                      conditions (1). Conservation Project Support
                      Program. Funding to museums for conservation
                      activities including treatment, surveys, and
                      implementation (2).
 Contact:             Kelly Chisholm, NIC, 3299 K. Street,
                      NW, Suite 602, Washington, DC  20007.
 Telephone:           (202) 625-1495.
 Deadline:            (1) December 1997. Request application
                      in early October 1997. (2) March 1,
                      1998

 Agency:              National Endowment for the Arts
 Address:             Museum Program, 1100 Pennsylvania
                      Avenue, NW, Room 624, Washington, DC
                      20506.
 Telephone:           (202) 682-5442
 Areas of Funding:    Care of Collections: Conservation Collections
                      Maintenance Heritage and Preservation
 Deadline:            March 1998.

 Agency:              New Jersey State Library
 Address:             185 West State Street, Trenton, NJ
                      08625-0520
 Telephone:           (609) 984-3282
 Areas of Funding:    Funding for preservation/conservation of
                      collections of interest for New Jersey
 Contact:             Betty Steckman
 Deadline:            February 1998.

 Agency:              New York State Library
 Address:             Division of Library Development, New
                      York State Library, 10-C-47  Cultural
                      Education Center, Albany, NY 12230
 Telephone:           (518) 474-6971
 Areas of Funding:    Funding to preserve unique library materials in
                      all types of nonprofit institutions within New
                      York State
 Deadline:            December 1997.

 Agency:              Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance
 Address:             Shelburne Museum, P.O. Box 10,
                      Shelburne, VT 05482
 Telephone:           (802) 985-3346 x 323
 Areas of Funding:    Vermont Collections Care
 Deadline:            Call for deadline and information

Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
648 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215-2070
617-267-9400 or 800-952-7403 (in-state)
Fax: (617) 421-9833

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