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Published four times a year by THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS

Volume 1 number 1 December 1975

·IN RESPONSE to popular demand, the directors of AIC voted at pants increase their skills and improve the effectiveness of the annual meeting in Mexico City to establish a quarterly their ability to preserve, interpret, and communicate the newsletter for the organization. This issue is the first; history of their states or areas. The seminar will include the second will be sent early in February 1976. programs on preservation and restoration and sessions on the artifact as a historical document. The seminar is intended The Newsletter will be modeled after the IIC newsletter and for professional employees of historical societies and muse­ will include information about up-coming conferences, semi­ ums in middle America. Further information is available from nars and courses of interest, both in the United States and AASLH, Educational Programs, 1400 Eighth Avenue S., Nashville, abroad. It will also contain news about the activities of Tennessee 37203. local conservation groups; news from the conservation train­ ing programs; a listing of positions available in the profes­ sion; news of AIC, its meetings, actions, and its new mem­ The Restoration and Conservation Laboratory, National Gallery bers. Personal notes, including changes of position, will of Canada, is sponsoring a seminar on April 6-7 conducted by Westby Percival-Prescott, Head, Picture Restoration Depart­ also be offered. ment, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. The top­ The source of all this news is the membership of AIC, so ic is "Lining of Paintings -- a Reassessment," and the pro­ please help make AIC Newsletter a viable information resource gram will include recent technical films and lectures on lin­ by sending any and all information on the above topics (or ing procedures. A workshop-discussion session is tentatively others that seem appropriate) to: planned, and practical contributions describing unique lining Merrily A. Smith, Editor problems and their solutions are invited. The presentations should be 15-20 minutes long and should describe specific Duluth, Minnesota 55812 studio experience. For further information contact Mrs. Jocelyne Bisson-Savard, , National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario KlA OM8.

The National Bureau of Standards is hosting a meeting on "Corrosion and Metal Artifacts -- a Dialogue Between Museum Conservators and Archaeologists and Corrosion Scientists" to be held at their facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 17-19, 1976. The meeting seeks to bring together museum con­ CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES servators and scientists, archaeologists, corrosion scien­ tists, and engineers to develop an interaction between these disciplines that will result in the effective use of corro­ The Center for Archaeometry (Washington University, St. Louis, sion science and technology in conservation and archaeology. Missouri) announces a seminar by Norman Weiss, Department of To accomplish this goal the meeting will consist of educa­ Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on "Recent tional lectures on those aspects of corrosion science and en­ Advances in the Conservation of Stone." It will be held Mon­ gineering relevant to conservators ·and archaeologists, back­ day, December 8, at 8:00 p.m. on the Washington University ground lectures to acquaint corrosionists with activities and campus. Mr. Weiss, an analytical chemist specializing in the problems in the conservation of metallic artistic structures, conservation of building materials, will present a general and finally, an informal discussion between participants on view of the field of preservation of natural building stone questions related to the meeting's general theme. For more with emphasis on new developments and trends. Current re­ information contact Dr. Jerome Kruger, search in consolidation and waterproofing treatments will be , National Bureau of described and directions for future research will be consid­ Standards, Washington, D. c. 20234. ered. Julius Held will conduct a seminar for the Center on March 30, 1976, dealing with some aspect of the art histor­ The United Kingdom Group of the IIC has proposed a two-day ian's approach to conservation. A guest lecture series on conference on "The Treatment of Wall-Paintings in the United aesthetic and technical problems of 19th century outdoor Kingdom" to be held in London in April 1976. Topics to be bronzes is currently being planned for Spring 1976. For fur­ covered are: structural aspects of walls and problems they ther information contact David Zimmerman or Phoebe Weil, Cen­ present as supports for paintings; the deterioration of wall­ ter for Archaeometry, , Washington University, St. paintings, the most salient problems; the importance of back­ Louis, Missouri 63130. ground knowledge and of records; the treatment of wall­ paintings in domestic buildings; the treatment of wall­ The American Association for State and Local History is of­ paintings in Eton College Chapel; the treatment of Romano/ fering its second "Seminar on the Interpretation of History British wall-paintings; conservation and environmental as­ by Historical Societies and Museums." The seminar will take pects; conservation of wall-paintings in Winchester Cathedral; place from January 19 to 30 and will be hosted by the Insti­ treatment of wall-paintings in Greenwich; and treatment of tute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, Texas. Classroom ses­ fragmentary Roman wall-paintings from Lullingston Villa. For sions, formal and informal discussions, and field trips are further information contact N. Williams, .c/ o British Museum, all part of the program, which is designed to help partici- London. REGIONAL GROUPS commensurate with experience. For further information con­ tact Thomas Vaughan, Superintendent, Hubbell Trading Post.

On May 19, 1975, a meeting was held at the Los Angeles Coun­ Applicants are invited for a position in Paintings at The ty Museum of Art to form the Western Association of Art Con­ Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Candidates should servators. The permanent address of the Association will be have a strong background in paintings and paint on all types the Conservation Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, of objects and must be able to handle all aspects of treat­ 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036. Of­ ment. The successful candidate will also supervise the work ficers are Ben B. Johnson, President; Richard D. Buck, Vice of an assistant conservator and will be expected to partici­ President; Dr. Thomas Cairns, Secretary-Treasurer; Jack Lucas pate in the Winterthur graduate teaching program in art con­ and George Stout, Executive Committee. The purposes of the servation. The applicant should be able to offer a minimum association are to bring together periodically those persons backgr.ound of five years of training and experience gained in the western states who are engaged in any activity direct­ through a formal training program, field experience, or the ed toward the preservation of artifacts or toward the culti­ equivalent thereof. Interested conservators should direct vation of knowledge contributing to such preservation, to their complete resumes to Dr. George J. Reilly, Museum Scien­ promote fellowship and the exchange of ideas and information, tist and Conservation Coordinator, The Henry Francis du Pont and to coordinate and represent the interests of art conser­ Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware 19735. vation in the western states through communication with the AIC, the IIC, and similar local organizations throughout the United States. PUBLICATIONS

POSITIONS AVAILABLE Conservation Administration, the 1973 Seminar on the Theoret­ ical Aspects of the Conservation of Library and Archival Ma­ terials and the Establishment of Conservation Programs, Octo The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman ber 1-5, 1973, edited by Robert C. Morrison, Jr., George M. House, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607, seeks a Cunha, and Norman P. Tucker. Available from The New England conservator. Desired qualification is experience in conser­ Document Conservation Center, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North vation of photographs, but background in paper conservation Andover, Massachusetts 01845. Spiral bound, $12.00 per is acceptable. The museum has a fully equipped conservation copy; unbound, unpunched copies available on request. laboratory, including a darkroom reserved expressly for con­ servation projects. Dr. Walter Clark, a retired Kodak re­ Fine Print, A Newsletter Concerning the Arts of the Book, ed­ search chemist, serves as technical consultant to the labora­ ited by Sandra Kirshenbaum, D. Steven Corey, Linnea Gentry tory and as liason person to the technical resources at Kodak. and George F. Ritchie. The aims of this quarterly newsletter If necessary, arrangements will be made to permit a new con­ are to encourage the development and patronage of the book as servator to spend some time learning techniques of photo­ art in all its related forms; and to foster the exchange of graphic conservation from Mr. Jose Orraca (former conserva­ ideas among printers and other book artists, collectors, tor of the museum) or from another skilled conservator of booksellers, librarians, and all those of kindred spirit. photographs. Send inquiry or resume to Andrew Eskind, As­ sistant to the Director, International Museum of Photography. A handbook listing preservation education opportunities in the United States and Canada is currently being prepared by The Conservation Center of the Los Angeles County Museum of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in conjunction Art seeks a conservator of paintings, salary $16,000-19,000. with the American Institute of Architects and the Advisory Minimum qualifications: Completion of twenty quarter units Council on Historic Preservation. A partial list appears in in art history courses in an accredited college and two the October 1975 issue of Preservation News (vol. XJI, no. 10), yearst experience in the conservation and restoration of and additional listings are being sought by Dee Ann Knox, paintings -- OR -- three years 1 museum experience in the con­ Education Services, National Trust for Historic Preservation. servation and restoration of paintings -- OR -- successful completion of an accredited conservation training program. Health Hazards in the Arts & Crafts, by Bertram Carnow, M.D. The conservator of paintings is directly responsible to the This is one of several publications available from Gail Bara­ Art Conservator and has the following duties: conducts de­ zani, Director of "Hazards in the Arts" (5340 N. Magnolia, tailed examination of paintings, which includes interpreta­ Chicago, Illinois 60640), an information exchange designed tion of radiographs, cross sections, execution of microchemi­ to increase awareness of health hazards among artists and cal tests, and preparation of written reports; writes treat­ craftsmen. The above booklet costs $1.50 (plus $ .30 first ment proposals; and carries out complete conservation treat­ class, or $.18 third class postage). ment of paintings. Submit resume to Ben B. Johnson, Head of Conservation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire The International Center for the Study of the Preservation Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036. and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome, Italy, has pre­ pared an index of institutions through the world that provide Columbia University School of Library Service has a vacancy public training of conservation specialists. This index is for Summer Session 1976 to teach Preservation of Library Ma­ the first step toward updating the Repertoire of Restoration terials, June 7-25. Course will meet Monday through Thurs­ Laboratories and Studios last published in 1960. The Inter­ day for two hours, ten minutes daily. Requirements: exper­ national Card Index on Training was designed to fill basic ience in preservation of library materials; library school requests for information on training programs in the many teaching. Salary: $1500 for the 3-credit course. Send re­ areas of conservation and restoration of cultural property. sume to Dean Richard L. Darling, School of Library Service, Each card includes information on one course and is coded by Columbia University, New York, New York 10027. number and letter to coordinate with the entire index. The first edition of the training index contains approximately 200 entries. Copies can be purchased for $8.00 from the In­ The Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado, Ari­ ternational Centre, Via San Michele 13, 00153 Rome, Italy. zona 86505, seeks a conservator for January through March 1976. Applicant must be able to perform immediate remedial ·work on prints, baskets, pottery, and Indian beadwork; to re­ work mountings; and to outline future conservation work to be performed. Requirements: Background in general conservation plus experience in the areas mentioned above. Salary to be GRANT OPPORTUNITIES cal Laboratory will be centralized here, but that the build­ ing will house any future training component of the Smith­ sonian. The National Trust for Historic Preservation established this year a Preservation Education Fund. The fund, $75,000 for 1976, gives limited financial support for educational endeav­ ors that contribute to the fuller development of profession­ al philosophy and practice in the disciplines involved in PAST EVENTS planning and implementing historic preservation. Modest grants will be made to collegiate programs to encourage the development of new course offerings and to enrich existing A meeting of hand papermakers from the United States and Can­ programs at the undergraduate levels. Grants will be made to ada was held November 21-23, 1975, at the Continued Learning colleges and universities to assist students to fund tuition Center, Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin. costs while enrolled in preservation programs either as major There were over forty participants. The program consisted of or minor study areas. In addition, fellowships will be giv­ slide presentations of hand mill equipment and products, and en to permit teachers or persons in preservation professions presentations of paper art forms. In addition, participants outside teaching to improve qualities of leadership, to fur­ were given mill and laboratory tours,as well as access to ther develop specific professional competence, and to acquire the Dard Hunter Paper Museum owned by the Institute of Paper knowledge of new developments in the field of preservation. Chemistry. Anyone interested in further information about Grants will also be given through courses and universities or practicing hand papermakers should contact Joseph Wilfer, other non-profit educational institutions to assist individ­ Upper U.S. Papermill, 999 Glenway Road, Oregon, Wisconsin uals or groups to accomplish short-term research projects. 53575. Application deadline is March 1, 1976. For more information, write to Richard W. Haupt, Education Services Director, Na­ The School of Library and Information Science, State Univer­ tional Trust for Historic Preservation, 740-748 Jackson sity of New York at Albany, held a one-day workshop on "Con­ Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. servation of Library Materials" on July 19, 1975. Topics covered in the workshop were: physical nature and protective The American Association of Museums announces that non-profit care of library materials; simple book repairs demonstration organizations and individual professional craftsmen are eli­ and advanced restoration techniques; setting up a small bind­ gible for grants through the crafts department of the Nation­ ing and conservation unit; sources of help; and administra­ al Endowment for the Arts' Visual Arts Programs. Organiza­ tive aspects of conservation. A special exhibit in the uni­ tions are eligible to apply for funding in these categories: versity library accompanied the workshop and showed "Binding crafts workshops, craft.smen-in-residence, master craftsmen's and Restoration" by Deborah Evetts, and "Steps in Hand Bind­ apprentices, crafts exhibition aid, and craftsmen's service ing (in miniature)" by Giselle Poullier, Book Binder, New to the field. The crafts program for individuals is intend­ York State Library. ed to aid professional craftsmen in the development of their careers. Students are not eligible for funding. Craftsmen The Center for Archaeometry (Washington University, St. Louis, may apply for fellowships or apprenticeships, or both. Those Missouri) has sponsored three seminars since September relat­ engaged in advanced independent research in their medium may ing to some aspect of metal conservation. On September 16 also apply for funding under the crafts services to the field Phoebe Weil (Research Associate and Conservator, Center for category. A pamphlet, "Craft Guidelines," explaining the Archaeometry) conducted a working seminar on "Recent Work in programs and listing current deadlines for applications, is the Conservation of Outdoor Bronze Sculpture." Arthur Beale available from Elena Canavier, Crafts Coordinator, Visual (Head,Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Fogg Arts Program, NEA, Washington, D.C. 20506. Art Museum, Harvard University) spoke October 6, 1975 on "Conservation of the Kress Collection of Renaissance Bronzes and Medals at the National Gallery of Art." Peter Gaspar (Professor of Chemistry, Center for Archaeometry Associate, Washington University) conducted a seminar November 11 on 11 FEDERAL LEGISLATION The Technical Examination of Coins.ti All library materials deteriorate with the passage of time. The Arts and Artifacts Indemnification Act of 1975, which This deterioration, its causes, its prevention or retarda­ would authorize federal indemnification of international ex­ tion, and its treatment, was the subject of an exhibition .at hibits both entering and leaving the country, was passed by The Newberry Library (Chicago, Illinois) from July 1 through the Senate prior to the August recess. The bill HR 7216 was September 30, 1975 titled "Conservation of Research Library passed out of the House of Representatives Select Subcommit­ Collections: Problems and Solutions." Books and maps were tee on Education in July and is awaiting mark-up by the full shown which illustrated how a combination of poor materials, Education and Labor Committee. The measure, part of the com­ bad atmospheric conditions, and careless handling can destroy prehensive Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act of entire libraries. Emphasis was placed on ways in which li­ 1975, would create a limited program pledging the full faith brarians and collectors can preserve their books. The func­ of the U.S. government to indemnify artifacts and art if they tion and work of the professional library conservator was il­ were damaged or destroyed. Indemnification per exhibit could lustrated, as was the history of book conservation in England not exceed $50 million, and there is a ceiling of $250 mil­ and America. lion in indemnification at any time. The bill does not pro­ vide for the purchase of commercial insurance, but contains a deductibility clause freeing the government from paying for wear and tear normal to such exhibitions. AIC NEWS President Ford signed a bill on September 19 authorizing the planning of a support center for the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian will have to go back to Congress to receive Barbara H. Beardsley has left the Intermuseum Conservation an appropriation for the planning, which is estimated to cost Laboratory, Oberlin, Ohio, and is now working privately at $1.8 million. The first building of the complex, to be built Art Conservation, , Raymond, New Hampshire by 1985, will be used primarily to meet the needs of the Mu­ 03077. seum of Natural History. It is expected to serve as a stor­ age facility, but will also contain some conservation facili­ Paul Schwartzbaum, foi:merly paintings conservator at The Hen­ ties and other support facilities (such as exhibit prepara­ ry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, will assume a position tions). It is not anticipated that the Conservation-Analyti- with the Rome Centre in January 1976. The Conservation-Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institu­ Merle H. Keller, , Encino, tion, announces the following new staff additions: Nikki California 91316 Horton,. Conservator-in-training; Eleni Martin, Conservation Alice Swan, c/o IMP/George Eastman House, Aid; Kirk Cunningham, Specialist in Thermoluminescence Dat­ , Rochester, New York 14607 ing; and Linda Scheifler, Information Specialist. Robert D. Aitchison, , Lafayette, Cali­ fornia 94549 Jose Orraca, formerly conservator at the International Muse­ Georgia Lappeus Hiller, Weston, um of Photography, is teaching paper conservation at The Connecticut 06880 Cooperstown Graduate Program in Conservation of Historic and Ann Murnane Creager, , Washington, Artistic Works. D.C. 20003 Michael McCann, , New York, New York 10012 The FAIC is working with George Stout, Richard Buck, and W. Sarah L. Fisher, , Oberlin, Ohio 44074 T. Chase to compile materials on the history of the conserva­ Omer E. Williams, , Cascade, Colorado tion field. If you have correspondence relating to the ear­ 80809 ly days of IIC, AIC, or the development of any of the train­ Elise Allen Brink, , Brookl:ine, Massa­ ing centers, or materials (including news clippings, unpub­ chusetts 02045 lished manuscripts, or obituaries) pertaining to the careers Margaret E. Steele, , Chicago, Illinois of past and present restorers and conservators, please for­ 60657 ward them to: Joyce Hill Stoner, Executive Director, FAIC, Wesley S. Creel, Museum of Anthropology, c/o The Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Wash­ , Lexington, Kentucky ington, D.C. 20560. 40506 Nicholas G. Vahlkamp, , St. Louis, New associate members of AIC: Missouri 63124 John Mancia, , Brooklyn, New York 11214 Clifford Owen Stark, ., Shaker Alice S. Creighton, , Annapolis, Heights, Ohio 44118 Maryland 21402 Eva Ingersoll Gatling, , Huntington, Frances DeBra Brown, l, Yazoo City, Missis­ New York 11743 sippi 39194

FOOTNOTE

The British Government is to commission research in­ to the effects of traffic and other vibrations on a number of historic buildings. Circumstantial evidence suggests that historic buildings are particularly vul­ nerable to damage from traffic vibration. Recent re­ search in Czechoslovakia indicates that the older a building, the more its life expectancy is reduced by the vibrations from heavy traffic. Undoubtedly, the advent of the supersonic transport Concorde will be a source of further concern. A-I-eN ews 1 etter

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OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS

Volume 1 number 2 February 1976

Ale NEWS Nathan Stolow has been appointed Special Advisor (Conaervation) to the Secratary-Genaral of the Na­ tiooal Museums of Canada. The post will involve The Fourth Annual Meet1ng of Ale will be held on Hay htm in a major conservation and research projec t re­ 30, 31, and June 1 at the Greenfield Village and lated to the care of national and 'international ex­ Henry Ford Museum. Dearborn, Miehigan. The schedule hibitions. This study, leadinl to II series of pub­ includes meetings at the Hyatt Regcncy Hotel. Dear­ lic.tions, will consider standarda, techniques, en­ born and at the Henry Ford Museum. On Saturday, May vironmental factoro, and the poseibility of apply­ 29, there will be preliminary teai.cration at the ing modern technology. The appoin�ent was effec­ hotel and a cocktail party for participants. For tive January 2, 1976. the firat time, commercial exhibitors will be pres­ ent in the hotel during two days of the meetings. A The FAle is sponsoring an educational exhibition, banquet will be given Tuesday evening. June 1 at the "Know What You See: the Examinlltion of Paintings by &.gancy Hyatt. Ptogra� feature. already planned in­ Photo-optical TechniqUeS." The exhibit, organizad clude a workshop on campana.tion of losses and in­ for the FAlC by painting conaervator Louis Pomerante, pain�in8 tachniques conducted by Peter Michaels, and conaiats of 90-100 Cibachro_e and black and white a aeries of papers on the histOry of conservation. photographs, and 1s portable enough to be available at low coat to small MUaeumS and institutions. X­ ray, ul traviolet, micro and macro photography tech­ The Foundation of the American Institute for,Conser­ niquea are ahown. Progreaa ive atages of consorva­ vat10n (FAIC) is a non�profit organization estab­ tion treatment, effects of varniah, misleading oVer­ lished to raise funds for ths scientific and educa­ paint, and varying illumination are also illuatrated. tional activities of the American Institute fo r Con­ The exhibit opens at Greenfield Village, Dearborn. servation of Historic and Artistic Works (AlC). Michilan on May 31, and will ba aCCOMpanied by a Presently. these activities include the compilation public lecture by Loui. Pomerantz. The lecture i8 of information for a history of conservstion in deailned for a lay audienca and i$ being presentod America, and public lectures about conservation and aa a public service to the Detroit area durinl the proper care of art objecta. Aa funds continue to 1976 conference of AIC. Joyce Hill Stoner, Execu­ accrue, the FAIC hopes tn aid research in materials tive Director of FAIC, hopes to make an PAIC-spon­ and techniques, publicstion of the AIC Rulletin and sored public lecture an annual event in association AIC Newsletter, trainini center" refresher courses with the AIC meeting. Following the show in Dear­ for practising conservators, and the attendance of born, the exhibition will go to the Smithsonian In­ conservation students at conferences. FAIC fund­ stitution and then travel for a period of tlolO year9. raisinl brochures and AIC information brochures are Send requests for the exhibition to: Kathleen S. av.ilable from Joyce Hill Stoner, Executive Direc­ Hopkins, Registr.ar, SITES, S�ithsonian Institution, tor, Poundation of the AIC, c/o Freer Gallery of W.ehington, D.C. 20560. Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washiniton. D.C. 20560. Get 80me nov snd give them to friands or clients concerned about the arta. All contributions are tax New Fellows of deductible under IRS code 501(c)(3). ". Callary, Al- berta T2U Brian Arthur has been appointed Director of the C�n­ Wilmington, adian Conservation Institute, effective February 1, 1976. He was formerly Chief, Conaervation Division, Mra. Fernanda G. Jonaa, National Historic Sites, Ottawa, Canada. Los Anleles,

Carol1ne and sheldon Keck received the New York State Award of the New York Stata Council on the New Associates of AI C. ' •••••• Arta in May 1975 "for their 1.IIImeasurable contribu­ Maurice J, Cotter, Bayside. New tion. aa both practitioners and teachers, to the York 11360 field of art conservation and restoration." The Un1von1" citation further noted the Kecks' work, over £orty­ two years, in preservinl works of art snd their role in initiating fOI1lllal teaching of .'."iliiiliillllllil tb.e fir.ut art con­ Richmond, vir,i aervacion in the Uniced States. C. Douglas Dillon , New York, New York. 10021 Curtiss E. Peterson, Bureau of Historic Sites and The Smithsonian Institution Libraries leeks a Con­ Prop.rtiu, Div. of Archlv.,;:, Hist. lind Records, servator/Rare Bookbinder to organize and direct a Department of Stste, program for the con.ervation and preservation of li­ Katharine... � �,:,,�".: J"n'.' brary materials. Experience in binding, restora­ � : tion, end analyticel teeta is required, al is know­ ladge of teChnological deVelopments, preservation equi�nt,end mater1a�s, and hietory of printing Youngja and binding. Silary $19,386+. Send application to: Room 1471, Arte and lndultriee Building; Smithsonian Inatitution, Washington, D.C. 20560. (An equal op­ portunity employer). Nashville, Ten nessae John 1. Witter. Jr." ,�'!ii•••••• Seat- Applicant. are invited for a poaition in Paintingl 98�55 at The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 800k Conservation. Candidate, .hould have a etrong background in paint­ B.C. USC 2H5 ingl and peint on all typel of objects and must be of Pennsyl- able to handle all aspecte of treatMent. The suc­ ceaeful candidate will alao superviae the work of an vania, Phi�adelphia, Pennsyl- vania assistent conservator and will be expected to parti­ cipate in the Winterthur Samuel M. Akaler, I••••••• Teaneck, Nev Jer- graduate teaching program sey 07666 in art conservation. The applicant should be able to offer a minimum background of five years of train­ ing and experience gained through a formal training program, field experience, or the equivalent there­ REGIONAL GROUPS of. Interested conservetors should direct their complete resumes to Dr. George J. Reilly, Museum The Second Annual Meet1ng of the IIC-Canadian Group Scientilt and Conservation Coordinator, The Henry viII be held in Kingston, Ontsrio, Hoy 28-29, 1976. Francis du Pont Winterthur MuseUD, Winterthur, Dela­ There vill be four seuions: "Conservation of Eth­ ware ·19735. nographical Artifacts," by Per Culd11eck; "MuaeUlll De­ sign," by Kenneth Macleod; "Buildings Conservstion." The Conservation Divieion, National Historic Parks by !i&rtin Weavar, and "Conservation Science," by and Sites, Department of Indian & Northern Affairs, John Taylor. The sctivities of the Canadian Group Ottawa, OntariO, announcaa three positions availahle viII be rsported in a newsletter published two or for Conservator, Archeology (GT 5); Salary S18,OOO­ thtee ti_s a yur, Vo1UJ11e I, NulIIber 1 (January 1976). $20,000. Duties include planning and execution of A bulletin viII also be published annual�y, and will conservation treatments on organiC, �tal1ic and contain the. pepera reed et the previous annual meet­ siliceous usterial.; preparetion of artifacts for ing. Volume 1, nUGber 1 vill appear in Hay 1976. study and 'na1y'i'; and restoration of objects to a condition auitabla for auaeum display. Fore more in­ The founded in Au­ Chicago Area Conservation Group, formation write: Chief, ConserVation Division, Ma­ tumn 1974, h., elected new officers for the calen­ tional Historic Sit•• , Parke, Canada, 1570 Liverpool dar year 1976. They ere: President, Robert Wein­ Court, Ottlwa, Ontario, Canada. berg, Psper Conservator, R. R. Donne�ley & Sons Co.; Program Chairman, Barbara Hal�, Archaeological Con­ til. ia .eeking a Chief Conserva­ servator, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Worcestar Art Muse�m tor to eupervise the preservation o! its general col­ Chicago; and Sacretery-Treasurer, Sherelyn Ogden, laction. Candidates should hava a strong background Conservation Technician, Newberry Library. found­ in paintings, with some knowledge of objects, tex­ ing officera wore: President, Robert Ueinberg; and tiles, furnitura, and paper, and should be able to Secretary-Treaaurer, Merrily A. Smith. Programs handle s variety of problems. The work involves planned for this .eaGon: January: "The Conservation thorough examination, routine chemical analysis of of a Mural Painting by Jackaon Pollack," by Louis samples and preparetion of croas sections, written Pomerant�; February: Tour of the David and Alfred reporte .nd treatment proposale, complete conserva­ Smart Callery, Univerlity of Chicago, conducted by tion treatment on the works of art, and continued Katharine Kesfe, Curator; !i&rch: "Ancient Artifacts preventivs maintsnance of ths collection. Comple­ Under Analysis," by SUlan Meachel; April: "Health tion of a formal training program in conservation is Ha�ards 1n Conaervation," by Gail Barazani; May: raquirad, •• is a minimua of five years' experience. "The Art of the Hy�gu.hi," a film 118de at the Freer For more informetion write: Richard Stuart Teit�, Gallsry, Smithsonian Institution. Director, Worcestar Art Mueeum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Ka,aachueetts 01608.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE The National Trust for Historic Preservation will hire studente for a work-training experience at ita headquartere and properties, snd will Co-sponsor in­ The Public Archives of Canada, Technical Division, terns with s,lectad preesrvation groups acroes the Ottawa, announce. one position available for Conser­ United State,. A �x�um of 50 internships are vator, Paper (CT 5); Selary $18,000-$20,000. Dutiea availeble for the 12-wssk program, June 7 through include plenning and execution of conservation treat­ August 27, 1976. Applicants must be undergraduate aentl on organic and metal�i� materials; preparation or gra

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has given h40,000 to the Courtauld Institute, University of London, for a new training course in fine art conservation. NEWS IN GENERAL

The Hamilton Kerr Institute for training in the con­ Re: Occupational Hazard in Conservation. Book and servation of paintings is being established in Whit­ paper conservators will be interested to learn that, tlesford Mill House, England, reports Museums Bulle­ contrary to previous belief, cyclohexylamine does tin (Vol. 15, no. 9, December 1975). Grants from not appear to be a carcinogen. Cyclohexylamine car­ the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Monument Trust, and bonate (CHC) is the neutralizing amine salt used in the Baring Foundation have been received and the the vapor phase deacidification process (VPD) devel­ house is presently being converted to prOVide two oped by W. H. Langwell to neutralize acid in paper. painting studios, a workshop, a laboratory, and a The process fell into disrepute when it was sug­ photographic studio. Herbert Lank is to be the In­ gested in Restaurator (1970) that cyclohexylamine is stitute's first director, and the initial staff will a carcinogen. Dr. Elizabeth K. Weisburger, Chief, consist of himself and one assistant. The Institute Carcinogen Metabolism & Toxicology Branch, Division hopes to enroll up to four students in October 1976. of Cancer Cause and Prevention, Department of Health, The training program will extend over four years, one Education and Welfare, states that it is not neces­ of which will be spent away from the Institute on a sary to have qualms about the use of fue Langwell selected project. VPD to preserve paper, and cites recent research in support of this view. An experiment in which 52 male and 52 female Sprague-Dawley rats were fed cy­ clohexylamine at a dose totalling 177 g/kg body CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES weight is described by Schmahl, "Lack of Carcinogen­ ic Action for Cyclamate, Cyclohexylamine and Sacchar­ in Rats," Arzneim. 'Forsch. 23: !tlO, pp. 1466-1470 The tenth Annual Conference of the Society for His­ (1973). Apparently, cyclohexylamine was not carcin­ torical Archaeology and eighth International Con­ ogenic under the conditions employed, namely follow­ ference on Underwater Archaeology will be held Janu­ ing the rats for their entire lifespan. Conservators ary 5-8, 1977 at the Government Conference Centre are reminded that this may not be the last word on and Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario. General the subject and that all evidence regarding any ma­ Chairman: Jervis D. Swannack; SHA Program Chairman: terial should be weighed before that material is put DiAnn Herst; ICUA Program Chairman: Walter Zachar­ to general use. chuk. For more information, write to any of these people at National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, The National Conservation Advisory Council ( NCAC ) is Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1600 preparing to release a survey report, "Conservation Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario KIA OH4. of Cultural Property in the United States: A State­ ment by the National Conservation Advisory Council" The Center for Archaeometry (Washington University, and a committee report on regional conservation cen­ St. Louis, Missouri) announces a seminar by Nancy ters. The survey report results from the Council's Ward Neilson, St. Louis Art Museum, and Mark S. Weil, work on three tasks: assessment of national conser­ Center for Archaeometry, on "Problems in Paper Con­ . " vation needs in training, services, research and pub­ servatlon. It will be held Tuesday, February 24, lications; recommendation of possible solutions for at 8:00 p.m. on the \.;rashington University Campus. these needs; and consideration of the advisability The speakers will present a number of objects of art of creating a national institute for conservation. on paper illustrating different types of deteriora­ In addition, individual committees of the NCAC are tion and will compare those objects, with similar preparing reports on specific conservation subjects, works in good condition. The purpose of the seminar including regional centers, education and training, is to focus on the need for paper conservation in the research and publications, libraries and archives, St. Louis area and to stimulate research in the prob­ and architectural conservation, to be released as lems of paper conservation. Phoebe Weil, Center for they are completed during the coming year. Both the Archaeometry, will present a seminar Tuesday March general survey report and the regional centers com­ 9 on "Artificial Patination of Bronze Sculpt�re." mittee report are expected to be ready for distribu­ The principal focus of the seminar will be patina­ tion by the end of April 1976. Members of AIC will tion in the context of the aesthetics of sculpture be sent copies of NCAC reports when they are publish­ and sculpture conservation. This lecture will also ed, and copies will be sent to any other interested be presented at the conference "Corrosion and Metal person on request. For more information write: NCAC Artifacts," at the National Bureau of Standards ' Executive Secretary, Gretchen Gayle, c/o SI-356, Gaithersburg, MarYland, March 17-19. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. PUBLICATIONS A Symposium on the Book Arts GHay 10-11, 1976) and a Typographic Workshop �y 10-21, 1976) will be held at the Graduate School of Library Service, Univer­ FleDing, Stuart J. Authentitity in Art, the Scien· aity of Alabama. The sympoaium will include lec­ title Detection of Forgery. Thb volume sUJ;Veya tha tures about wood cutting and eniravini, book illus­ atate-of-the-art of present authentication methods tration and bookmaking, and the private press. A and the scope of their application to painting, cer­ tour of the typographic labor. tory at the University amics, and llIetals. It presents tsse studies to il­ ia planned, as are demonstrations and discussions on lUit�at. the methods and techniqu�s used in distin­ papermakini, bookbinding, calliiraphy, marbling, and guishing between original works and later forgeries. type deaign. For more infor�tion WTite: James D. A rangl! of scientific uchniqu�a is describad and Ramer, Dean, Graduate School of Library Service, explained, including thermoluminescence dating, ra­ P.O. Box 6242, University, Alaba� 35486. diography. nl!utron activation analysis, dendrochron­ oloSY, and X-ray fluorescence. Scheduled for publi­ The second Conservation Workshop will take place cation in January 1976, th. t.xt conlists of 160 Friday, March 12 in Madison. Wisconsin. The work­ pases, 60 black and whit. illu8trations, 17 color shop ia organized by the Madieon Area Library Coun­ platu, 164 referencea. Price $14.50. Publilhed by cil and the Preservation of Library Materials Com­ Crane, Russak & Company, Inc., 3.7 Madison Avenue, ",ittee, He20rial Library (University of Wisc.onain, New York, New York 10011. Hadison). Topics to be covered 1ncluce salvage of water-damaged books, library binding, Hylar encap­ llthoclastia, a journal devoted to a;peets of decay aulation. hook conservation, and proper handlina of of building stones and deterioratlon of building library materials. A diaplay on the proper handling in varioul environments. It is a se",i­ at books and conservation education will accompany in 1914. Subscrip- the workshop.

A aeries of museum workahops is being offered at the Smithsonian Institution between March 1976 and March pages. 1917 tbrough the Office of Museum Programs. The pur­ public8tions are : ' : ' '; : poae of theae workshops is to intrOduce and improve ;;: "; ;: cherches et d'Etu�el ': : h:; �; :: d. profeasional skills for individuala employed in mu­ : : S\vres, 92100 Boulogne-Sur-5e1: ne � ; seum. snd related institutions. One workshop dis­ Paria), France. cusaes "Principles of Conservation and Preventive tare." ·August 16-20, 1976. Intended for non-conser­ vators, the s�nar will teath basit elements of ar­ tifact conservation and object tr.at�nt. and some preliminary messures that may be taken to insure the vilual ptocesses. preservation of collections. Topics will incl�de tains reports of major conferences of interest to handling, storage and packing, environmental condi­ the readers; "spectrum" features diSCUSsing oversll tions, lighting, cleaning, ethical considerations. photographic set':ups; IiIpecific application articles and seturity. Emphasis will be on three-dimensional discussing any field whers an image-.aking proceaa ie objects. There_ are no tuition or registration fees. involved: snd reports of interesting and new tech­ Enrollment is limited to 15. For more informarion niquel developed in the field of photography. It ia on this and other workshope write: Workshop Series, publiahed six rimea a year by Photographic Appllca­ Office of Museum Progra�I, Arts 4 Industries Build­ tions in Science and Technology, Inc., 250 Fulton inl, Room 2235, Smithsonian Inatitution. Washington, Avenue, Hempstead, New York 11550. Subscriptiona D.C. 20560. are evailable without charge to qualified individuala who e�loy photosrephy for scientifiC or technologi­ "The Application of Chemistry and Physics to Archae· cal research, recordina, or preaeotation. Regular ology," It course conducted by Susan Heschel, Lectur­ subscription rates sre $5.00 for one year, $9.00 for er in Archeeology, is currently being offered by the two years in the U.S.A. University Extension, University of Chicago. The courae explores the application of physics and cheg­ Museums Association has puhlilhed s series of Infor­ istry to the study of archaeologital artifscts, and mation Sheets. Among tbem are "Conservation and Mu­ discusses the principles and metbodology of modern seulI! Lishting," by Garry Thomaon (1974, 2nd ed.); quantitative dating, identification, and authentica­ "The Storege of Museull. Collections," by G. Stans­ tion tethniques. The claas meeta weekly, February field (1974, 2nd ed.); "The Haunting of Prints and 4 - April 7, 1976. Drawinga," by E. G. Hardins (1972); and "Textilelll: Their Care and Protection in Museums," by Jean H. A course, "Microscopy for Conservators of Art Ob· Glover (1913). For a complete listing, plus prices, jects," is being offered by the HcCrone Research In­ write to the Museums Aasociation, 87 Charlotte St., stitute, 2820 So. Hichigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois London W"lP 2B X, Eng.1snd. 60616, from Hay 3 through �y 7, 1976. The courge i8 intended not only for conservatOrS of paintings, Morris. John. Managing the Library Ftre Risk. Ber­ but alao for conservatorl of textiles and psper. It keley. University of California, 1975. This publi­ 1o'ill emphas1l:e the use of polarized light and stereo catinn cites the incidence of library firea, and microscopy for the charactarization and identifica­ analyzes two major library fires in recent years. rt tion of pigments and fibers. Tuition $400. discusses disaster preparedness; salVage of wet books; and automaticaystems. fire protettion 8y�tems, ea­ pecially sprinkll!r Much of the informarion presented consists ofsubject product literature or reprinta of articles on the of fire. Available fro.: Office of Insurance and Riak Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. Price $6.25.

• *Direct letters and contributions to the AIC Newslettsr to Merrily A. Smith, Editor, •••••••••• Duluth, Minnesota 55812 A-I-eN ews 1 etter

Publisbedfc-urtimes a ytar byTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS

Volume 1 number J May 1976

Ale NEWS Peter Sparks, Art Conservation Department, Uni versity of Delaware, was ap- pointed Editor of the at the March )0 Charlotte K. Burk was hired as the first part-time meeting of the AlC Board in Washington, E1ecutive Secretary of the AIC on March 15, 1976. D.C. Dr. Sparks smi the AlC Board discussed and ap­ Por the past four years she worked as cataloger and proved a three year improvement plan for the �­ then aesi�t��t to the Curator of the Photographic tin. The pl6n includes the selection of four asso­ Archives at the National Gallery of Art. The Ale e!ite editors who would also serve as the Editorial now has a permanent office at 1725 19th S�reet, N.W., Board and establish policies and procedures govern­ Washington, D.C. 20009. All Ale business will be ing the format, content, and pUblication of the �­ handled through this office. Ms. r Bu k is presently letin with approval of the AIC Board. In addition, trying to .consolidate all the past records end bul­ ItTncludes a serious upgrading of the publication letins of the AlC and if any member has records or in terms of content, format, paper, quality of print­ info�tian that should be included, please send ing, and cover. Dr. Sparks will present a report at them to her at the nell' office. the annual business meeting of AlC on May 31, 1976.

The fourth annual meeting of the AlC will be held Sixteen paper conservators have been certified by May 29-June 1, 1976 in Dearborn, Michigan. Local the AlC Board of Examiners for the Certification of arrangements are being handled � Edward Gilbert, Paper Conservators (BOE) to date. All Fellows of Chief Conservator, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield AlC who are conservators of historic and artistic Village. Registration begins at J:oo p.m. Saturday, works on paper are reminded that the deadline for �.ay 29 and the meeting ends with a banquet on tues­ oertification under the established conservator day evening, June 1. The business meeting will be clause is February 1, 1977. Eligibility requirements held at J:)O p.m. Monday, May )1. For more informa­ for this type of certification, which doe s not re­ tion write: Charlotte K. Burk, Executive Secretary, quire an e:tamination, are outlined in the AlC Bulle­ AIC, 1725 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. tin, Vol. 14, no. I (197)), p. 110. In brief,""'Ui'e" candidate must be a Fellow of AlC (the category of In honor of the 50th anniVersary of soientifio oon­ !l'embership former� called Member). He or she must servation in America three history lectures will be have been in the conservation field for six years, presented for the Foundation of the Amerioan Insti­ with at least four years of specialization in the tute for Conservation (FAIC) by George L. Stout, preservation of historic and artistic \'fOrks on paper. Richard. D. Buck, and Sheldon Keck at the AIC annual If s conservator has been in the field for four yeers meeting in Dearborn. These lectures will launch the wi th at least )0 months treating paper or is a grad­ FAIC History Project, which win include the system­ uate of a recognized training program, he or she may atic collection of tapes and transcripts for an oral be certified by e xwnination . As yet the BOt has not history of conservation in America. certified any candidate in this manner, but an exam­ ination has been discussed at length and a prototype The National Conservatioo Advisory Council (NCAC) prepared. After February 1, 1977, certification will will participate in the program at the 1976 AIC an­ be possible only by examination. For further infor­ nual meeting. Many NCAC officers and members expect mation and aj)pl'fcation foms write: Anne Clapp, Cor­ to attend, which will provide opportunity for both Msponding Secretary, BOE, Henry F. DuPont Winter­ formal and informal discussion. By May 15 all AlC thur i.fuseum; Winterthur, Delaware 1973:5. members should have Mceived a copy of the "Report of the Regional centers Study COmmittee to the Na­ Jose Orraca will join the faculty of the Art Conser­ tional Conservation Advisory Council." The publica­ vation Department at the University of Delaware nen tion is available on request from Gretchen Gayle, year and will teach conservation of photographs as a Executive Secretary, NCAC, c/o SI-J56, Smithsonian maJ or and minor area of study in the Art C onserva. ­ Institution, Washington, D.C. 20:560. tion Program. He will also hold a joint appointment in the Art History Department where he will be a ma­ The Code of Ethics of AIC and the MUrray Pease Re­ Jor contributor to a new Master's program in the port are being revised by the Professional Relations history of photography. Committee of AlC. Critical comments and recolI!llenda­ tions for revisions are welcome, and should be ad- William G. Constable, a founder and former president dressed to Peter Re- of the lIC, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Febru­ lations Committee, ary 3, 1976. AIC Fellow George Stout has prepared la.T).d 21209. the following tribute in his melllOry: WILLIAM GEORGE CONSTABLE, 1887-1976

To his friends and acquaintances he was knowp by his initials, W. G. Those who worked in the arts accorded him honor for his attainments, admiration for his firm pursuit of manifold undertakings, and respect for his clear and kindly- judgment. He was born in Derby, England, 27 October 1887. He married Olivia Carson-Roberts. They had two sons, John, now a surgeon, and Giles, a medieval historian. At the time of his death, 3 February 1976, he resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He studied at the Slade School, London, and at Cambridge University where he received a master's degree. He held positions as Assistant Director, National Gallery, London; Director, Courtauld Institute, University of London; Slade Professor, Cambridge University; Curator of Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Lecturer, Yale University. For many other institutions he served as advisor, consultant, or trustee. France decorated him Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and made him an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. He was Commend­ atore, Crown of Italy, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and member of the Art Workers Guild, Goldsmiths Company. Among his published writings are: English Painting of the 17th and 18th Centuries, The Painter's Workshop, Canaletto, Art Collections in the United States, and a large number of articles.

W. G. Constable was a participant in the International Conference on the Conservation of Paintings, Rome, 1930, under the League of Nations, and, under the same authority, was chairman of a committee that met in Paris in 1933 and prepared a handbook on the care of paintings. Under his direction the Courtauld Institute establish­ ed a scientific department. He was a founder, a former president, and an honorary fellow of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, and was a member of AIC.

NEWS IN GENERAL tions are intended to acquaint museums, organizations, and individuals with a selection of principles cur­ A new method of non-aqueous deacidification of paper rently practiced in the field of museum conservation. has been developed at the Library of Congress by All presentations, both introductory and technical, chemist George B. Kelly, Jr. The agent comprises are meant to be used as aids in training. No specif­ 0.1 to 20% by weight of methylmagnesium carbonate in ic treatment is actually recommended for any parti­ Freon TF. Deacidification is accomplished by either cular object. Each presentation is available for spraying or painting the solution on a paper object, short-term loan, and a fee of $4.00 ($9.00 in Can­ or by dipping the object directly in the solution. ada) for slide series and $1.00 ($1.50 in Canada) One advantage of this method of deacidification over for video tapes is charged to cover the cost of mail­ other non-aqueous processes currently in use is that ing, insuring, and handling. For more information it is less sensitive to water. The pH of the methyl­ write: Conservation Information Program, Smithson­ magnesium carbonate solution is about 7. After its ian Institution, 2235 Arts and Industries Building, application to a piece of paper, it hydrolyzes in Washington, D.C. 20560. the presence of water in the air to form magnesium carbonate with a pH of about 9. A .7% solution gives an alkaline reserve of 1-1.5% in paper. The The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) methylmagnesium carbonate deacidification agent is has established a standing committee on museum, li­ not commercially available, but can readily be pre­ brary, and archive security. Two objectives set for pared by saturating a 1% solution of magnesium meth­ the committee are the planning and promotion of pro­ oxide with carbon dioxide. Magnesium methoxide may grams designed to assist those charged with security be purchased from a number of chemical supply houses, in museums, libraries, and archives to better meet including Pioneer Chemical Works, Inc., Route 73, their responsibilities; and planning and promoting P. O. Box 237, Maple Shade, New Jersey 08052. programs and methods to better protect such institu­ tions' collections and exhibitions from external ' Limited numbers of back issues of Art and Archaeolo­ threats of theft and vandalism and internal threats gy Technical Abstracts, Volumes 6-12 (1966-1975) are from employees and others associated with -the insti­ .available from AATA, c/o New York University Conser­ tutions' environments. For more information write: vation Center, 1 East 78th Street, New York, New ASIS, 2000 K St., N.W., Suite 651, Washington, D.C. York 10021. Volume 6 (Nos. 2-4 and index) and Vol­ 20006. ume 7 (Nos. 1 and 2) are out of print, but a roll of microfilm is available for $40.00 containing all of Volumes 6 and 7. For Volumes 1-5 of IIC Abstracts The International Foundation for Art Research, Inc. write Ms. Perry Smith, IIC, 608 Grand Buildings, was formed in 1968 by a cross-section of the art Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5HN. The cost to IIC community to fill the need for an impartial and members is $5.00 per number and to non-members $7.50 scholarly body to deal with questions of authenti­ per number. Additional abstractors are always wel­ city and proper attribution of art works. In 1975 come and needed. The value of AATA depends on the it exPanded its services by undertaking the estab­ voluntary contributions of the experts in the field. lishment of a central archive for records of stolen To volunteer or request further information, write art. Through its dual programs, the Foundation' of­ Joyce Hill Stoner, Managing Editor, at the New York fers a unique context for the study of two important office (address above). problems facing the art world: the attribution of works of art, and the collection of reliable infor­ The Smithsonian Institution has prepared several mation on stolen art objects. For information write: slide and video tape presentations as part of its International Foundation for Art Research, Inc., 654 Conservation Information Program. These presenta- Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10021. On March 1, 1976 the Center for Archaeometry at Wash­ The tenth Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the Ameri­ ington University began a two-year program in The can Chemical Society will be held at Northwestern Conservation of Outdoor Bronze MOnuments. This pro­ University, Evanston, Illinois J1LTle 17-19, 1976. On gram will include investigations into the causes and June 17 a symposium on archaeological chemistry will mechanisms of deterioration, methods of technical be conducted by J. B. Lambert, professor of organic analysis and examination, methods of conservation chemistry at Northwestern University. Papers to be treatment, and materials and techniques for preser­ presented include: "X-ray photoelectron spectros­ vation. All major St. Louis outdoor bronze monuments copy: a new analytical method for the examination of will receive conservation treatment as part of this archaeological artifacts," Charles D. McLaughlin and project. The project has been granted funding by Joseph B. Lambert; "Trace-element fingerprinting of the National Endowment for the Arts, Missouri State copper/bronze artifacts for provenance determination," Council on the Arts, St. Louis Community Development George Rapp; "Sleuthing with a microscope," Walter C. Agency, and the St. Louis Ambassadors-Art and Foun­ McCrone; "Gold impurity levels in silver coins and tains Foundation. A symposium directed towards de­ metallic art: 300 B.C. to 1650 A.D.," A. A. Gordus; fining the aesthetic problems in preserving outdoor and "Ancient coins to outdoor bronze -- metal stUdies monuments was held Friday, April 2 as part of the in the Center for Archaeometry, Washington Univer­ initial phase of the conservation program. Guest sity," P. P. Gaspar, et.al. The meeting will be held speakers included Wayne Craven, MOderator, William at Norris Center on the Evanston campus of Northwes­ H. Gerdts, Lewis I. Sharp, and Michael Richman. tern University. Advance registration is $20 to non­ ACS members; registration made after May 15 or at the meeting is $23 for non-ACS members. For more infor­ mation write: Ellen H. Cozzens, Chicago Section, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES American Chemical Society, 86 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. The California College of Arts and Crafts Extension ann01LTlces a seminar on "Acid in the Library," June 24-26, 1976. The seminar will explore aspects of PUBL ICATIONS acidity as a destructive agent in libraries and spe­ cial collections. It will survey existing deacidi­ fication methods and will consider the costs involv­ Technical Studies in the Field of the Fine Arts 1932- ed in the use of each method. For more information 1942, originallY published by the Fogg Art Museum, is write: Theodore B. Kahle, Capricornus School of now available as a 10-volume facsimile reprint. Price Bookbinding & Restoration, P. O. Box 98, Berkeley, $225. For a catalog describing the series write: California 94701. Garland Publishing, 545 Madison Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10022. The Pacific Northwest Wet Site Wood Conservation Conference will be held September 19-20, 1976, at Ultramicroscopy, a new journal devoted to the tech­ Neah Bay, Washington, under sponsorship of Washing­ nical and theoretical advancement of structural re­ ton State University, the Makah Indian Tribe, and search. The journal comes in response to a need ex­ the National Museum Act. The program will contain pressed by investigators engaged in ultrastructure papers concerning wet site wood conservation tech­ research for a publication which presents, in a syn-. niques and problems and will be presented by conser­ optic fashion, information about the advancement of vators from Britain, Scandinavia, Canada, and the the tools and methods necessary to pursue their re­ United States. There will also be an in-depth tour search. All kinds of radiation, except light, and of the Ozette Archaeological site, which has been their interaction with matter, leading to contrast described as a wet site Pompeii, and several discus­ and damage, are appropriate topics for the journal. sion sessions for free exchange of ideas on problems Sample of articles from Vol I, no. 1, July 1975: of mutual interest. Deadline for registration is "Thick specimens in the CEM and STEM. Resolution and July 30, 1976. For more information write: Gerald image formation;" "On dark field techniques in trans­ H. Grosso, Post Office Box 194, Neah Bay, Washing­ mission electron microscopy;" "Report on a sympo­ ton 98357. sium on contrast problems in transmission electron mi cros copy." The journal is to be published quar­ Boston University and the New England Document Con­ terly, each issue to contain about 100 pages. Sub­ servation Center announce the "Third Seminar on Li­ scription price $42.75. For more information write: brary and Archives Conservation," October 3-9, 1976. North-Holland Publishing Company, 335 Jan Van Galen­ The seminar will provide information concerning con­ straat, P.O. Box 103;, Amsterdam-W, The Netherlands. servation techniques as applied in various conserva­ tion centers around the world and will include, when possible, conservators from these centers as lec­ The Guild of Book Workers has published a sixteen­ turers. For information write: Robert C. MOrrison, page pamphlet, "Opportunities for Study in Hand Book­ Jr., Director of Education, New England Document binding and Calligraphy," compiled by Polly Lada­ MOcarski and Helena Wright. A supplement emphasiz­ Conservation Center, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845. ing study opportunities in Canada and Europe is in preparation. To receive a copy of the list, send An international Conference on Museum Storage is be­ your request and a stamped, self-addressed envelope ing planned by the International Council of Museums to the Guild of Book Workers, 1059 Third Avenue, New in conjunction with AAM/ICOM and with the participa­ York, New York 10021. tion and assistance of UNESCO. The conference, to be held in December 1976, will include consideration "Preservation and Conservation: Principles and Prac­ of architectural requirements, climate control, con­ tices," Washington, D. C., Preservation Press and the tainerization of collections, compacting' of shelves, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. This volume systems of inventory control, location and retrieval. contains the proceedings of the North American Inter­ Emphasis will be placed on conservation needs and on national Regional Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, methods to minimize handling and maximize space use. and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 10-16, 1972. For more information write: Paul N. Perrot, Vice Topics covered include the roles of occupations and President, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. organizations, materials and techniques (wood, ma­ 20560. sonry and masonry products, metals, paints and var- nishes, end maintenance), stendards, and education. ing the selection criteria, the identity and location Copies may be purchased for $15.00 froll! the National of the project, the scope of work, the contracting Trust for Historic Preservation, 740-74S Jackson officer, and relevant dead�ines will be announced in Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. professional journals, conservation newsletters and, when the project exceeds $10,000.00, in the Commerce Business Daily. Conservators with expertise ln the treatment oflarge-scale murals and sculpture on site are encouraged to write GSA for a Conservator Quali­ REGIONAL GROUPS fication Questionnaire. Contracts will be awarded on tbe basis of responses to the questionnaire and a The Chicago Area Conservation OI"OUP held a special submitted technical proposal. For further info:rma­ meeting at the Joseph Regenstein Library, University tion write: Fine Arts Conservation Program PCBB, of Chicago, March l�, 1976 featuring Norbert Baer, U.S, General Services AdJn1nistration, 'Washington, Conservation Center of the Instituta of Fine Arta, D.C. 20405. Telephone: (202) 343-637'7. New York University. Dr. Baer spoke on "The Applica­ tion of Science to the Determination of Provenanca The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Wil­ ana Authenticity." liamstown, V�ssachusetts, seeks a Chief Conservator to establish and supervise a regional conservation The WaShington Conservation Gulla has begun to pub­ laboratory. The regional laboratory, to be based on lish a monthly newsletter (September - June), edited an already existing consortium of six members operat­ by Nikki Horton. The newsletter will circulate to ing under a matching grant from the National Endow­ all of the Gulld' s 161 members. The annual meeting ment for the Arts, will serve museums in Massachu_ of the Guild will be held on May 1, 1976 and it is setts, Vermont, and eastern New York state. Candi­ expected that the following slate of officers will be dates should have Knowledge in the care and conser­ elected: Martha Goodway, President; H� H. Stewart vation of paintings and other works of art; ability Treviranus, Vice President; Barbara Coffee, Secre­ to use scientific and photographic equipment; spe_ tary; and Peter Michaels, Treasurer. cialized Knowledge of chemistry; the ability to su­ pervise personnel, including trainees; and executive talents to be able to administer the laboratory with­ in an established budget. Candidates are sought who have a graduate degree in conservation or its equi­ POSITIONS AVAILABLE valent, and about five years experience in the treat­ ment of works of art. Address applications to: The Virginia Commonwealth University seeks a graduate George H. Hamilton, Director, Sterling and Francine of a formal training progrwa in conservation, prefer­ Clark Institute, Box 8, Williamstown, Massachusetts ably with a specialty in the trestment of paintings, 01267. Telephone: (413) 4'8-8109. to teach an introductory course in conservation to students of art history, art and museology, and to The Center for Conservation and Technical Studies of maintain and operate a small laboratory. A half­ the Fogg Art Museum seeks an Associate Conservator time salary is available and the laboratory facility of Paintings. This person is directly responsible may be used to treat paintings or other objects for for all operations in the Painting Conservation Lab­ surrounding museums and other institutions. Send oratory. He oversees the care and preservation of complete resumes to Joyce Hill Stoner, Associate Pro­ the Fogg collection paintings and other Harvard paint­ fessor, Department of Art History, Virginia Conmon­ ings, which includes periodic condition inspections, wealth University, 922 West Franklin St., Richmond, approval of loans from the collections, and consul_ Virginia 23220. tation on installations, environmental candi tions, and special packing and handling. In addition, the A paper conservator is being sought to develop a re­ Associate Conservator instructs interns and appren­ gional conservation center in St. Louis. Applicants tiees in the painting laboratory on a daily basis, must be qualified in training and experience to de­ and lectures on occasion to graduate students in the sign and oversee construction of a new laboratory, Harvard Department of fine Arts. Since the Fogg lab­ organize and administer a regional conservation pro­ oratiea function as a regional conservation center, gra'll, and carry out treatment of works of art on pa­ treatment of paintings from sister museums is also per. Address qualifications and inquiries to: part of routine activity. Only experienced individ­ Clements L. Robertson, Conservator, St. Louis Art uals should apply. Direct inquiries to: Arthur !.ruseum, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri 63110. 8@ale, Head Conservator, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02l3S. The Henry Francis IMPont Winterthur Museum seeks an assistant paper (lonservator, Candidates soould have The Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Uni­ a strong background in their area and nust be sble versity of South Carolina, seeks a conservator of to handle all aspects of treatment, They should be archaeological, un(\erwater, and non-arcl>.aeological graduates of a conservation training program or have objects. The consel'vator is responsible for the as­ equivalent work experien(le. Address resumes to sessment and consel'vation of existing collections; George J. Reilly, MUseum Scientist and Conservation the development and maintenance of the laboratory, Coordinator, The Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Mu­ including the purchase of supplies; examination of seum, WinterthUr, Delaware 19735. records and files; routine chemical analysis; and the instruction of the staff on field techniques for The U, S. General Services Administration is seeking preserving archaeological objects. Salary $10,000- (lonservators to restore depression-era artworks in 15,00) annually. Minimwn experience: BA or as in Federal buildings. As specific projects are schedul­ Archaeology plus conservation experience. Address ed throughout the United States, (lonsideration will applications to; Alan Albright, Institute of Archae­ be centered around, though not limited to, local ology and_Anthropology, University of South Carolina, firma or individuals. Project announc�nts outlin- Columbia, South Carolina 29208.

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Publishedfcur tim(sayear/ry THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS

Volume 1 number 4 August 1976

Ale NEWS Appelbaum, use the following reethod. to apply: Wet the smock (or whatever) well. Place the patch in po­ sition face up and cover with pressing c10��. Apply hot iron, holding it still in one place for about 30 second.s. Move to another position and repeat as re­ quired. Wltil the smoak is dry and patch 1s firIll1.y , attached. The bonding is complete only when mo isture ber 1976. Journal, has dis appe ars and. the smell of the adhesive 1s evident. seleeted an to a.ssist him in the collection and editing of papers. These asso­ Joyce Hill Stoner, formerly at the Freer Galler y, as_ ciate editors are: Antoinette King, Pa per Conserva­ sumes the duties of Painting s Conservator at the Hen­ tor, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Terry Weisser, ry Francis du Pont Winterthur Muse\Dll on August 9, 1976. Objects Conservator, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland: ana Kay Sll berfeld, Paintings Conservator, John Krill will assume the position of Assistant Paper Na tional Gallery of Art, Was hington , D.C. Deadline Conservator at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur for the submis sion of papers to the November issue of Museum in August 1976. He was formerly Paper Conser­ the Journal is September 15, 1976. Submit typed, vator at the National Galler� of Art, Washington, D.C. dOUble-spaced articles in quadruplicate along with o ne set of camera-ready illustrations and f igures di­ Virginia Ingram, Chief, Archives and Library Conserva­ rec tly to Peter Sparks, Art Conservation Department, tion Laboratory, Ohio Historical Society, has e:cp and.­ University Delaware, 219 McDowell Hall, of Newark, ed the scope of the laboratory b� ad ding three new Delaware 19711. specialists: Brian Sartor, unbound paper reateria1s; Susan Blaine, books and bound materials; and Vernon The Fifth Annual Meeting of the AIC will be held in Will, audio-v isual. Bos ton in early June 1977. Since the commercial ex­ hibits were so well received in Dearborn, an effort Roy Perkinso n became Conservator of the Print and is bei ng made to have ItOre of them at the Boston meet­ Drawing Conservation Laboratory at the Museum of Fine on ing. Send your suggesti s Arts, Boston, on July 1, 1976. cia! exhibitors for 1977 to Chairman, AIC Annual Meeting Mary Lou White, formerly at the Fogg Art Museum, H ar­ Illinois Chicago, 60610. The vard University, has been awarded the CRIA Fellowship scheduled for Forth Worth, Texas, in Conse rvation to survey the condition of the art ing for Toronto, Ontario. collection at the villa I Tatti, Florence, Italy, for­ merly olloT\ed by art c ritic Bernard Berenson. She is The Board of Examiners for the Certification of Paper cur rently in Italy and will return to the United Conservators (aOE) has certified eighteen paper con ­ States in mfd-Septernber. Sh e '10111 then be worki ng servators to date under the grandfather clause estab_ for Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. (Dudley Home­ lis hed in 1972 by the membership of the IIC-AG: stead, Raymond, New Hampshire 03077), an ind ep endent Louise Bluhm, Madeleine Braun, Anne Clapp, Marjorie laboratory found.ed by Barbara Beardsley and special­ Cohn, David Dudley, Chris ta Gaehde, M:try Todd Glaser, izing in the aonser vation of paintings. William Hanft, Betty Hallyday, Antoinette King, John Krill, Eleanor 1IoI:!M1llan, 'Nynne Phelan, Patrici a Reyes, Mervyn Ruggles, Marilyn Weidner, Martina Yamin, and Paul N. Banks, Conservator, Newberry Library, Chi cag o, Alexander Yow. The Board 'lfould. be glad. to receive Illinois, taught a summer session course at Colum bi a suggestions of sample questions for examination of University School of Lib rary Service June 7-25, 1976, pap e r conservators and t r aine rs. Please send them on th e preservation of library �terials. The course t o: Mrs. Martin Cohn, Center for Conservation, Fogg met Monday through Thursday for two hours and ten Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, ��ssachu­ minutes daily . setts 02138. Kat� and Howard Clark, Tlr.lnrocker handmade paper rmane "Preserving the past is no easy matter" asserts a inc., have developed a pe nt, sized, conservation 4i- by 6!-inch blue and beige iron-on patch produced book paper und.er matching gran ts from the National by the }�rican Institute for Conservation. You, End owment for the Arts and the Lilly Foundation. For too, can sport one of these flashy pesties if you more info rmatio n write to: Twinrocker, RFD 2, Brook­ ac t fast and send $2.25 to AIC Executive Secretary ston, Indiana 47923. Telephone: (317) 563-3210. Charlotte Bu,rk. According to AIC Treasurer Barbara Konstanze Bachmann, formerly with the H. F. du Pont to: Rachel Rosenfield, Administrative Assistant for Winterthur Museum, is now the Conservator of Works Conservation, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, of Art on Paper at the Pacific Regional Conservation Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

Center, Honolulu, Hawaii . Deadline for the contribution of abstracts to Volume Carl Semczak, formerly with the Canadian Conservation 13, Number 2, of Art and Archaeology TeChnical Ab­ Institute in Vancouver, is now the Conservator of stracts (AATA) is September 15, 1976. For more in­ Ethnographic Material at the Pacific Regional Conser­ formation write- to: The Managing Editor, AATA, New vation Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. York Uni verai ty Conservation Center, 1 East 78th St., New York, New York 10021. Several members of the AIC participated in a program at the annual meeting of the American Association of The National Museum Act Grant Programs has just dis­ Museums June 3, 1976, titled, "Conservation: the tributed its 1977 Guidelines to AIC members. In 1977 Opporttmity that Can Knock !..nre than Once." Speak­ the National Museum Act Grant Programs will continue ers included Sheldon Keck, Robert Organ, W. Brown to encourage and give priority to proposals dealing M::>rton III, Donald Sebera, Robert Feller, and Joyce with museum conservation: the study of conservation Hill Stoner. problems, research leading to new or improved conser­ vation techniques, and training of museun conserva­

tors . Projects should contribute to the ilnprove!!lSnt Caroline K. Keck and Sheldon Keck were made Honorary of museum methods and practices or to the profession­ Members of the AIC at the annual meeting in Dearborn, al growth of individuals entering or working in the Michigan, on June1, 1976, in reoognition of the im­ museum field. For more information write to: Admin­ mense contribution they have made to the field of c��­ istrator, National Museum Aot, Room 2467, Arts & In­ servation in erica. On June 6, 1976, they were fur­ Am dustries Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washing­ ther recognized by Hamilton College, Clinton, New ton, D.C. 20560. Telephone: (20Z) 381-5512. York, which oonferred on them the honorary degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts. The Bulletin of the IIC-Canadian Group reports that the National Gallery of Canada, ottawa, holds a Clinic Day every Thursday from 9 to 5 p.m. by appointment. During this time any person can bring a painting or print to the gallery to obtain advice and information regarding it. There is no charge for the service \m­ less analytical tests are required.

Four training programs in the conservation of historic and artistic works currently exist in the United States. Deadline for submission of applications for the 1977-78 acsdemic year is February 1, 1977, for the Cooperstown Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (Cooperstown. New York 13326) and the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts (1 East 78th Street, New York University. New York, New York 10021). Deadline for submission of applications to the Winterthur Program in the Con­ servation of Artistic and Historic Objects (Univer­ sity of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711) and the Center for Conservation and Technical Studies (Fogg Sheldon and Caroline Keck with George Stout (r. ), also Art MllSeum. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu­ The first three an Honorary Member of the AIC, at the annual meeting setts 02138) is February 15, 1977. in Dearborn. programs grant a Master's degree in conservation and the Fogg program awards a certificate of specializa­ tion in a specific area of conservation. Presently, the Queen's University Art COnservation Program (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Can­ NEWS IN GENERAL ada) is the only degree-granting conservation train­ ing program in canada. Deadline for submission or applications to Professor I. Hodkinson, Director, for The AAM Aviso (May1976) reports the formation of a the 1977-78 academic year is April 29, 1977. permanentAAM Security Com:nittee, E. B. Brown (Kim­ ble Art MUseum, Fort Worth, Texas), Chairman. The committee plans to offer advisory and consultative services for museums of all si�es; to present special meetings and seminars; to maintain a file on stolen art works; to present programs on security at AAM REGIONAL GROUPS annual meetings; to publish a security cammdttee newsletter; and to assist AAM headquarters on secur­ ity questions. For more informe.�s com­ The Bay Area Art Conservation Guild (BAACG) and the mittee, write to: E. B. Brown, � Fort Western ASSociation of Art Conservators (WAAC) held Worth, Texss 76107. a Joint meeting at the Oakland Museum of Art, Oak­ land, California, April 24, 1976. James L. Byard, The Fogg Art Museum has a limited supply of Union University of California, Davis, spoke on "Toxicology Carbide's polyvinyl acetate resin AYAB 70J solids in -- Art Conservation" at the morning session and Wil­ acetone. The resin is diluted with cellosolve ace­ liam thxwell, Convectron Company, Long Island, dis­ tate 2:5 to make a medium for inpainting. Cost per cussed "Environmental Control at Historic Sites, and gallon is $7.00 plus transportation. Anyone inter­ Design and Construction of Specialized Conservation ,ested in purchasing some of the resin should write Equipment" at the afternoon session. The Western Association of Art Conservators elected the AIC. Price $1.00. Available from Charlotte Burk, officers for 1977 at their business meeting on April Executive Secretary, AIC. 24, 1976. President is Gerald R. Hoepfner, Laboratory for Research in the Fine Arts, University of Califor­ Volumes 1-10 of the Bulletin of IIC-AG have been re­ nia, Davis; Vice-President is Roger D. Brou"Ssal, printed in two books. Book One (Volumes 1-5) and Chief Conservator, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Book Two (Volumes 6-10) are availalbe from AIC Execu­ and Secretary-Treasurer is David L. Rinne, Head Con­ tive Secretary Charlotte Burk for $15.00 each. servator, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California. Shugar, Gershon J., Ronald A. Shugar, and Lawrence Bauman. Chemical technicians' ready reference hand­ book. New York, MCGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973. $22.50 PUBLICATIONS

La lumiere et la protection des objets et specimens exposes dans les musees et galeries d'art, by the CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES french group "Eclairage des oeuvres d'art. " 44 pp., illustrated. Paris, Association fran�aise de The Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin, l'eclairage, 1971. Available from ICOM, Maison de held the Second Fiber Microscopy Course from July 12 1 'UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, 75015 Paris, France. $1.50. through July 23, 1976, under the direction of John D. Hankey. The program was designed to provide an intro­ The Pacific Regional Conservation Center has issued duction to the principles of qualitative and quanti­ a series of six bulletins on basic conservation in tative analysis of the fibers used in pulp and paper. museums, including climatology, lighting, toxicity of chemicals, storage and handling of collections, INTER/MICRO-76, an international symposium on micros­ leather bookbindings, and Federal funds for conserva­ copy sponsored by MCCrone Research Institute, was held tion. They are available from the center for $0.50 June 28-July 1 in Chicago, Illinois. The program each. brought participants up to date on new instruments for, techniques in, and new applic·ations of micros­ Phillimore, Elizabeth. A glossary of terms useful in copy through the presentation of technical papers conservation. Ottawa, Canadian Museums Association, and workshops. An important feature of the meeting 1976. 45 pp. Price $2.20, including postage. was the exhibition of new microscopes and accessor­ ies by major manufacturers. Clapp, Ann. Reading list for students in conservation of historic and artistic works on paper. 1976. Each A seminar on "The Lining of Paintings - Reassessment" reference is coded A, B, or C. "A" designates re­ was held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, quired reading to gain basic knowledge of materials April 6-8, 1976. The major events of the proceedings and methods, "B" indicates books and articles to scan, are available on thirteen 60-minute cassette record­ and "C" identifies reference books. Available for ings from: Conference Tape, 8 Woodburn Drive, Ottawa, $1.75 from AIC Executive Secretary Charlotte K. Burk. Ontario, Canada K1B 3A7. Price $6.00 each. Copies of the papers presented at the conference are avail­ Brock, Jo Ann. A program for the preservation of li­ able from: Jocelyne Bisson-Savard, Restoration and brary materials in the General Library. Berkeley, Conservation Laboratory, National Gallery of Canada, University of California, 1975. 45 pp. $3.50. Ottawa KlA OMS, Canada. Price $3.00 per set.

Durst, Richard A. Standard reference materials: The American Library Association Committee on the standardization of pH measurements. Washlngton, u.S. Preservation of Library Materials held its Annual Government Printing Office, 1975. 39 pp. This report Conference Meeting .in Chicago, July 20, 1976. A pro­ is National Bureau of Standards Special Publication gram featuring Carolyn Horton, Paul Banks, and Frazer 260-53. It discusses the method used at NBS for as­ Poole was presented before the committee meeting. signment of pH values to standard buffer solutions, Anyone interested in this committee and its activi­ describes NBS measurement facilities, and summarizes ties should write to: Pamela W. Darling, Chairman, the characteristics of these standards. Types of ALA/RTSD Preservation of Library Materials Committee, electrodes used and calibration of pH instrumentation c/o Preservation Department, Columbia University Li­ are discussed briefly. Order from: Superintendent braries, New York, New York 10027. of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing­ ton, D.C. 20402. SD Catalog Number C13.10: 260-53. The Graduate Library School of the University of Chi­ Price $1.05, plus 25% postage outside U.S. cago is offering a 3-credit, 10-week course in the "Conservation of Library Materials" beginning in Sep­ tember 1976 and taught by Richard D. Smith. The Know what you see: the examination of paintings by course will consider the physical deterioration of photo-optical techniques. This booklet is the cata­ library collections and ways to prolong the life of log of an exhibition organized for the Foundation of books through institution and cooperative efforts. the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) by The nature of paper and book materials and causes of painting conservator Louis Pomerantz. The exhibition deterioration will be examined. Deacidification, air­ opened at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, on conditioning, and other alleviating treatments will May 31, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the be evaluated; guidelines for selecting the appropriate AIC, and is currently being circulated nationally by treatment for a specific problem will be offered; and the Smithsonian's travelling exhibition service, demonstrations of in-house conservation techniques SITES. X-ray, ultraviolet, micro- and macro-photog­ will be given. The class is not limited to students raphy techniques are shown in the exhibition, as are at the University of Chicago, and interested persons progressive stages of conservation treatment, effects should write to: Graduate Library School, Univer­ of varnish, and misleading overpaint. The exhibi­ sity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637. tion is designed to inform laymen about some of the technical aspects of painting conservation and to serve as a public-relations vehicle for the FAIC and for the cataloging of museum collections and possib­ POSITIONS AVAILABLE ly the tl'{1atment of paintings and related objects. Ab ilities in analytical microscopy research are es_ The California State Archives anticipates an opening pecially desirable. The positions for obJects and " in its conservation section and seeks potential can­ textiles conserva tors a ilab l at several grade h position. The wain activity of sre va e didates for t e the levels, depending on training and experienc e. Candi­ conservation progrrun is the lamination of archival dates must be graduates of a conservation training material. Applicants should have knowledge in the program or have equivalent experience. Advanc ed mu­ operation of lamdnating and photostat equipment . For seum conservation experience is desirable for higher more information write Chuck Wi lson, Archivist II, level positiOns. Duties of the Conservator, Objects California State Archives, 1020 0 Street, RoOIII 200, include the examination and treatment of decorative Sacramento, California 95814. arts, sculpture of all periods, artifacts, armor, fur­ niture , and ethnographic materials. Specialized ex­ The Boston Museum of Fine Arts seeks an Assistant perience in the treatment of European furniture is Conservator in the hint and Drawing Laboratory. Ap­ particularly desirable . The duties of the COnserva­ be graduate s of a recognized conser­ plicants should tor, Textiles include examination and treatment of vation training program or have equivalent experience textiles and the supe rvision of storage and display acquired through apprenticeship and indeperul.ent study. areas for textiles, including tapestries and some Send resumes to Roy Perkinson, Conservator , Print and costumes . Send esur:nes Chief Drawing Conservation Laboratory, !.iuseum of Fine Arts, r to James L. Greaves, Co ervator, Conservation Services laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. ns The Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue , De­ troit , Nichigan 48202. The Center for Conservation and Technical Studies of the Fogg Art Museum seeks two assistant conservators, one for the paper laboratory (beginning September 1, 1976) and one for the painting laboratory (beginning January 1, 1977 ). The Assistant Conservator is a fully-trained professional who, under the general supervision of the Associate Conservator in his(her laboratory, is expected to perform routine conserva­ tion diagnoses and treatment procedures irul.eperul.ently. Treatment is perfor!lled on works in the Fogg 's and other Harvard oollections, and through the regional center services, on objects from sister institutions. In addition, the Assistant Conservator is expected to assist the ASSOCiate COnservAtor in rec�ending ap­ propriate treatments, providing routine esticates, handling appropriate corre spondence, and preparing or processing condition reports and loan forms . A B.A, degree, formal conservation training, and at least one year of work experience are required. Direct in­ quiries to: Arthur Beale , Head COnservator, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

The National Gallery of Art seeks a Senior Paper Con­ servator who has sufficient knowl edge and experience to be responsible for the restoration and maintenance of the gal lery' s 62,000 works of art on paper . The Conservator of Paper also directs the work of two matter/framers currently on the staff; an assistant in paper conservation is an ticipated in the next fis­ FOOTNOTE cal year. For further information contact Victor C. B. Covey, Chief Conservator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 20565. Telephone : (202) 737-4215 . In 1977 Peru will begin the world's The Detroit Institute of Arts seeks persons to fill first manufacture of newsprint from three positions : Conservator, Paintings; Conservator, bagasse, a flaky material made from Objects; and Conservator, TextileS. Applicants for the crushed husks of sugar cane. The tr� paintings position should be graduates of a con_ change from wood pulp to bagasse be­ servation training program or have equivalent experi­ came econolllically viable when the an­ ence, and must also have �mpleted one year of inde_ nual cost of importing wood pulp rose pendent work. Duties include technical examination to $30 million.

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