Due to the national emergency, the American Association for State and
Local History (AASLH) has officially cancelled its 2001 Annual Meeting
in Indianapolis, Indiana, and all related events. AASLH will be in
contact with all registrants and exhibitors as soon as reasonably
possible, upon our return to Nashville. Contact the AASLH office after
September 20, 2001 for further information.
Dennis A. O'Toole
President, AASLH



At 04:00 PM 9/10/01 -0700, you wrote:
>We are pleased to offer an innovative distance education course in
>'CONSERVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES' for professionals in museums and related
>organizations.
>
>'CONSERVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES'
>October 15, 2001 - February 1, 2002 through the Cultural Resource Management
>Program at the University of Victoria
>
>
>While historic structures range from modest to monumental and encompass a
>remarkable variety of materials and uses, approaches to their conservation
>are governed by core principals and determined by well-developed standards
>of practice. Enhance your understanding of the complex characteristics of
>heritage structures, systems and materials. This course provides frameworks
>for planning appropriate conservation processes. Using a combination of
>print and text materials, CD-ROM and Web resources, you interact with the
>instructor and participants from across North America and beyond to develop
>your ability to:
>         *       Identify commonly encountered building materials and systems
>         *       Analyze the nature and extent of deterioration in building
>materials and systems and identify its causes
>         *       Analyze the environmental factors which contribute to
>deterioration
>         *       Investigate and document the physical condition and history
>of a structure and its materials
>         *       Select conservation strategies for a range of materials,
>based on the condition and intended use
>         *       Plan the conservation process and develop an historic
>structure report
>
>To participate you must have completed senior level course work in heritage
>conservation or have two year's practical experience in conservation or
>preservation.
>
>Instructor: ElizaBeth Bede
>ElizaBeth Bede is the Environmental & Materials Research Fellow at the
>National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. NCPTT is located
>in Natchitoches, Louisiana and is a federal institution under the
>jurisdiction of the United States National Park Service. She is also an
>affiliate professor of History at Northwestern State University of
>Louisiana. Her current research entails assessing the effects of outdoor
>environments and pollutants on building materials and on conservation
>treatments such as waterproofing agents and consolidants.
>ElizaBeth Bede holds degrees from the University of Delaware (Ph.D., Art and
>Architectural Conservation Research), the University of Pennsylvania (M.S.,
>Historic Preservation), and Gettysburg College (B.A., Physics). Prior to
>joining NCPTT she was a research specialist at the Architectural
>Conservation Laboratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and worked extensively
>as a private architectural conservator. Her conservation projects have
>ranged from repairing Tiffany mosaics at Saint MarkÕs Episcopal Church in
>Mount Kisco, New York to assessing earthquake damaged structures in Cairo,
>Egypt and from stabilizing adobe ruins in the southwestern U.S. to
>developing methods to clean the unglazed terra cotta of the Brooklyn
>Historical Society Building, New York. She was awarded a Historic
>Preservation Merit Award for her work at Center Church
>
>
>Dates: October 15, 2001 to February 1, 2002
>
>Please register by: September 21, 2001 (late registrations accepted if space
>permits)
>
>Fee: $560 plus $50 text fee=$610, shipping fee of $60 outside Canada and the
>US (Canadian funds, credit or non-credit options)
>
>Please contact us if you wish any further information on this session
>offered on the University of Victoria campus or visit our website at
>http://www.uncs.uvic.ca/crmp
>
>Lisa Mort-Putland
>Program Coordinator
>Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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