JAIC 2003, Volume 42, Number 2, Article 2 (pp. 141 to 166)
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JAIC 2003, Volume 42, Number 2, Article 2 (pp. 141 to 166)

DOES LOW-TEMPERATURE PEST MANAGEMENT CAUSE DAMAGE? LITERATURE REVIEW AND OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF ETHNOGRAPHIC ARTIFACTS

ELLEN CARRLEE




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AUTHOR INFORMATION

ELLEN CARRLEE received her B.A. in art history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1995 and her M.A. in art history with a diploma in conservation from New York University in 2000. She completed graduate conservation internships at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University as well as a postgraduate Mellon Fellowship at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Currently she is the curator of collections and exhibits at the Juneau–Douglas City Museum in Juneau, Alaska. Address: City Museum, 155 South Seward Street, Juneau, AK 99801.


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