The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is extending the deadline to apply for stipends for the Architectural Records Conference. Applications will be accepted if postmarked by February 15, 2000. (The original deadline was February 8.) The notification date remains February 29, 2000. Further information on the conference and the stipend application process follows. For complete conference information, including printable registration forms, please visit CCAHA's website at www.ccaha.org, or contact:

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Preservation Services Office
264 South 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 545-0613
(215) 735-9313 fax
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ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS: PRESERVING AND MANAGING THE DOCUMENTATION OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Location: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Date: May 3-5, 2000

A Conference Developed by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) and the National Park Service Museum Management Program

Cosponsored by
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Independence National Historical Park

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) 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. The goal of this conference is to improve practices for preserving, managing, and providing access to the 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.

This conference was made possible, in part, with special funding from the National Park Service Cultural Resources Training Initiative. Grant funding has been provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Independence Foundation, The Barra Foundation, and Nielsen & Bainbridge.

Financial assistance of up to $500 is available 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.

* A one-page letter that addresses their institution's need for staff training in this area; commitment to preserving architectural records and making them accessible to the public; and readiness to address these needs. The letter should also include a brief description of the architectural records held by the institution (unless covered in the institutional profile).

Deadline to Apply for Conference Stipends: Applications must be postmarked by February 15, 2000. Applicants will be notified by February 29, 2000. Note: Twenty spaces will be held for recipients of conference stipends.

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.