Amanda,
Heritage Preservation has also published with Abrams "Caring for Your
Family Treasures," which was specifically written with the personal
collector or family historian in mind with ample illustrations and easy
to understand instructions. Like "Caring for Your Collections," and all
Heritage Preservation publications, it was written with the guidance of
professional conservators.
Ordering information for "Caring for Your Family Treasures" and "Caring
for Your Collections" is available at www.heritagepreservation.org
--click the "bookstore" link or call Lucy Kurtz at 888-388-6789.
Kristen Overbeck Laise
Director, Heritage Health Index
Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
202-233-0800
202-233-0807
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Harvey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: resources on object preservation
Amanda,
As a professional objects and sculpture conservator I have been asked
constantly by the public for advice on what they can do to care for
their personal
collections.
I would highly recommend "Caring for Your Collections" Published by
Abrams,
it was a publications of Heritage Preservation, I believe. This is an
excellent
publication for the average person and collector.
The American Institute for Conservation also offer free brochures on the
care
of various media that can be found at the AIC web site:
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/index.html
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California USA
Hello all,
This spring I will be giving a program to a genealogy group on how to
take care of your treasured objects. I would like to compile a
bibliography of helpful resources (books, websites, etc.) for the
attendees. However, most of the websites and books that I'm familiar
with are geared more toward those with conservation/museum training.
Does anyone have suggestions for helpful resources aimed at people with
little or no professional training in artifact
preservation/conservation. (I'm going in with the assumption that the
attendees will be most interested in conserving photos, paper-based
materials, and textile.)
Thanks in advance for any help,
Amanda Dyer
Bell County Museum
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