Princeton Preservation Group

Princeton Preservation Group
Meeting at New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street
Trenton, NJ
February 24, 2005
5-7pm

Chief of New Jersey State Archives Joseph Klett will lead a
presentation on the Save America's Treasure's grant to the Archives
from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  The grant will
provide for professional conservation treatment for roughly 5,200
Revolutionary War documents.  This grant includes a wide range of
manuscript materials--both bound volumes and loose
papers--documenting various aspects of New Jersey's role in the war
and the war in NJ life: military activity, legislative and judicial
efforts, loss of property and livelihood, and loyalty and security.

The project cost is $693K, which is the largest document
conservation proposal ever funded by the Save America's Treasure
program. The State Archives proposal received the top score among
all proposals for document projects, making it the national priority
in this category.

Travel directions to the State Archives may be found at

    <URL:http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/
        links/directions.html#ARCHIVES>

    **** Moderator's comments: The above URL has been wrapped for
    email. There should be no newline.

Light refreshments will be served.  Attendance is free but please
RSVP to Ellen Callahan, 609-292-1570 or
ellen.callahan<-a t->sos< . >state< . >nj< . >us

The Princeton Preservation Group, founded by the late Susan
Swartzburg more than twenty years ago, meets several times each year
on a wide range of topics relevant to the preservation of cultural
materials.  Past meetings have addressed such matters as art, book,
paper, photograph, gravestone, and furniture conservation; historic
site restoration; disaster recovery for museums; and many more. Dues
are $5 per year. To become a member and receive announcements of
upcoming meetings, contact

    Gary Saretzky
    PPG Treasurer
    732-308-3772
    gsaretzk<-a t->co< . >monmouth< . >nj< . >us

Gary Saretzky
Archivist, County of Monmouth
Manalapan, New Jersey


                                  ***
                  Conservation DistList Instance 18:38
                Distributed: Thursday, February 10, 2005
                       Message Id: cdl-18-38-014
                                  ***