Midwest Regional Conservation Guild

The Fall meeting of the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild will be
held at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines on Friday
November 5th through Sunday November 7th.   Members of MRCG as well
as non-members are welcome to attend; registration for members is
$35.00, nonmembers $45.00 - this includes lunch on Saturday and the
reception on Saturday night.  We have a very interesting group of
papers and always have a good time, so join us!

Please note that I put the incorrect address for the Raccoon River
Brewing Company in the Newsletter--the correct address is 200 10th
Street. For more information, contact Deborah Bede at 603-938-2310
or Cecile Mear at 513-721-5204 x 201.

Meeting Schedule:

Friday November 5th:

6:00pm
Meet at Raccoon River Brewing Co., 200 10th Street for drinks
and dinner

Saturday November 6th:

8:30-9:00
Registration

9:00-9:15
Welcome, Introductions

9:15-9:45
"Uses of digital imaging in conservation"
Debby Long, Gerald Ford Conservation Center

9:45-10:15
"Methods for duplicating ornamental plaster and cornice"
Maynard and Paul Gruver, Gruver Lathing and Plastering Company

10:15-10:45
Coffee Break

10:45-12:00
Business Meeting

12:00-1:15
Lunch

1:15-1:45
"Salisbury House"
Deborah Leveton, Curator, Salisbury House

1:45-2:15
"Restoration of interior painting at the State Capitol of Iowa"
Jerry Miller, restoration painter

2:15-2:45
"Regilding of the dome of the State Capitol of Iowa"
Tim VanderWell, Evergreene Painting Studio

2:45-3:15
Coffee Break

3:15-3:45
"Conservation of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument"
John Griswold, Griswold Conservation Associates

3:45-5:00
Field trip to the State Capitol and the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument

6:30-9:00
Reception at Salisbury House

Sunday November 7th

9:00-9:30
"Twenty years after: Conservation of the Hill House dining room
leather wall panels"
Paul Storch, Minnesota Historical Society

9:30-10:00
The ASTM paper aging research project"
Bruce Arnold, Chair, ASTM Paper Aging Research Program

10:00-10:30
Preliminary results of the imaging of worn-off hallmarks in silver
using scanning acoustic microscopy"
Paul Benson, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break

11:00-11:30
"Comic and cartoon art: What's so funny about this?"
Tom Edmondson, Heugh-Edmondson Conservation

11:30-12:00
Tips Session

12:00
Meeting closes

Deborah Bede
President, MRCG

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 13:27
                 Distributed: Monday, October 25, 1999
                       Message Id: cdl-13-27-012
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