Architectural Records Conference Spring 2000

[CCAHA <CCAHA@xxxxxxxxx>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 
1999
 
ARCHITECTURAL RECORDSPRESERVING AND 
MANAGING THE DOCUMENTATION OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT
 
CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS 
(CCAHA)ANNOUNCES ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA, 
PA
 
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic 
Artifacts and the National Park Service Museum Management Program are 
cosponsoring a three-day conference on the management of architectural records, 
from Wednesday, May 3 through Friday, May 5, 2000, at The Athenaeum of 
Philadelphia.  Additional sponsors are The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 
Independence National Historical Park, and the Architectural Archives of the 
University of Pennsylvania.  Funding has been provided by the National Park 
Service Cultural Resources Training Initiative, the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Independence Foundation, The 
Barra Foundation, and Nielsen & Bainbridge.
 
Purpose and scope:The goal of this 
conference is to improve practices for preserving, managing, and providing 
access to documentation of our built heritage.  Twenty speakers will 
address the challenges involved in managing architectural records collections, 
on both theoretical and practical levels, through keynote addresses, lectures, 
case studies, demonstrations, and tours.  Participants will learn about the 
significance of architectural records; the array of materials and methods used 
to create them, from the earliest processes to those in use today; collecting 
policies; appraisal; intellectual control; preventive and remedial preservation 
measures; access methods; fundraising; legal issues, including copyright in the 
online environment; and efforts to ensure that the electronic record of the 
architecture of the late 20th century and beyond will endure in usable form for 
future study.
 
Audience: This conference is intended for 
archivists, librarians, curators, historic preservation officers, records 
managers, historians, and architects who are involved in collecting, preserving, 
and providing access to architectural, landscape, and historic preservation 
records in archives, libraries, museums, historic sites, historical societies, 
and architectural firms.
 
Conference Stipends: Awards of up to $500 
will be made to defray travel, lodging, and registration costs for up to 20 
individuals.  To be eligible, individuals must work with architectural 
records that are available to the public in non-profit institutions with annual 
budgets of $250,000 or less.
 
Complete conference information, including 
registration fees, deadlines, and stipend application procedures, will be 
available soon.  Watch for announcements in the mail and on CCAHA's website 
at http://www.ccaha.org.
 
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts 
(CCAHA)264 South 23rd StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19103Tel.: 
215.545.0613Fax: 215.735.9313E-mail:  <A 
href="mailto:CCAHA@xxxxxxxxx";>CCAHA@xxxxxxxxxxxx Site: <A 
href="http://www.ccaha.org";>www.ccaha.org
 
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic 
Artifacts (CCAHA), established in 1977, is a non-profit regional conservation 
laboratory serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research 
institutions, as well as private individuals and organizations.  CCAHA 
specializes in the treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on paper, 
such as prints, maps, posters, architectural drawings, historic wallpaper, 
photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials, such as 
parchment and papyrus.  It also offers on-site consultation services; 
educational programs and seminars; internships, fellowships, and 
apprenticeships; and emergency conservation assistance.