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Topics of the day:

 1. software inquiry (2)
 2. ISO war Log
 3. Infant's Dress Question (2)
 4. Job Opening—Exhibits
 5. tax exemptions - U.S.
 6. Preservation Environments online class starts today

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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:34:09 -0400
From:    Mary Agnes Beach <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: software inquiry

Hello All:

I am wondering if anyone knows of a software program to track housekeeping
activities in an historic structure? Alternately perhaps someone is aware of
a component of a software system, or the use of a software that is widely
adaptable, that would allow one to track such activities? If it is the
latter could you include details on the adaptive use.  Feel free to contact
me off-list if you have lengthy details to share.

Thank you,

Mary Agnes Beach


Mary Agnes Beach

Collections Care Manager

P.O. Box 969

One Whitehall Way

Palm Beach, FL 33480

www.flaglermuseum.us



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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:44:54 -0400
From:    "Grevin, Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: software inquiry

Mary Agnes asked "I am wondering if anyone knows of a software program
to track housekeeping activities in an historic structure?"



Mary Agnes, I think the type of software you seek in described as
"facilities management software".



If you go to the URL
http://www.thesoftwarenetwork.com/Facilities-Management-Software/, you
will find a listing of 25 "facilities management software" products.



Best regards and good luck.



Fred

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The City of New York,

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Cell phone: 917-902-2462

Fax:  212-788-8614

www.nyc.gov/records

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New York, NY 10007

USA




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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:57:19 -0500
From:    Sairey W <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: ISO war Log


Ginger:



We have a section of tree limb about 7 x 3" from the battel of the Wilderness with one embedded ball and an indentation from a previously embedded ball.  Please contact me off list if you are interested in it.



Sarah Wood-Clark

Union Station Kansas City

30 W. Pershing Rd.

Kansas City, MO 64108

(785)460-2225

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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:57:33 -0400
From:    Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Infant's Dress Question

Esteemed Colleagues -
We were just given a long infant's dress made of off-white dimity, ca. 1893. Would a commercially made piece of clothing made at that time have had a label, or is there any other way of determining whether the dress was homemade? I have some suspicions because, near the bottom of the long A-line skirt, triangular pieces have been pieced in. I think these were done because the fabric was not wide enough to accommodate the design. The fact that the seams there are selvedge edges supports that conclusion.
Thanks, as always, and apologies if you have to delete this twice.

Anne
ANNE T LANE, COLLECTIONS MANAGER
THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM OF HISTORY
WHERE HISTORY HAS A HOME
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
tel 704-568-1774, ext 110
fax 704-566-1817
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Where History Has a Home

3500 Shamrock Drive

Charlotte, NC  28215-3214

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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:23:12 -0400
From:    Edward Reddrop <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Job Opening—Exhibits

Do you have 3-5 years of experience in the exhibit design/development
field? Are you a liberal arts or museum studies major with a lot of
interests? Do you enjoy writing? Are you excited about the idea of
integrating text, images, and ideas with three-dimensional exhibitry?

Are you:
A team player?
A good communicator?
A multi-tasker able to prioritize and manage your time in a fast-paced
environment?
Someone with a savvy for telling a story in a creative way, using
various media and for different audiences?
A self starter who pushes the envelope and constantly challenges
yourself and makes those around you better?

If you say yes to the above and are looking for a position as an
exhibit content developer at a small exhibit design firm, we would
like to talk with you. We need someone to help research, plan,
develop, write, and find images for our exhibits, and help us assemble
mailings and proposals. The Design Minds, Inc. is a full-service
exhibit design and development firm. We work with museums, visitor
centers, and corporations. Recent clients have included the Howard
Baker Center (Knoxville, TN), the Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York,
NY), the National Park Service (various locations), the U.S. Supreme
Court, the National Archives (Missouri and Georgia), the U.S.
Department of State (DC), the Knight Museum (Alliance, NE), and
Historic Speedwell (Morristown, NJ).

Minimum Qualifications: Prefer 3 years of professional experience in a
related position. Ability to assist with researching, summarizing
resource materials, writing/editing, and  communicating complex ideas
in a straightforward manner. Ability to work on detailed tasks while
not losing sight of the big picture an important consideration.
Willingness to perform duties supporting a small office including
answering phones, ordering supplies, and pitching in as needed.

The position will involve a fair amount of work supporting proposal
preparation and marketing activities as well as project work.

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

How To Apply: Send Cover Letter, Resume, and Samples of Work to:
[log in to unmask]. Learn more about us by visiting our web site:
www.thedesignminds.com.

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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:05:07 -0700
From:    lucysperlin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: tax exemptions - U.S.

Hi listers:

I assume we're all in compliance by filing 990s or the eform, but just in
case...   This NY Times article was just sent by our local NFP Foundation
group, and since I hadn't seen anything about it recently on Museum-L I
thought I should pass it on.



Lucy Sperlin

Butte County Historical Society

Oroville, CA





MILLIONS OF CHARITIES WILL LOSE
TAX EXEMPTION


One-Fourth of Nonprofits Are to Lose Tax Breaks
By STEPHANIE STROM


As many as 400,000 nonprofit organizations are weeks away from a doomsday.
At midnight on May 15, an estimated one-fifth to one-quarter of some 1.6
million charities, trade associations and membership groups will lose their
tax exemptions, thanks to a provision buried in a 2006 federal bill aimed at
pension reform.

"It's going to be an unholy mess once these organizations realize what's
happened to them," said Diana Aviv, president of the Independent Sector, a
nonprofit trade group.

The federal legislation passed in 2006 required all nonprofits to file tax
forms the following year. Previously, only organizations with revenues of
$25,000 or more - or the vast majority of nonprofit groups - had to file.

The new law, embedded in the 393 pages of the Pension Protection Act of
2006, also directed the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax
exemptions of groups that failed to file for three consecutive years. Three
years have passed, and thus the deadline looms.

Bill Solomon, who founded Titan Youth Development in Brooklyn to provide
after-school youth sports programs, first learned about the law when a
reporter called to inquire about his organization's status. The charity
received its tax exemption in 2005 - but it did not start operations until
last year.

"It was merged with another nonprofit - or I guess more like operated under
the other nonprofit," Mr. Solomon said. "I let this one be dormant for a
while."

He said Titan had brought in about $100,000 in revenue in 2009 through fees
for service and private donations, so although he did not know about the
law, he has an accountant working to prepare tax forms.

The I.R.S. has long complained it lacks adequate data on nonprofit groups
because so many of them did not file tax forms. Without basic facts about
organizations, the agency has little chance of overseeing one of the most
generous tax breaks the federal government offers.

Donors, whose appetite for information about nonprofit groups has increased
exponentially in recent years, also struggle, said Robert G. Ottenhoff, who
runs GuideStar, an online database of nonprofit tax forms and analysis that
many donors rely on. "This is a good thing for the nonprofit sector, even
though it will no doubt create a hardship for a pretty significant number of
organizations," Mr. Ottenhoff said.

Ms. Aviv agreed, though she said she wished Congress had asked the I.R.S. to
suspend, rather than revoke, the exemptions of nonprofits that miss the
deadline.

"We need some way of tracking organizations," she said. "The system we have
right now gives you no real idea of who's in and who's not - and how can you
manage a system if you don't know who's in or out of it?"

The I.R.S. would rather not revoke exemptions, either, and it has made a
Herculean effort to let organizations at risk know it. For example, in 2007,
it sent 665,000 letters to nonprofit groups that fell below the $25,000
threshold and those above that level that had not filed.

Lois G. Lerner, director of the exempt organizations division of the I.R.S,
said that while groups would lose their exemptions effective May 16, the
I.R.S. would probably not send out notices until January to give nonprofits
a chance to bring themselves into compliance with the law. Donors to
affected groups will be able to take a deduction for gifts until formal
notification is received by the recipient organization.

Small organizations are the most likely to be hit. Experts say it is likely
that many of them are inactive and were unaware of the requirement that they
inform the I.R.S. when they closed their doors.

"We are moving very cautiously," Ms. Lerner said. "The last thing we want to
do is revoke the exemption of someone who has already filed."

Originally Published: New York Times April 22, 2010


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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:13:21 -0700
From:    Teresa Morales <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Infant's Dress Question

Hello Anne,

You could pose your question to Linda Eaton at Winterthur Museum. She is
the Curator of Textiles there. You can read her bio on this webpage:
http://www.winterthur.org/calendar/quilts_conference.asp#linda_eaton

Or H. Kristine Haugland, Associate Curator of Textiles at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/216-430-336.html

Best wishes,

Teresa

Teresa I. Morales, Ph.D.
Decorative Arts/Material Culture/Visual Arts
Tel: 818-563-6534 and 818-201-5868
email: [log in to unmask]
skype: Hunnyngton

Anne Lane wrote:
>
> Esteemed Colleagues –
>
> We were just given a long infant’s dress made of off-white dimity, ca.
> 1893. Would a commercially made piece of clothing made at that time
> have had a label, or is there any other way of determining whether the
> dress was homemade? I have some suspicions because, near the bottom of
> the long A-line skirt, triangular pieces have been pieced in. I think
> these were done because the fabric was not wide enough to accommodate
> the design. The fact that the seams there are selvedge edges supports
> that conclusion.
>
> Thanks, as always, and apologies if you have to delete this twice.
>
> Anne
>
> **ANNE T LANE, COLLECTIONS MANAGER**
>
> **THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM OF HISTORY**
>
> /*/WHERE HISTORY HAS A HOME/*/
>
> 3500 Shamrock Drive
>
> Charlotte NC 28215
>
> tel 704-568-1774, ext 110
>
> fax 704-566-1817
>
> //[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>//
>
> *The **Charlotte Museum of History***
>
> */Where History Has a Home/*
>
> *3500 Shamrock Drive***
>
> *Charlotte****, **NC** 28215-3214*
>
> *www.charlottemuseum.org <http://www.charlottemuseum.org/>*
>
> * *
>
> *Featured Exhibits:** *
>
> */Charlotte/**/ Stories: Our Collections, Your Treasures/*
>
> */Charlotte/**/ Neighborhoods: NoDa/***
>
> * *
>
> **
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Date:    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:38:02 -0700
From:    Helen Alten <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Preservation Environments online class starts today

There is still space available in this course at
www.museumclasses.org:

MS 211 Preservation Environments:
The museum's brick exterior wall is crumbling. The powder
coated metal storage shelves have active rust under the
foam padding. Objects in fur storage are covered in mold.
It is raining in the exhibit hall. This is the damage that
occurs to museum buildings or collection when staff do not
understand preservation environments. Preservation
Environments is essential knowledge for any collecting
institution. Everyone should understand how humidity and
temperature are controlled by a building and its mechanical
system. For museum staff considering a new building - and
any institution planning to expand or rebuild an existing
one - Preservation Environments provide important
information for calculating whether the proposed
improvements will actually improve the environmental
control of your protective enclosure. Participants learn
the advantages and disadvantages of numerous methods of
temperature and humidity control. Preservation Environments
does not try to turn museum professionals into engineers.
Rather, it arms them with the knowledge they need to work
with engineers and maintenance professionals. And helps
explain why damaged occurred and how to keep it from
happening again.

Course Outline:
1 Introduction
2 Climate Control Basics
3 Monitoring and Psychrometrics
4 Water - The Enemy
5 Preservation Today and Tomorrow
6 Conclusion

Logistics: Participants in Preservation Environments work
at their own pace through six sections and interact through
online chats. Instructor Ernest Conrad is available at
scheduled times for email support. Preservation
Environments includes online literature, slide lectures and
student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is limited
to 20 participants.

Preservation Environments runs four weeks. To reserve a
spot in the course, please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
trouble please contact Helen Alten at
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Student Comments for MS211: Preservation Environments:
Mr. Conrad did a superb job?the information from the course
has helped me professionally, especially in describing the
impact of relative humidity on objects and artifacts and
paper.

I thought the lectures along with the powerpoint slides
were great.

This course helped me to understand quite a bit more as far
as the psychometric and maximum room RH without
condensation charts. I already had a psychometric chart but
made little use of it, since no one had explained how to
use it. I also was very interested to hear of digital
monitoring systems. This course exceeded my expectations.

The instructor was very knowledgeable, approachable (with
probably rather silly questions) and gave straight forward
answers to inquiries.

The Instructor:
Ernest A. Conrad's greatest contribution to the
preservation field was the development of environmental
guidelines for engineers who work on museums, libraries and
archives. For over 20 years, Mr. Conrad has focused on
environmental issues. He is president of Landmark
Facilities Group, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in
environmental systems for museums, libraries, archives and
historic facilities. A licensed mechanical engineer in
several states, Mr. Conrad holds a bachelor's degree in
civil engineering and a master's in environmental
engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) publishes
standards in the areas of HVAC and refrigeration. Mr.
Conrad recently co-authored the ASHRAE Applications
Handbook "Chapter 20: Museums, Libraries and Archives." For
the first time, there are guidelines specific to our needs
in the engineering literature. Mr. Conrad has studied
environments and designed special climate control systems
throughout the United States for clients as well-known as
the National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, The Frick
Collection, Getty Conservation Institute, The Pierpont
Morgan Library, National Trust for Historic Preservation,
and National Park Service. He has a special interest in
house museums and how climate affects structures and
collections housed within those structures.

Helen Alten
Director
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org

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