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May 2008 Aic news Vol. 33, No. 3 American Inside Institute for Conservation From the President 2 of Historic and Letter to the Editor 3 artistic works AIC News 3

FAIC News 6

JAIC News 6

Grants and Fellowships 7

Health and Safety 7

People 7 Textile Conservation: A New World In Memoriam 7 by Mary Ballard Allied Organizations 15 It used to be you knew someone’s age by their musical preferences. Now textile conservators have a new way to estimate each other’s age: by the number of manufac- Worth Noting 17 turers you can remember, either in terms of dyes or fibers. Not one firm listed in Table 1 exists today as a dye manufacturer—they are all gone or have divested their Conference Review 18 traditional dye and fiber plants. For example, DuPont has closed its Experimental New Materials and Research 18 Station (birthplace of Nylon). Likewise, few fiber manufacturers in Table 2 are any longer in the textile field.With the transfer of textile manufacturing overseas, the tex- New Publications 19 tile chemists, technologists, and finishing staffs have largely retired or scattered.The major firms have disappeared or re-invented themselves. University departments have Specialty Groups 21 been transformed from generic textile science into materials science, medical or nano-technology, to polymer studies, even if they remain “textile science” depart- Courses, Conferences, and Seminars 26 ments. Not only are American textile conservators working with artifacts and works Positions, Internships, and Fellowships 31 of art from cultures that have disappeared, we are working in a culture where many of our resources and links have vanished during the last two decades! A treasure cache of books recently brought this to my attention. In 2007, Eliza Gilligan, book conservator for Smithsonian Libraries, was able to place a collection of 652 dye sample books from the downtown Dibner Library at our branch for post doctoral fellow Marei Hacke to peruse in conjunction with a weighted silk project. Each booklet has swatches of the “pure” colors of a particular dye on a specific fabric See you in L.A.! substrate, such as silk, jute, woolen or worsted, cotton, etc. Packing up these late 19th and early 20th century books for transfer was a pleasure—and a travelogue about the CONSERVATION 2.0 – history of dye chemistry. Not only have the names of the dye classifications changed, the suppliers are also long-gone.A title like “Baumwolle mit substantiven Farbstoffen NEW DIRECTIONS geklozt / Cotton fabrics padded with substantive coloring-matters” reminds us that Germany was the place for organic chemistry—the “Silicone Valley” of an earlier age. May 19-22, 2009 Like the terminology (“substantive” for what we call “direct” dyes today), the locale has changed too.What used to date American organic chemists was whether they had 37th Annual Meeting gotten their PhD before their university dropped the German language requirement (the mid 1970s).Thankfully the swatch books were made in English and French edi- Los Angeles, California tions as well as German. A major reorganization of dye companies occurred just after World War II.The proprietary dyestuff formulae and, most important, the propriety routes for the syn- REGISTER NOW! thesis of the dyestuff—chemical engineering—were raided by French (“FIAT”), British (“BIOS”), and American chemists and engineers.The result was a wonderful continued on page 8 AIC NEWS From the President AIC News (ISSN 1060-3247) is published I just returned from AIC’s 36th Annual bi-monthly by the American Institute for Meeting in Denver, CO, with over 900 mem- Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works, 1156 bers in attendance. Like all annual meetings, it 15th Street, NW,Ste. 320,Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 452–9545; Fax: (202) 452–9328; info@aic- was a time to catch up with old friends, take a faic.org; www.aic-faic.org course, learn about new ideas and products, Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. put a face with the name you have heard for Postmaster: Send address changes to: years, and renew one’s commitment to the AIC News profession. A great deal of credit for a success- 1156 15th Street, NW,Suite 320 ful meeting goes to the Program Committee Washington, D.C. 20005 Co-Chairs Margaret Little and Meg Craft, as AIC News is mailed to members for $18 per well as the specialty group program chairs who produced well integrated, year as a portion of annual membership dues. informative, and timely general and specialty group sessions. Meeting Opinions expressed in the AIC News are those of the contributors and not official statements of the planning and preparation on the part of the AIC staff produced a confer- AIC. Responsibility for the materials/methods ence that ran smoothly from beginning to end. Kudos to a dedicated and described herein rests solely with the contributors. hard working staff; Eryl Wentworth, Ruth Seyler, Eric Pourchot, Brett Deadline for May Editorial Submissions Rodgers, Ryan Winfield, Philip Lynch, Ken Beam, and our newest staff ([email protected]): June 1, 2008. We reserve the right to edit for brevity and clarity. member Amanda Knowles. The Annual Meeting Issues Session was devoted to a report and ADVERTISING discussion on certification led by the Certification Implementation Task AIC accepts position-available ads only from equal Force.The Task Force presented its recommended model for a certifica- opportunity employers.All position ads must conform to the standards for equal opportunity tion program, draft budget, and suggested sequence for implementation. employment.The cost of Internships and Well over 250 members attended the session and the model prompted a Fellowships, Positions Available, and Classified Ads lively question and answer period.The Task Force report and Issues is: $1.05 per word for members and $2.15 per word Session documents including PowerPoint slides, and questions and for nonmembers; the minimum charge is $75. The cost of advertising in Supplier’s Corner is $175 answers will be posted on the AIC website. Members are encouraged to for 100 words.The cost of display ads is: 1/6 page familiarize themselves with all aspects of certification, because the Board $215; 1/3 page $360; 1/2 page $445; 2/3 page plans a member vote on program implementation in September 2008. $570; full page $695. The Issues session was also a chance to learn about three other AIC Deadlines for advertising copy are: February 10, April 10, June 10, August 10, October 10, and projects; a new publication on digital documentation for conservators, a December 10. public outreach PowerPoint presentation available to all members, and All ads should be submitted to Ruth Seyler at preview of the new AIC website, which should launch late this summer. [email protected]. As President, it is with sadness that I say farewell to three retiring AIC NEWS STAFF Board members—Mary Striegel, Richard Kerschner, and Donna Strahan. Lisa Goldberg, Editor They cannot be thanked enough for their service to AIC. James Martin, Editor, New Materials & Research Simultaneously, I want to welcome three new members to the Board— Eryl P.Wentworth, Managing Editor Brett Rodgers, Production Editor Lisa Bruno, Ralph Wiegandt, and Brian Howard—knowing that they will Ruth Seyler, Membership & Meetings Director bring new ideas, a fresh perspective, and commitment to further the Amanda Knowles, Meetings Coordinator goals of AIC. Eric Pourchot, Professional Development Director These are exciting times for AIC. AIC’s membership continues to Ryan Winfield, Membership Coordinator Philip Lynch, Membership & Education Assistant grow, the organization is financially healthy, and I know that AIC has an engaged membership that is committed to AIC’s goals and who will © Copyright 2008. AIC News cannot be reproduced in its entirety without permission from AIC. Individual enthusiastically volunteer countless hours to strengthen our organization. articles may be reproduced if permission has been granted by the owner of copyright and proper citation attributed. As I think about the coming year, I hope we can accomplish a number The paper used in this publication meets the minimum of projects.These include increasing the percentage of Professional requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Associate members, launching the new website, moving the business Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives, ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992. management functions and member communications to AIC’s website for greater efficiency, voting on implementation of a certification pro- gram, and increasing the FAIC endowment to provide an additional source of revenue for AIC operations and projects.Together, we have the opportunity to strengthen our professional organization to provide the services we as members expect and deserve. —Martin Burke, President Terrapin Neck Conservation, LLC [email protected]

2 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Letter to the Editor lead the membership team and serve as Annual Meeting 2008 My thanks to Joyce Hill Stoner marketing director. for publishing her "In Memoriam" in To assist in meeting planning, Look for complete coverage of the March 2008 issue of AIC News. Amanda Knowles has been hired as It's a lovely tribute to Caroline K. Meetings Coordinator.Amanda, who has the 2008 Annual Meeting in Keck. I wanted to add a significant several years experience in meeting plan- detail: when Sheldon Keck left the ning and a BA from the College of Denver, Colorado in the July Brooklyn Museum in 1961 to become William & Mary,began work on March issue of AIC News. the Director of the Conservation 20. Our thanks to Ruth for taking on Center at New York University's these additional responsibilities, and wel- Institute of Fine Arts, the Museum come to Amanda! the many people and organizations that hired Caroline Keck to head the con- Ryan Winfield has been promoted provided photographs and permissions servation laboratory. She remained the to Membership Coordinator in recogni- for this presentation. head of conservation until 1963, when tion of his outstanding service to mem- the Kecks moved to Cooperstown. bers and his contributions to improving Website Development Update She held that position in 1962, membership activities through communi- On April 9, the website design when I (then Jean Daniels) first met cations and technology. team,TerpSys, presented three options her and became one of the enthusiastic for the visual look and feel and of the volunteers who stapled red felt in sev- Audit Committee new site. One of the options was unani- eral galleries on the Museum's fifth To meet stricter audit requirements, mously accepted by the AIC staff and floor in preparation for the “Exposition the AIC board of directors has approved a board present at the meeting. Martin of Painting Conservation” (EPC), held charge for an audit committee to provide Burke presented samples of it at the October 22-26, 1962.The EPC was additional oversight for the audit process. Issues Session and Business Meeting in my exhilarating introduction to several Board committee members are Meg Denver.TerpSys is currently under way prominent painting conservators and Craft,AIC and FAIC Vice President, and building out the site and developing the methods they used, which were Cathy Hawks, Director of Committees new interactive features that will make demonstrated live during this event. and Task Forces.The third member of the the site more user-friendly than ever Mrs. Keck referred to the exposition as committee,Thomas Berger, is a consult- before. a "museum trade fair." Probably, it was ant in strategic and financial planning, the first conservation trade fair in the investment planning, and organizational Digital Documentation Task USA and was published in Museum development. Previously,he served in a Force Update News,Vol. 41, No. 5 (January 1965). variety of senior financial positions at The work of the task force is now Long after the EPC closed, the red- such prestigious institutions as the Henry finished, with the recent publication of covered "Exposition of Painting Ford Museum & Greenfield Village; The AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation" folio remained a useful National Gallery of Art; Museum of Conservation Documentation, authored by source of practical information. Science, Boston; and Museum of Science Franziska Frey, Dawn Heller, Dan —Jean D. Portell and Industry,Chicago.Tom brings a Kushel,Timothy Vitale, Jeffrey Warda and Brooklyn, NY wealth of experience to us and we greatly Gawain Weaver.This guide was formally appreciate his service on our behalf.We reviewed by 10 corresponding members AIC News thank all three members of the commit- of the task force, which included tee for their work with the auditor, Hannah Frost, Louis Meluso, Jane Staff Transitions board, and staff through the successful Merritt,Virginia Naudé,Alan Newman, Meetings & Design Director Sheila completion of the 2007 audit. Steve Puglia,Yosi R-Pozeilov,Angela Paige left AIC on March 4, 2008 to pur- Spinazze, Laura Wahl, and Don Williams. sue other interests. Over the past four Public Outreach Presentation Additional reviewers for smaller sections years, Sheila brought AIC’s meeting plan- Over the past year, Jae Gutierrez of the document include Mike Collett, ning into the electronic age. She institut- chaired the public lecture task force with Julia Day, John Delaney, Ken Fleisher, ed regular communications between the members Julie Heath and Yadin James Hamm, Joe Labarca, John Lentini, general session and specialty group session Larochette.Working with board liaison Robin Myers, Gregory Smith, John planners and created forms and schedules Paul Messier and the AIC publications Vitagliano, and Elizabeth Walmsley.The to aid the process. Sheila’s contract nego- manager (Sloan Carroll followed by authors met on two occasions during tiation skills served AIC well, as did her Brett Rodgers), they have completed a 2007, generously hosted by the George knowledge of the hotel industry.We wish PowerPoint presentation for its first Eastman House and the Conservation Sheila well in her future endeavors. showing at the AIC annual meeting. Department of the Solomon R. Ruth Seyler has now been pro- AIC members will have use of this pres- Guggenheim Museum.Additional finan- moted to Membership & Meetings entation to introduce conservation to cial support for meeting expenses was Director, having already been responsible the general public and will be able to contributed by the Art Conservation for registration and the exhibit hall over adapt it to include additional examples Department of the University of the past two years. Ruth will continue to specific to their specialty area.We thank Delaware.Thank you to all who con-

3 AIC NEWS, May 2008 tributed to this important document. AIC members are serving as advi- Two documents prepared by the The new guide is available for $20 ($30 sors during the development of this AIC Publications Committee, for non AIC members). Download the report and providing expert recommen- "Best Practices for Print publications catalogue and ordering dations. form at http://aic.stanford.edu/ Publications, AIC Specialty Group library/print/index.html. Moving from Print to CD: The Serials" and "Best Practices for In addition, the task force has rec- OSG Postprints Off-line Electronic Publication, ommended that the AIC board of direc- OSG published its first Postprints AIC Specialty Group Annuals & tors accept important changes to the after the 1991 AIC annual meeting, as Postprints" are available on the documentation sections of the a compilation of papers given at its AIC website at Commentaries to the Guidelines for Practice specialty group session. Postprints were of the AIC.These changes allow for stor- first published in their current format aic.stanford.edu/committee/ age of electronic conservation docu- in 1994, and a volume has been pub- committees_taskforces/publication. mentation records provided certain lished each year with the exception of The current versions were long-term storage criteria are met. 1998. Ginny Greene became senior approved in 2005. Conservators who cannot meet the stor- editor in 1995, and (assisted by Pat age criteria outlined in the Commentaries Griffin and Chris DelRe) continued in The current version of should continue to create and maintain that role until June 2008. “Guidelines for Authors” is posted hard copies of conservation documenta- Prior to 2002, the volumes were on the OSG website: tion. prepared as camera-ready hard copy, aic.stanford.edu/sg/osg/ Although this task force was and all images were submitted to the pub.html#postprints charged by the AIC board of directors, it printer as black/white prints or line was developed and supported by the drawings. By 2003, the cost of print Electronic Media Group (EMG) to publication for the OSG Postprints did not want to abandon their serve the AIC membership as part of publication had grown to the point commitment to a permanent EMG’s mission to provide conservators where it was a serious financial drain publication, and were afraid that with knowledge on the use of new on OSG.Additionally, the budget for future Postprints would only be media and emerging technologies. Please this publication was tricky to calculate available for a limited period of remember to join EMG to support every year because the printer could time. Many members were very these types of projects in the future. only provide an accurate estimate once positive about online availability of —Jeffrey Warda,Task Force Chair the number of pages, and the number JAIC, but pointed out that this was of pages with images, was known. an addition to the printed version, Tomb of the Unknowns In February of 2003, Pat Griffin not a substitute. Thanks to the advocacy of AIC (then OSG chair) talked to Paul • Hard copy - The possibility of and a number of other preservation Messier (then Chair of the AIC printing a hard copy was organizations, President Bush signed into Publications Committee) about the considered very important, and was law on January 29 an amendment to the possibilities of turning the OSG related to the question of Defense Authorization Bill. It requires Postprints into an electronic publica- permanency. that within 180 days a report is to be tion. OSG officers had discussed a • Access - OSG members completed that will: switch from hard copy to electronic automatically receive the Postprints, • Describe the Army and Department publication in previous years, as web but copies are available to any of Veterans Affairs’ current plan to publication had become common in member of AIC and to any non- replace and dispose of the 1932 many scientific fields.The benefits of member who is aware of their Tomb Monument. such a change included the potential existence and wants to purchase a • Assess the feasibility and advisability for color images and the fact that AIC copy.The question was raised of repairing the Tomb of the would no longer have to store bulky whether access to a web-based Unknowns. hard copies. In addition, the AIC version would be for OSG • Describe the current efforts (if any) Publications Committee was concur- members only,AIC members only, to maintain and preserve the Tomb rently investigating and establishing or unlimited.This in turn brought Monument. policies related to electronic publica- up many questions of possible • Explain why no attempt has been tion of Specialty Group publications, misuse of information, a problem made since 1989 to repair the Tomb and offered to help OSG make the that arises whenever web Monument. change. publication is discussed. • Provide a comprehensive Pat Griffin prepared a proposal for A decision was made to prepare comparison for the cost of replacing presentation to OSG members at the the 2003 Postprints using the old tech- versus the cost of repairing the Tomb 2003 annual meeting. During the dis- nology, while simultaneously preparing Monument. cussion, members raised several issues: a trial electronic volume, which would • Assess the structural integrity of the • Permanency - OSG members incorporate papers presented at meet- Tomb Monument. strongly supported the Postprints, ings that had never been submitted to

4 AIC NEWS, May 2008 the Postprints. Planned as a completely TSG Postprints Also on CD; Soon Digital electronic publication, this volume would initially be available via a mem- The Textiles Specialty Group also carried out discussions and consultations over bers-only link on the OSG website, several years.TSG Postprints have been ably shepherded into publication since 1991 and could be printed if desired. by a succession of editors. Since 1997 all TSG Postprints have had abstracts translat- As Pat Griffin and Ginny Greene ed into Spanish for our Central and South American colleagues.This year marks began to investigate how to produce the first one that TSG Postprints have been distributed as a CD.The editorial com- this volume, they found that permis- mittee was aided in this accomplishment in two ways: the solutions discovered by sion for web publication of images was the OSG and the experience of the publisher. Before putting the move to a CD not easy to procure from institutions. format to a vote from membership, the editors researched CD manufacturing and Museums did not want to make high- resolution (printable) images electroni- permanency. Collaboration with Omnipress allowed the TSG to continue to use cally available, because they would lose Quarkpress in order to keep the overall look of the Postprints intact.They also pro- control over subsequent use.This vided many attractive features for the final product, for example, a “Google-like” resulted in abandonment of the idea of word search. web publication. The Textiles Specialty Group has supported the upgrading of the AIC website in Discussion then began about the part because the TSG membership voted to make TSG Postprints available on-line possibility of publishing the volume on a CD. Publication in this format would two years after they have been published, though it is understood that web copy- allow printable files, and the copyright right issues continue to be a challenge that will need to be addressed with each issues are very similar to that of printed author.We look forward to having TSG Postprints even more accessible in the near books.Additionally, the files on the future! Thanks for these 17 volumes are in large measure to the good work of past CD could be created in PDF format, and current TSG editors.Thanks are also due to Howard Sutcliffe and Amanda allowing eventual posting on the web Holden.The move to CD format was discussed by many editors, but the final should image copyright issues ever be product was overseen mainly by Joel Thompson. resolved. —Mary Ballard and Beth Szuhay In April 2004 the AIC Publications committee met to develop to avoid both the cost and the learning version of the Word files to PDF for- the Best Practices document for CD curve associated with new software. mat produced a number of interesting publishing, using the edited documents During 2005 and 2006, the edi- problems, some of which were clearly slated for the OSG volume to create a tors were concerned with technical related to inexperience and others to prototype.A new version of the OSG details such as disk labeling and pack- bugs in the editor’s copy of Acrobat. Guidelines for Authors resulted, incor- aging, and searching for possible CD The first volume took nearly a week porating the requirements for electron- duplicators that might meet our to convert.The next one took three ic submission of images. requirements.The publications com- days, and the third one less than a day. Software choice for this project mittee was simultaneously working on During this process, the editor discov- had two aspects: document editing and a draft document about Best Practices ered that there is a great deal of hidden formatting (content creation) and con- for Specialty Group Publications on formatting in Word that does not pres- tent delivery. It quickly became evident CD, which Paul Messier shared with ent a problem in editing, but will that the delivery system (the files writ- the OSG Postprints editors.This draft interfere in the conversion to PDF if ten to the CD) should be in Adobe specified the recommended type of not removed. PDF format.This is widely used, and disk (gold), the recommended disk Each paper in each volume was would facilitate later web posting if labeling method (thermal printing, bookmarked, along with the Table of copyright issues were resolved. In addi- with inkjet as a possible alternative), Contents and Forward, but individual tion, files can be opened via Adobe the best packaging (deep jewel box), images within each paper were not Acrobat Reader, which can be down- and guidelines for the design and con- (these may be added later).After dis- loaded from the web without charge. tent of the jewel box insert.As a result, cussion with Paul Messier, the decision The choices for editing and for- it became clear that the option of was made to include only the three matting software were narrowed to desktop publishing by OSG (which volumes on the first disk, each format- either MS Word or Quark. Quark, the had briefly been considered) was no ted as a separate PDF,but not as indi- industry standard for books, was used longer feasible because the adhesive vidual papers. by the AIC office publications manager labels available for desktop production By August of 2007 when all three and the TSG for preparation of their are not permanent. volumes were ready, along with a Postprints. In spite of the attractive lay- Time passed, discussion between ReadMeFirst file that explained how to out that can be obtained with Quark, members of the publications commit- open the files, Sloan Carroll worked on the OSG membership had never com- tee and the AIC publications manager the layout for the box insert, selected a plained about the appearance of the continued, and editing was completed duplicator, and had the PDF files Postprints, and a decision was made to on the papers from the 2004, 2005 and proofread by three people. Sloan’s use MS Word for preparation in order 2006 volumes. Initial attempts at con- departure resulted in another delay

5 AIC NEWS, May 2008 until Brett Rodgers picked up the FAIC News lication in one or more formats, the project in January of 2008, and contin- author needs to obtain permissions for ued the work involved in duplication FAIC Awarded Grant for Wiki all of the proposed formats. and mailing, resulting in the first OSG A general permission form for Postprints volumes on CD. Project authors is available from the AIC and OSG’s journey towards electronic NCPTT awarded FAIC $23,000 must be submitted with all papers that publishing provided a real-life test of to convert AIC Specialty Group include illustrations of works of art or the Best Practices for CD Publication. Catalogs to a wiki, an online collabora- artifacts. It is the responsibility of the The best labeling method, for example tive knowledge base.This wiki will author, however, to obtain specific (thermal printing) turned out to be greatly accelerate the rate of data entry required permissions from museums or incompatible with the best disk (gold). and revision of these texts, while making other institutions or private individu- After consultation with Paul Messier, the information more readily available to als, and to submit the appropriate per- OSG decided on silver disk and ther- the conservation community.The proj- mission forms with his/her paper. mal printing, and the final version of ect team—Paul Messier, Eric Pourchot, Since the required permissions may the guidelines will be amended to Luisa Casella, James Cocks, and Brett vary widely from one institution or reflect this change. It was decided to Rodgers—will begin work in June. private owner to another, authors must mail the disks in full-depth jewel determine what is required as they boxes, the best packaging, and with JAIC News prepare their papers. monitoring whether the breakage rate Types of publication formats was excessively high.The necessity for 1. Hard copy. eventual migration of the data, either Image Copyrights Examples: JAIC, Specialty Group to hard copy or other electronic for- The question often arises about postprints, other Specialty Group pub- mat, is mentioned in the ReadMeFirst whether a copyright article can have lications. file, and is a fact of electronic life that embedded material that holds an indi- Comments:These publications are is now accepted. vidual copyright.The answer is YES! usually originally printed and distrib- The editors and AIC have done Images that are considered art, uted as hard copies, however there is their best to make the publication con- such as unique photographs or draw- an ever-increasing likelihood that they form to the AIC Best Practices guide- ings, can themselves be copyright. For will be made available in an online lines for CD publishing, and to satisfy such copyright material, permission format at a subsequent time, so per- the requirements of the OSG member- must be obtained prior to its publica- mission for both print and online use ship: permanence through migration of tion or distribution. For a more com- of images is required. data, the ability to print hard copies, plete description, please refer to the 2. Off-line publications (CD- the use of color images and reduced following document on ‘Guidelines for ROM or DVD). costs for publication. So far, the mem- Image Permissions’, prepared by the Examples: Some Specialty Group bers seem to approve. AIC Publications Committee and is postprints. —Virginia Greene available on line at: http://aic.stan- Comments:The papers on a CD Acknowledgements: I would like to offer my ford.edu/committee/committees_task- may be in different formats, as may the thanks to my Postprint co-editors, Pat forces/publication/guidelines_imagepe images included in the papers. Since Griffin and Chris DelRe; Paul Messier, rmissions.pdf. the images are digital, they may be former Chair of the AIC Publications Some pertinent parts have been placed on the CD at various resolu- Committee, Sloan Carroll, former AIC reprinted here: tions. Some institutions may stipulate Publications Manager, and Brett Rodgers, “Papers submitted for publication that an image may only be placed in a current Publications Manager; the AIC in the Journal of the American Institute CD publication at a certain resolution. Publications Committee; all the members of for Conservation, Specialty Group publi- 3. On-line publication. OSG who offered useful advice on software, cations, or other AIC publications Examples: JAIC is available with a including Craig Deller, John Griswold, often include images of works of art, three-year ‘moving wall’ through the Arlen Heginbotham, James Martin, Jean artifacts, or monuments. For certain on-line journal subscription service, Portell and Joanna Rountree; all the OSG images, no specific permission is likely JSTOR, and on the AIC website.The chairs since 2003 and the OSG to be required for their inclusion in a ‘moving wall’ means that JSTOR/AIC membership for endless patience during the publication. In other cases, however, will only make available issues up to years it took to complete this project; and to written permission may be required three years before the present. Because Jim Mathieu of the Publications before an image can be published. If all current JAIC papers will be pub- Department at the Penn Museum, such written permission is required, lished both in hard-copy and made Philadelphia, for technical advice on CD the permission usually must specify available after a period of time in on- publishing. the publication in which the image(s) line formats, authors must obtain per- will be included and the publication missions for image publication in both format(s). Many AIC publications are types of formats. A growing number of now issued in more than one format. Specialty Group publications are also In order for the images in a proposed available on the AIC web site. paper to be included in any AIC pub-

6 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Comments: On-line publications Joanne Klaar Walker. Rachael is an apprenticeship in the conservation of older journals usually consist of files objects conservator in private prac- laboratory at the Fogg under created by scanning of printed jour- tice in New York. Joanne is the Marjorie B. Cohn, specializing in the nals, such as those issues of JAIC on William R. Leisher Fellow in conservation of works of art on JSTOR. Some current on-line publi- Modern and Contemporary Painting paper. She later collaborated with cations (such as some journals) are cre- Conservation at the Nation Gallery Ms. Cohn on scholarly projects. In ated directly from digital text and in Washington, DC.They replace 1978, Craigen moved to the image files. As with off-line publica- Mary Ballard and Patricia Silence, Williamstown Regional tions, resolutions of images in on-line who have served on the Committee Conservation Laboratory at the publications can be quite variable, and since 2000. Sterling and Francine Clark Art there may be restrictions on permissi- Health and Safety Committee Institute in Williamstown, MA, where ble resolution for images of works of Members serve up to two 4 year she founded the paper conservation art from museum collections.” terms.The student member serves laboratory. In 1980, she returned to —Michele Derrick, JAIC Editor-in-Chief for a single 2 year term.The com- the Fogg.That same year, she married mittee always includes one Health Mark S. Bowen, whose family owns a Professional. home on the same lake in Maine as Grants and Fellowships hers. Craigen was the recipient of an Indo-U.S. Sub-commission grant to Foundation Grants for People travel to Kota, India, in 1987, and Preservation in Libraries, Sheila Payaqui has joined the made several subsequent trips there Archives, and Museums Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to treat and study the royal collec- Foundation Grants for (VMFA) as Assistant Objects tions of H.H. Maharao Brijraj Singh Preservation in Libraries, Archives, Conservator. Prior to VMFA, Sheila in the Rao Madho Singh Trust and Museums is a collaborative proj- was an objects conservator for the Museum. In 1994, the Derek Bok ect of the Library of Congress and National Park Service (NPS), Center for Teaching and Learning at the Foundation Center.This publica- Harpers Ferry Center. She interned Harvard awarded her the Certificate tion lists 1,725 grants of $5,000 or at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, of Distinction in Teaching.This more awarded by 474 foundations, Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, month, she was awarded the presti- from 2003 through 2007. It covers Australia and Centro Nacional de gious Sheldon and Caroline Keck grants to public, academic, research, Conservación y Restauración in Award by the American Institute for school, and special libraries, and to Santiago, Chile. She also worked at Conservation, which recognizes a archives and museums for activities the National Gallery of Art in sustained record of excellence in the related to conservation and preserva- Washington, DC. education and training of conserva- tion.This PDF document can be tion professionals. At the time of her accessed electronically on In Memoriam death, in addition to her role as www.loc.gov Deputy Director of the laboratory, Craigen held an endowed position as Scholarship Announcement Craigen Weston Bowen Philip and Lynn Straus Conservator Conservation By Design Limited (1953-2008) of Works of Art on Paper at the is pleased to announce that applications Craigen Weston Bowen, Deputy Straus Center for Conservation and are now available for the Nicholas Director of the Straus Center for Technical Studies.The Craigen W. Hadgraft Scholarship to the Conservation at Harvard University’s Bowen Fellowship was established in Montefiascone Book Conservation Fogg Art Museum and an accom- her honor in 2007, to fund the fur- Summer School plished rock climber and gardener, ther training of young conservation died at her home in Lexington, MA, and curatorial professionals who spe- on March 1st, sixteen months after cialize in works on paper. Please see the AIC web- being diagnosed with cancer. She was Craigen was a well-known and site for grant opportuni- 54. avid rock climber and mountaineer. She was born Ruth Craigen During her Harvard apprenticeship, ties and deadlines.Visit Weston on November 10, 1953, the she took the spring rock climbing http://aic.stanford.edu/ daughter of Frederick W.Weston Jr. program offered by the Appalachian faic and the late Ruth L.Weston, and Mountain Club, cutting her teeth at spent her childhood in West Long small crags around Boston, such as Branch, NJ, and Rome, ME. At the Quincy Quarries, Rattlesnake Smith College, she double-majored Rocks, and Crow Hill. She became Health and Safety in Art and Astronomy, with a minor known for her fierce determination The AIC Health and Safety in Physics, and developed into a tal- and masterful technique, especially Committee welcomes two new ented lithographer. After graduating with her feet. At that time women members, Rachael Arenstein and in 1975, she began a three-year usually played a secondary role to continued on page 12

7 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Continued from page 1 Table 1: Early Manufacturers of Synthetic Dyes (Smithsonian Institution trichromatic parity vouchsafed by the Dibner Library holdings) manufacturer, the shades were stable American Cellulose and Chemical Mfg. Co. (New York) and consistent across the entire North American Cyanamid Company (Bound Brook, NJ) American market. Compensation for Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik (Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Neuville sur Saône) loss is a slow process, but textile con- Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. (Elberfeld; Leverkusen; Flers par Croix) servators were efficient at custom-dye- Blanchisserie et Teinturerie de Cambrai (Cambrai) ing silk and special threads.There was a British Dyes Ltd. (Huddersfield) cross-over when the technology of the British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd. (Manchester) tristimulus colorimeter confirmed Leopold Cassella & Co. / Cassella Color Company (Frankfurt am Main; New York) what we knew by eyesight: a dull hue Chemische Fabriken Wiesbaden-Biebrich could not match a brilliant one and a CIBA B Gesellschaft für Chemische Industrie in Basel / Société pour l=Industrie brilliant chroma was difficult place to Chimique à Bâle (Basel) start for a beige. Compagnie Nationale de Matières Colorantes et de Produits Chimiques (St.-Clair-du- With the demise of protective Rhone) tariffs and new global trade agree- Compagnie Nationale de Matières Colorantes & Manufactures de Produits Chimiques ments, much of the large scale flat tex- du Nord Réunies Etablissements Kuhlmann (Paris) tile manufacture has moved overseas. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc., Organic Chemicals Department, Dyestuffs Other parts of the industry have diver- Division (Wilmington, DE) sified, been sold, changed industries: Durand & Huguenin S.A. (Basel; Huningue) Pfister, Martin Marietta, and Sherwin Anilinfarben- & Extract-Fabriken vorm. Joh. Rud. Geigy (Basel; Greznach) Williams are no longer involved with General Dyestuff Corporation (New York) dyes and fibers! The link between dye L. B. Holliday & Co., Ltd. (Huddersfield; Bruxelles) chemistry and pharmaceutical chem- I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft (Frankfurt am Main; Höchst am Main; istry has been split, as has the field of Leverkusen ; Ludwigshafen am Rhein) large yardage textiles manufacturers Imperial Chemical Industries Limited B ICI (Manchester) from high performance and defense Japan Dyestuff Exporters= Association (Tokyo) contracting, fiber modification, and Kalle & Co.Aktiengesellschaft,Anilin-Farben-Fabrik (Biebrich am Rhein) biological modification. Kuhlmann The new fiber manufacturers Manufacture Lyonnaise de Matières ColorantesBConcessionaire des Brevets de Leopold (Table 3) have developed a range of Cassella & Co. (Lyon) new polymeric materials. For example, Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning; later Farbewerke Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft PBI is a polybenzimidazole fiber,a (Hoechst am Main) long chained aromatic polymer with Farbwerk Mühlheim vorm.A. Leonhardt & Co. (Mühlheim am Main) imidazole group also on the backbone. National Aniline & Chemical Co., Inc. (New York) It has no melting point and does not National Silk Dyeing Company (Paterson;Allentown; Dundee Lake;Williamsport) ignite; it has abrasion and mildew Manufacture Néerlandaise de Matières Colorantes & Produits Chimiques (Delft) resistance and it can be dyed. PEN or Organic Chemical Corporation (Providence) polyethylene naphthalate is a high per- Société Anonyme des Matières Colorantes & Produits Chimiques de Saint-Denis formance polyester with a modulus Sandoz Chemical Works (Basel) five times that of nylon, twice that of Société Anonyme pour la fabrication de la Soie de Chardonnet (Besançon) high modulus rayon, and two and a Standard Silk Dyeing Company (Patterson, N.J.) half times that of polyester.With low Wacker & Scmitt Farbenfabrik (Mühlhausen / Mulhouse) elongation and low shrinkage, its Chemische Fabriken vorm. Weiler-ter Meer (Uerdingen;Tourcoing) dimensional stability lends itself to high Wells & Richardson Co. (Burlington,VT) performance (i.e. racing) sailcloth. “Microfiber” refers to a denier of less new edition of the Colour Index (C.I.). properties relevant to your work. If than 1, often polyester, so finely All in English, thousands of dyes are you knew the brand name of a extruded that their highly packed yarns listed by their chemical structure (CI dyestuff, you could find out the basic may be woven with interstices small Constitution Number) and their appli- working properties before you sent in enough for wind resistance.With cation method (CI Acid Red 26, for a purchase order. hydrophobicity, the ‘non-wetting’ high example) with their working properties From the manufacturer, you could surface tension makes water form listed: light fastness, crock fastness, fast- get advice on auxiliaries, color charts beads and run off, though moisture ness to acids, alkalis, etc.The third edi- with 1/2, 1/4, 1% or 2% depth of from the body can wick off. tion included the American Blue Wool shade for various fibers and the partic- Consequently microfiber raincoats are Standards and the British (ISO) ones. ular effect on lightfastness. Some con- lighter, warmer, and cooler than con- By the late 1960s it was possible to servation colleagues even spent a few ventionally woven fabrics. Synthetics find the dye you wanted, a manufac- days being trained in the test laborato- account for 94% of worldwide produc- turer/distributor, and all the working ry of one manufacturer, gratis! With tion for a reason!

8 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Table 2: Some Well known Manufacturers & Synthetic Fibers in the 1970’s Manufacturer Some Fiber Trademarks Generic Name (Fiber Class) Allied Chemical Corp. Bodyfree; Source Nylon; Nylon + polyester American Cyanamid Co. Creslan; Dy-lok Acrylic; Rayon American Enka Co. Enkalure Nylon Beaunit Corporation Narco Rayon Celanese Corporation Arnel; Celanese; Fortrel, Fortrel 7 Triacetate; Acetate; Polyesters Cortaulds NA Inc. Coloray,Fibro, Shareen Rayons Dow Badische Co. Vivana; Lurex Nylon; Metallic E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc. Antron, Nomex, Qiana; Lycra; Teflon Nylons; Spandex; Fluorocarbon Eastman Kodak Co. Estron; Kodel Acetate; Polyester FMC Corporation Avril; Rayflex high wet modulus Rayon; Rayon Hercules Inc. Herculon Olefin Hystron Fibers Inc. Trevira Polyester Monsanto Company Acrilan, SEF; Astroturf Acrylic + modacrylic + nylon +polyester; Nylon Philips Fibers Corp. Marvess; Phillips 66 Nylon Olefin; Nylon Rohm and Haas Co. Ayrlyn, X-Static Nylon From Guide to Man-made Fibers, Man-made Fiber Producers Assoc. Inc. 1971

Table 3:Tradenames, Fiber Type, and Manufacturer of Some Current Synthetic Fibers Some Current Trade Names Generic Fiber Type Current Manufacturer; URL Allesandra Melamine Basofil Fibers, LLC; www.basofil.com/ Antron Nylon 6.6 INVISTA; www.invista.com/index.html Biobarrier Olefin Reemay,Inc.; www.reemay.com/ Celanesea Acetate Celanese Acetate; www.celaneseacetate.com/home_public.html Dacron Polyester DAK Americas, LLC; www.dakfibers.com/ Duraspun Acrylic Solutia Inc.; www.solutia.com/pages/corporate/ Duron Olefin Drake Extrusion; www.drakeextrusionuk.com/ Enka Nylon 6.6 Polyamide Industrial Fibers, Inc.; www.polyamidehp.com/ content_polyamide/frame_english.php Fortrel Polyester Wellman,Inc.; www.wellmaninc.com/Fibers/F_Home.asp Herculon Olefin FiberVisions Inc.; www.fibervisions.dk/ Kevlar Aramid DuPont Performance Materials www2.dupont.com/DuPont_Home/en_US/index.html Lycra Spandex INVISTA; www.invista.com/index.html Marquesa Olefin American Fibers and Yarns Co.; www.afyarns.com/ Nomex Aramid DuPont Performance Materials; www2.dupont.com/DuPont_Home/en_US/index.html Pentex PEN* Honeywell International; www51.honeywell.com/sm/afc/index.html PBI PBI** Celanese Acetate; www.celaneseacetate.com/home_public.html Reemay Polyester Reemay,Inc.; www.reemay.com/ SEF Modacrylic Solutia Inc.; www.solutia.com/pages/corporate/ Stainmaster Nylon 6.6 INVISTA; www.invista.com/index.html Teflon Fluorocarbon Toray Fluorofibers (America) Inc.; www.torayfluorofibers.com/ Tencel Lyocel Tencel,Inc.; www.tencel.com/en/index.jsp Tyvek Olefin DuPont Performance Materials; www2.dupont.com/DuPont_Home/en_US/index.html *Polyethylene Naphthalate **Poly(benzimidazole)

As we track the pieces of the for- suggested, without checking that one you have researched and, though it’s mer dye companies (Table 4) there is of the dyes was sensitive to peroxide chaotic and crazy for North American the challenge of re-connecting the dis- and ozone—right there in volume 1 of textile conservators to track back to parate parts of the once more unified the Colour Index! The new reconstitut- solid answers, it’s also a very exciting whole. Sometimes the results are ed dye companies still provide C.I. time. Effluent restrictions have cur- depressing: a Los Angeles designer and numbers for their dyes; the same dyes tailed some specialty lines and caused craftsman’s weaving faded off hue in exist with new trade names and dis- others to metamorphose: reactive digi- four months.Why? Because she used tributors (Table 4). tal printing can produce a 100% match the trichromatic system her distributor You are only as reliable as what for a vat dyeing (indistinguishable

9 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Table 4: Current Dye Manufacturers Manufacturer & URL Types of Dyestuff & Primary Business use Tradenames (previous) Brown Fine Product Company,Providence, RI Acid - Protein & nylon Brown Nylamin, Brown Acid www.brownfine.com Basic (cationic) - acrylic, cellulosic Browncryl Direct (substantive) - cellulosic Browndirect Disperse - acetates, polyester Browncel, Browncron Clariant Corporation, Charlotte, NC Acid & Neutral (Premetallized) - Protein & nylon Lanasan, Lanasyn, Nylosan, Sandolan www.textiles.clariant.com Basic (cationic) - acrylic, cellulosic Cartasol, Cartazine Direct (substantive) - cellulosic Carta, Cartasol, Lumicrease, Pyrazol Disperse - acetates, polyester Foron, Sodyecron Fiber reactive - cellulosic Drimarene Leather Derma, Sandoderm Sulfur - cellulosic Derma, Sandozol, Sodyesul Vat - cellulosic Sodyevat DyStar, Frankfurt, Germany Fiber reactive-cellulosic Procion, Remazol www.dystar.com Huntsman Textile Effects,Basel, Switzerland 1:2 metal complex-protein & nylon Lanacron (Irgalan) www.huntsman.com/textile_effects/ Acid - protein & nylon Lanaset Fiber reactive - cellulosic Novacron (Cibacron) Direct (“Substantive”) - celllulosic Solophenyl Disperse - acetate, triacetate, polyester Terasil Leadertech Colors Inc., Kearny,NJ Acid Leadacid www.leadertechcolors.com/ Basic Leadacryl Direct Leadirect Disperse Leaddisperse Solvent - for wood, plastic etc Leadasolve Organic Dyestuffs Corp., East Providence, RI Acid & 1:2 premetallized/neutral acid www.organicdye.com/ for protein & nylon Orco Acid, Orcolan, Orcolyosol Acid dyes-wool nylon (swimwear) Orco lanamide Basic Orcozine Direct Orcolitefast, Orcomine Disperse Orcoilacron, Orcocil Fiber reactive Orco reactive, Orcosol Fiber reactive with 2:1 premetallized acid Orcosol Solvent Orcosolve Sulfur Orcosol, Orcofide Vat Orcovat Standard Dyes Inc., High Point, NC Acid Permalon www.standarddyes.com/ Basic Permacryl, Kayacryl Direct Permalite Disperse Permasil Fiber reactive Kayacelon Mordant Permadan Solvent Permalex Sulfur Permafor Vat Permavat Sunbelt Corp., Rock Hill, SC Disperse Navilene www.sunbeltcolors.com/home.htm Pigment Naviprint Vat Navinon United Color Manufacturing Acid Unijet www.unitedcolor.com Oil Unisol Spirit Soluble Uniflow References: AATCC, www.aatcc.org, see Buyers Guide ETAD, www.etad.com/members/etadmembers.php, see Membership

10 AIC NEWS, May 2008 without dye analysis), medical and lates.Ask about LOI (Limiting Oxygen professorial mentors are gone. Hold on ‘comfort’ sport fabrics are already pro- Index) for upholstery battings so that to your hats, your colleagues, and AIC! viding some interesting conservation they can comply with CPSC’s CFR —Mary W.Ballard, [email protected] innovations. New dry-cleaning tech- 1633 and the California fire safety Acknowledgements: Sean Habgood, Gil nologies are developing.What has hap- standards.Ask about the C.I. numbers Taylor, the American Fiber Manufacturers pened to dyestuffs and fibers has also of the dyes in the digital fabric prints. Association (and the The Fiber Surface occurred with surfactants and finishes. Textile Conservation is not just Group), and the American Association of Don’t ask us about Scotchgard. It is so your grandmother’s field of cross- Textile Chemists and Colorists. over.Ask about UV-excimer laser stitching any more. It is hard to find effects, copper vapor laser surface mod- information about past textile science ification, and especially, end-grafted on the internet and it’s too early to polymer layer effects.A macromolecu- find future, proprietary “research and lar anchoring layer involves highly development” in the main stream. reactive polymer containing epoxy Textile conservators have more need to groups (PGMA) which can react with attend meetings, follow sessions, stay in carboxy, anhydride, amino, or hydroxyl touch with colleagues and universities, groups. On the PGMA base, any num- and be more active in textile organiza- ber of finishes can be grafted to the tions than ever before.There is no safe- surface from a melt: PEG, polystyrene, ty net below the high wire act any- poly(vinyl pyridine), poly (meth) acry- more: the days of reliable old firms and

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11 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Continued from page 7 men in the ascent of difficult climbs, Box 250, Belgrade Lakes, ME 04918; University. She received the and there were few all-women teams. Harvard University Art Museums, 32 Banks/Harris award from the She was among a handful of women Quincy St., Cambridge, MA; or the American Library Association for who broke that mold. In Yankee Rock Landscape Committee, PTSA, “significant contributions to the and Ice by Laura and Guy Waterman, Lexington High School, 251 Waltham library and archives preservation the definitive history of climbing in St., Lexington, MA 02421. field” in 2002.The Ellen McCrady the northeast, she and her dear friend —The Straus Center for Conservation, Archive has been established at the Beverly Boynton are cited for climb- Harvard University. Reprinted from the Center for American History, ing difficult routes “with authority Conservation DistList, March 6, 2008 University of Texas at Austin. and style.” (These words might Ellen had an adventurous spirit. describe Craigen’s approach to all her Huntington T. Block In 1951, she recruited companions to endeavors.) Over the course of nearly Huntington T. Block, 83, help construct a raft from oil drums 30 years, she climbed extensively in founder of an insurance agency that and scrap lumber, and they floated North America and Mexico with a wrote policies for museums and art down rivers from Pittsburg to New core group of friends and made last- collectors for six decades, died of Orleans. Her professional life was ing connections with many others. cancer on February 25 at Capital devoted to book and paper conserva- She enjoyed all aspects of the sport: Hospice in Arlington County. tion; she operated the Academy Book the climbing, the relaxed days Mr. Block established his epony- Bindery in Dexter Ann Arbor. But between, sitting in the sun, cooking mous firm in 1961, and it became a she is most well known for her abili- great meals, sharing “war stories” leading insurer of art throughout the ties to take risks by opening discus- with friends, and even the dark country. He attended Virginia sion about research and topics of nights huddled in the rain on cold Military Institute before joining the crucial concern to everyone in the mountaintops or spectacularly high Army during World War II. He conservation field. cliffs. served in the field artillery in Europe Ellen McCrady’s reporting and Among her many interests and and participated in the battle for publication on library preservation talents, Craigen was an imaginative Bastogne. After the war ended, Mr. spanned thirty years.The three jour- cook, expert skier and waterskier, Block returned to the United States nals that she founded pioneered the prolific knitter, and implacable and graduated from Princeton disciplines that each addressed. She organizer and taskmaster. She took University. shaped the professions of library great pleasure in gardening, reading, He worked for an insurance preservation, (Abbey Newsletter, 1975- and, later in life, learning to play the company for several years before 2004) alkaline paper production and piano. Her children, nieces, and starting his firm. He focused on its archival applications (Alkaline nephews fondly remember many insurance for professional associa- Paper Advocate, 1988-1998) and mold summers in Maine under her tute- tions, nonprofit groups, corporate abatement (Mold Reporter, 2001- lage, hauling brush, moving rocks and private art collections, commer- 2004). Her other publications include (some more than once), having the cial art galleries, fine art and antique highly influential editorial reports, climbers up for weekends, laughing, dealers, auction houses, museums and technical articles and authoritative and playing cards. large international art exhibitions. reference works such as North Craigen is survived by her chil- His wife of 54 years, Amie American Permanent Papers (1994- dren, Andrew and Anna Bowen, of Willard Block, died in 2006. 1998). Regardless of the library Lexington and Arlington; her partner, Survivors include four children, preservation question it was always James W.Evans, of Watertown, MA; Huntington M. Block of Westport, smart to factor Ellen’s response. She her father, Frederick W.Weston Jr., of Conn., Bonnie Block Levison of had the consummate librarian’s skill Belgrade Lakes, ME; her sister, Greenwich, Conn.,William B.W. of differentiating known from Martha Weston Feldmann, and her Block of New York and Amie Block unknown and a canny ability to find children, Hillary and Jeffrey Ratajczak of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a broth- answers to the unknown. Feldmann, of East Greenwich, RI; er, Roger W.Block of Washington; She was also a wily reporter. I her brother, Frederick W.Weston III, and seven grandchildren. watched as she aggressively hunted his wife, Karen Lindstadt Weston, and —Revised and reprinted from the down disparate pieces of information their children, Rachel and Paul Washington Post, March 22, 2008, by and quietly infiltrated technical Weston, of Waterbury,VT; dear friend Patricia Sullivan forums where specialists were unsus- and cousin, Hillary Schultz and her pecting of her high level of under- husband Peter, of Rome, ME; friend Ellen McCrady, (1926-2008) standing. She instigated debates such and former husband, Mark S. Bowen, Ellen McCrady, AIC Honorary as the early “Kitchen Chemistry” of Arlington, MA; and legions of Member, passed away early in March exchanges (Abbey Newsletter, 1975) in devoted cousins, colleagues, and at age 81. She held a Master in which dueling letters to the editor friends. Library Science from University of fueled open discussion. Her advocacy Donations in Craigen’s name Michigan and an Advanced for use of alkaline papers for archival may be made to: The Belgrade Certificate in Preservation documents exemplified her sense of Regional Conservation Alliance, P.O. Administration from Columbia addressing solutions rather than being

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13 AIC NEWS, May 2008 immobilized by problems. And, his B.A. in 1950 from the University respect for the work of art and the Ellen’s sympathy for people ill from of Manchester, UK, where his focus people he worked with. He advised unsuspected exposure to mold dis- was the history of art and chemistry, that his trainees learn to compromise persants, as conveyed in her strident and continued his studies at if necessary when dealing with a dif- Mold Reporter, initiated a national Edinburgh University where he met ficult client but to “never compro- awareness and response. his mentor and lifelong friend Harold mise the object.” He showed great An accomplished journalist and Plenderleith. Eventually he emigrated kindness and gave helpful support to journal publisher, Ellen dedicated her with his family to Canada followed young people starting out in private talents and energies to the library by the U.S. He participated in the conservation work. He is also preservation field.While her research earliest introductory conservation remembered for his “charming” and and writing concerned issues and courses given by Sheldon Keck at “wicked” sense of humor. His papers options of practice, she spoke to New York University, and studied and records have been donated by his everyone. Ellen assumed correctly there well into the late 1950s. He family to the H. F.Dupont that the practitioner, scientist, admin- worked as an apprentice in 1954 at Winterthur Museum Library. istrator and every thoughtful person Versailles, with Russell Quandt at the —Sarah Fisher needed a shared education and Corcoran Gallery in Washington, and understanding about library preserva- with H. G. Courtais in New York. John Winter (1936-2008) tion. She was at the center of debates In the 1960s he settled in the John Winter, Conservation and in the lead on new agendas. Her Washington D.C. area, where he Scientist in the Department of clear voice still rings out. worked until 2006. His additional Conservation and Scientific Research Ellen’s purpose was to exempli- activities were numerous; he taught at the Freer Gallery of Art and fy, in writing and action, the goals of at the George Washington University Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, library preservation and advocacy for Graduate School museum programs Smithsonian Institution, passed away the preservation worker. Ellen was and was on the Advisory Committee on March 24, 2008. our champion; engaged, thoughtful, of the Sri Lanka UNESCO Cultural John was born in Stapleford, cheering, persistent, and magnificent. Triangle Project where he consulted Nottinghamshire, England in 1936. She is survived by her sister, on the conservation of temple He attended Cambridge University, Carol Rees (Gerald Rees); nephews murals. He was one of the founders where he was awarded a BA (natural David Rees, James Rees (Sarah and a past president of the sciences) in 1958, and Manchester Casello), and Jonathan Rees (Oakley Washington Conservation Guild and University, where he earned his PhD Hoerth); and a dear friend, Jocelyn a long-time member of AIC and IIC, (organic chemistry) in 1961. He spe- Vinograd, of Austin,Texas. Memorial as well as other national and interna- cialized in natural product chemistry. contributions may be sent to Arbor tional conservation organizations. Following the completion of his aca- Hospice or to NAMI (National Throughout his career he had many demic career, John performed Alliance for the Mentally Ill), trainees and assistants who have con- research in chemistry at the Washtenaw, 1100 N. Main St., Ann tinued on in the profession. University of British Columbia, Arbor. His colorful life outside conser- Université de Strasbourg, Laporte —Gary Frost, Conservator, University of vation included his passions for Industries Ltd (U.K.) and Sheffield Iowa Libraries, with added comments horseback riding and fox hunting. He University. In 1968 John joined the from her sister, Carol Rees represented Canada in the Three Day Museum Applied Science Center at Equestrian Eventing in the Olympic the University of Pennsylvania and Hamish Stewart-Treviranus Games in 1952. He was co-founder undertook research on dating meth- (1918-2008) of the US Combined Training ods and the study of archaeological Captain Hamish H. A. Stewart- Association for Equestrian Eventing, materials and museum objects, espe- Treviranus, painting conservator in the governing body for his sport, and cially organic residues within ancient private practice in the Washington, continued as technical advisor to the ceramics. In 1971, John joined the DC area, died on February 28, 2008 U.S. Equestrian Olympic Team. His staff of the Technical Laboratory of at a retirement home at Lake Ridge, enjoyment of his Scottish heritage the Freer Gallery of Art. Virginia at the age of 90. continued in the U.S, especially Over the course of more than Born in Germany to Scottish expressed through his love of Scottish thirty-six years, John’s achievements and German parents of aristocratic dancing. He also served as president at the Freer and Sackler were notable background, Stewart-Treviranus had of the St. Andrews Society of in a number of areas. His work on been destined for a military career, Washington D.C., of which he was a the study of East Asian paintings and and served as a captain in the Royal long-time member. pigments was groundbreaking and Scots Greys (currently the royal Scots His colleagues and apprentices resulted in dozens of publications. Dragoon Guards) in WWII in remember him fondly for his courtly Of particular significance was John’s Palestine, North Africa and Italy. manner, upright bearing (he always work on the study of carbon-based After many adventures he changed wore a tie and lab coat at work), high inks, organic pigments, and the pho- careers, entered academia, and chose standards, dedication to keeping good tographic enhancement of seal conservation as his field. He received records and documentation, and impressions on paintings. More

14 AIC NEWS, May 2008 recent work included the identifica- advice, guidance, and in a number of ing digital investments. Francie tion of pigments used on an impor- cases, for giving them a start in con- Alexander, Senior Vice President of tant group of 6th century stone servation science. Scholastic Education and Chief sculpture found at Qingzhou, Those who worked with John Academic Officer of Scholastic Inc, will Shangdong province, China, and the will remember him fondly for many be the first of many speakers, including study of paintings from China dating reasons. He was an incomparable leaders in the digital collections field and to the 17th to early 20th century. coworker, dedicated both to his work other distinguished professionals from And just weeks before his death, and to the museum. His even tem- across the nation. John’s book on the scientific study of per, good humor, patience and The forum is open and free of East Asian paintings went to press, thoughtfulness toward his colleagues charge to staff and board members of with an expected release date for this was unfailing, and all who were for- museums, libraries, and archives, as well summer. tunate enough to work with him as to conservation professionals, represen- Along with his research accom- were better for the experience. tatives of government, funders, and the plishments, John was dedicated to the John leaves behind his wife, Ann media.Advance online registration is field of conservation and to service Yonemura, Curator of Japanese Art at required. Program and logistical infor- in its professional organizations. He the Freer and Sackler Galleries, and mation, and online registration, are avail- served terms as vice-president and more bereaved friends and colleagues able at www.imls.gov/collections/tour. president of IIC, coordinated various than can be counted. But his work working groups of ICOM’s will live on, to inspire and educate us Emergency Preparedness on Committee for Conservation, and for years to come. MayDay! was on the editorial board of —W.T.Chase and Paul Jett, reprinted Archives, libraries, museums, and Reviews in Conservation. He served from the Conservation DistList, historic preservation organizations across as a dedicated abstractor for Art and March 31, 2008 America are participating in MayDay, a Archaeology Technical Abstracts for over national effort to protect collections from 30 years and in recent years repre- Allied Organizations disasters. sented the IIC on the AATA It's easy to put off disaster planning, Editorial Board. but Heritage Preservation is making it John’s contributions to the field HERITAGE PRESERVATION easier by offering its popular Field Guide include not only his own publica- to Emergency Response and Emergency tions but also the production and Connecting to Collections: A Response and Salvage Wheel at special script of a 45-minute movie, The Art Call to Action MayDay sale prices from April 15 to of the Hyÿgushi; a slide show – The On June 24-25 in Denver, May 31.The Heritage Emergency care of East-Asian paintings – distrib- Colorado, the Institute of Museum and National Task Force has also published a uted by the Smithsonian’s Office of Library Services will sponsor bulleted list of steps you can take during Museum Programs; and the editing Collaboration in a Digital Age to May. and introductions for numerous other advance digital stewardship of museum Let Heritage Preservation know publications. He was instrumental in and library collections. what you do for MayDay this year by the training of many students, This program—organized in coop- emailing taskforce@ interns, and research fellows, includ- eration with Heritage Preservation, the heritagepreservation.org.You’ll receive a ing Stanley Chang (Head of the Colorado Historical Society, the Denver free Working with Emergency Responders: Research Laboratory of the National Public Library, and the Denver Art Tips for Cultural Institutions poster. For Palace Museum,Taiwan), Masaaki Museum—is part of Connecting to more information, visit Sawada (Head of the Nara National Collections:A Call to Action, an IMLS www.heritageemergency.org. Research Laboratory of Cultural initiative to save endangered collections Property), Hiromu Abe (Head of the in the nation’s museums and libraries. Elizabeth Bolman Receives Shÿsÿin, Nara), Steven Weintraub, This is the second in a series of four Award for Distinction in Marco Leona and many others. national conservation forums that are Scholarship and Conservation As a scientist, John was thor- part of the Connecting to Collections The 2008 recipient of the Heritage ough and careful in manner, but he initiative. Preservation/College Art Association was also inventive, and developed Collaboration in the Digital Age Award for Distinction in Scholarship and new ways to address intractable prob- responds to the needs of museums and Conservation is Elizabeth S. Bolman, lems. He was a fine experimentalist libraries by helping them think strategi- Associate Professor of Art History at and designed and made beautiful lab- cally and collaboratively about digitiza- Tyler School of Art,Temple University, oratory equipment. In communicat- tion and digital preservation. Speakers for her work on the conservation of the ing the results of his research, John’s will review the fundamentals of digital wall paintings in the Red Monastery, a writing was exemplary in its clarity content creation and preservation, late-antique basilica near Sohag, Egypt, as and precision. He was always ready to emphasizing practical approaches to well as the neighboring White help his colleagues, and there are planning digital projects, increasing access Monastery. many scientists now working in the to collections, enabling digital resources The College Art Association/Her- field who will remember John for his to serve multiple purposes, and protect-

15 AIC NEWS, May 2008 itage Preservation Award for Distinction Collections:A Call to Action.A webcast ance against national expectations for in Scholarship and Conservation recog- of the forum "Preserving America's facilities and risk management, iden- nizes outstanding contributions to the Diverse Heritage" is now available at tify areas for improvement, and seek understanding of art through the applica- www.tvworldwide.com/events/her- resources to support their needs for tion of knowledge and experience in itage_preservation/080131> planning, training, and implementa- conservation, art history, and art. tion of emergency preparedness. Professor Bolman identified the 2008 CAP Participants Compliance with national museum potential significance of the Red Announced standards is voluntary.Those muse- Monastery in the late 1990s, when it was In late April, Heritage Preservation ums that have achieved accreditation little known and its paintings barely visi- announced the participants for the 2008 from the AAM will be assessed ble. In 2000 she began what has become Conservation Assessment Program. Just against this new standard in subse- a complex project involving conserva- over 100 diverse museums will partici- quent accreditation reviews. tors, art and architectural historians, and pate, hiring conservators to assess their The AAM serves as the voice of other specialists. Bolman obtained fund- collections and recommend improve- the U.S. museum community and as ing from various sources for work at ments to collections care. Participating a forum for discussion and resolution both sites and dealt successfully with the institutions will include arboreta/botani- of important issues facing the muse- Coptic Church, the Egyptian govern- cal gardens, art museums, science/tech- um field. Ongoing, field-wide discus- ment, and other agencies.Work began at nology centers, general museums, historic sion takes place through its Museum the Red Monastery in December 2002 houses/sites, history museums, nature Assessment and Accreditation and at the White Monastery in May centers, natural history museums, and Programs, peer review, seminars, 2004. specialized subject museums.Visit meetings, publications, and numerous About one third of the Red www.heritagepreservation.org for the professional committees. AAM cap- Monastery restoration is complete. complete list. tures the consensus of the field Bolman has published two scholarly arti- regarding standards (generally accept- cles on the results and succeeded in plac- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ed levels that all museums are ing both sites on the 2002 World OF MUSEUMS expected to achieve) and best prac- Monuments Fund endangered list. Other tices (replicable actions and philoso- plans include a blueprint for the future AAM Announces New phies that demonstrate an awareness protection of the sites, a visitor’s center Standard for Facilities and of standards). with brochures, and a book at the end of Risk Management Visit http://www.aam-us.org/ the project. The Board of Directors of the aboutmuseums/standards/index.cfm Heritage Preservation and the American Association of Museums to read the complete standard on College Art Association invite nomina- (AAM) recently approved the first facilities and risk management and tions for the 2009 Award for Distinction national museum standard on facili- other standards and best practices for in Scholarship and Conservation.The ties and risk management in muse- museums. deadline for nominations is August 31, ums in August 2007.The document, 2008. Guidelines for nominations can be “AAM Standards for U.S. Museums THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL found at www.collegeart.org/ Regarding Facilities and Risk INSTITUTE OF AMERICA awards/info-heritage.html or by Management,” outlines the basic (AIA) contacting Susan DeSeyn of CAA at responsibilities of any museum in The AIA recently presented its [email protected]. Previous recipi- caring for people, collections, build- award for excellence in Conservation ents are listed at ings, and grounds. As with all AAM and Heritage Management to www.heritagepreservation.org/awards/ca standards, it is broad, describing Catherine Sease, in recognition of a.htm desirable outcomes that a museum her longstanding commitment to can achieve using methods appropri- archaeological artifact conservation. Preservation Forum Webcast ate to its mission and resources. Catherine Sease has had a dis- Available It is incumbent upon museums tinguished career as a conservator of Three hundred museum, library,and to provide for the safety of their visi- archaeological materials, both in archive professionals from 41 states and tors and staff, and ensure the preser- museums and in the field at archeo- the District of Columbia gathered in vation of their collections, structures, logical sites throughout the Atlanta January 31-February 1, 2008 for and grounds. A 2005 survey of col- Mediterranean and Middle East. She the forum, "Preserving America's Diverse lecting institutions conducted by received a B.Sc. degree in Heritage," sponsored by the Institute of Heritage Preservation, revealed the Conservation from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in challenges in achieving this. For Archaeology, University College, partnership with Heritage Preservation. example, fewer than 20% of museums London, where she taught in the This was the first of four meetings have an emergency preparedness Conservation Department. Her around the country held to raise aware- plan, with staff trained and practiced expertise in conservation techniques ness about the nation's valuable and in its implementation. led to positions at the Metropolitan endangered collections.As part of the The new AAM standard can Museum of Art and the Field national initiative, Connecting to help museums assess their perform- Museum of Natural History in 16 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Chicago, where she was head of the news of his future endeavors! Worth Noting Division of Conservation. Ms. Sease —Summarized from colleagues’ has also been a guest instructor for comments, as published in ICON Modern Furniture Conservation international conservation courses News, January 2008, issue 14 organized by ICCROM. Her many Think Tank publications include the most widely THE ASSOCIATION FOR The Museum of Modern Art, NY known handbook for field conserva- LIBRARY COLLECTIONS (MoMA) and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston have postponed the planned tion, "A Conservation Manual for the AND TECHNICAL Field Archeologist.” Ms. Sease is cur- conference on modern and contempo- SERVICES (ALCTS) rary furniture which was to be held at rently Senior Conservator at the ALCTS is pleased to announce Peabody Museum of Natural History MoMA May 19-22, 2008.There is no that Janet Gertz is the winner of the rescheduled date at this time for the con- at Yale University. 2008 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris In 1994 she was awarded a ference. Should you have an interest in Preservation Award.The award, con- receiving further updates regarding the Fellowship in Conservation by the sisting of $1,500 and a citation, spon- American Academy in Rome, and conference planning and/or schedule, sored by Preservation Technologies, please contact Steven Pine, in1995 served as the first chair of the L. P.,recognizes the contribution of a newly formed Conservation and [email protected], or Roger Griffith, professional preservation specialist [email protected] Heritage Management Committee of who has been active in the field of the AIA. Ms. Sease has made a signif- preservation and/or conservation for Preventive Conservation MA icant contribution to the field of library and/or archival materials.The conservation by championing the Online at Northumbria award honors the memories of Paul University need for conservation planning as a Banks and Carolyn Harris, early lead- The new Preventive Conservation critical part of archaeological excava- ers in library preservation, teachers MA offers a flexible approach to learning tions. She participated in the 1998 and mentors for many in the field of that can be either full or part time, on international conference "Art, preservation. campus or online, and is designed for Antiquity and the Law: Preserving Janet Gertz, an internationally those already in working practice or who our Global Cultural Heritage," spon- recognized leader in library preserva- are unable to attend campus or commit sored by Rutgers University, which tion, has served as director of preser- to a rigid timetable.The program intends put forth the Rutgers Resolutions vation at Columbia University for to develop an understanding of the wide concerning the ethical and legal two decades, where she has devel- range of materials that are used to create acquisition of ancient art and arti- oped a highly respected preservation objects of moveable cultural heritage, facts. program that has advanced a research issues relating to environmental manage- In addition to private practice, agenda as well as maintained and ment and collections care as well as the she has been a consultant for many protected Columbia's priceless assets. years, recently for the US State most appropriate strategies for storage, Department: Ms. Sease was one of a Israel forms Conservation display and transportation. For more information, visit group of four specialists asked to Organization travel to Baghdad in October 2003 http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/s Following a December 2007 ass/ahd/cu/ma_pc/ to assess the condition of the meeting of more than 100 conserva- National Museum following the tors in Tel Aviv, Israel formed a pro- looting crisis in Iraq. Photographs Come Out of the fessional body for conservation.This Vaults —A. E. Cleworth new organization, the Israeli Society The Library of Congress (LOC) has for the Conservation and launched a pilot project with Flickr, a INSTITUTE OF Preservation of Cultural Property, Web 2.0 photo sharing site. By offering CONSERVATION will bring together conservators from historical photographs to new audiences David Leigh is retiring after four the private and public sectors.The that might not be aware that libraries decades of dedicated service to the organization will be involved in pro- have many kinds of resources in addition conservation community. His conser- fessional conservation matters, to books, the LOC hopes to gain a better vation career has spanned archaeo- including training, continuing profes- understanding of how social tagging and logical conservation, management sional development and the represen- community input could benefit collec- and education in conservation train- tation of conservators in the legal tions users. LOC has loaded images with ing programs, the formulation of and political arenas. no known copyright restrictions from sets conservation standards for the U.K. —Reprinted in part from News in of digitized glass negatives from the 1910s accreditation process, the introduc- Conservation, No. 4, Feb. 2008, and the color transparencies from the tion of mid-career courses for con- published by the IIC servators, and the creation of ICON 1930s-40s, allowing the Flickr communi- as an organization. He has touched ty to leave notes, tags and comments.The the careers and lives of countless pro- photos have received a warm response fessionals in the international conser- with more than 5 million views and vation community, and we all await 3,500 individual comments in the first

17 AIC NEWS, May 2008 month.The photos have sparked discus- ography for textiles, museum track light- New Materials and sions ranging from the technical qualities ing, and selecting safe exhibition and stor- of Kodachrome film to the roles of age materials.The thoughtful exchange of Research women in World War II. Many people information and the opportunity to net- have also provided new subject informa- work with colleagues did not disappoint. Making a Perfect Match tion for the Library to incorporate in its Mitigating the risks of exhibition is a Two British scientists, Norman catalog records.To view the photos on major component of preventive conserva- Tennant and Jim Nobbs,have successfully Flickr, go to tion.This was addressed in several papers addressed a major problem for ceramics www.flickr.com/photos/Library_of_Con dealing with national treasures of Canada, conservators: in-painted areas which in gress. For additional information about Mexico, Sweden, Colombia,Tanzania, daylight match the original ceramic item the project, visit www.loc.gov/rr/print/ Peru, the United Kingdom, and the but often look different in color under flickr_pilot.html United States.Traveling shows, environ- artificial light. Blue glazes are particularly —Helena Zinkham, Prints & Photographs mental conditions, and physical supports problematic: they often look too red Division, Library of Congress were all discussed in various ways. when the ceramic item is photographed The sub-theme of Emergency or put on display. Training for Audiovisual Response was explored during panel dis- The researchers have developed a Preservation in Europe (TAPE) cussions with Jane Long of Heritage color-matching computer program to TAPE has published web-based Preservation, Robert Sonderman, and enable the selection of pigments which guidelines for digitization.They describe Theresa Voellinger of the National Parks match the glaze in all lighting conditions. the digitization workflow for analogue Service.These discussions emphasized the They built a database of all the pigments open reel tapes as a step by step approach importance of coordinating with the used by ceramics conservators by record- for the production of digital copies from efforts of other First Responders, under ing the spectral characteristics obtained analogue tapes from a technical point of the Incident Command System. Mary from thin films of the pigments in a resin view.Most of the workflow may also be Ballard discussed the environmental con- medium.To do this, the pigments were applied to audio cassettes.The workflow ditions that encourage mold growth, and dispersed in Paraloid B72 and applied was written by Juha Henriksson (Finnish related these to the various processes that evenly to a black and white card at differ- Jazz and Pop Archive) and Nadja raw fibers undergo to become fabrics. ent depths of shade.The database includes Wallaszkovits (Phonogrammarchiv, Awareness of the macro and micro scale, over 300 reflectance spectra. Methods for Austrian Academy of Sciences). and how one impacts the other, is another measuring glaze colour in the ceramic The workflow is mainly aimed at instance where perspective is important. object were also evaluated.The potential newcomers in the world of audio tape Simultaneous translation in English of a standard digital camera was assessed digitization. It contains references to and Spanish, as well as dual-language pub- for colour measurement of awkward other literature and many detailed photo- lication, continued the decidedly interna- ceramics where the glazed surface is graphs.You will find the workflow at tional focus of the conference. curved and/or small in area.The http://www.jazzpoparkisto.net/audio/ Presentations closed with a look at the researchers then asked other ceramic con- —Reprinted from the Conservation DistList, 2009 conference venue, Quebec City. servators to try out the software by restor- March 6, 2008 Receptions at the Textile Museum and ing blue and white Delftware and the National Museum of the American Chinese ceramics using pigment recipes Conference Review Indian provided attendees the opportunity matched by the computer. to visit a remarkable selection of exhibits The success of the project is due to at both museums.The Textile Museum a productive collaboration between Fyne 6th Biennial North American featured Private Pleasures: Collecting Conservation Services and the University Textile Conservation Conference Contemporary Textile Art; Ahead of His Time: of Leeds Department of Colour Facing Impermanence: Exploring Preventive The Collecting Vision of George Hewitt Chemistry and Polymers.The work was Conservation for Textiles Myers; and Textiles of Klimt's Vienna. NMAI presented at the ICOM-CC conference curator Emil Her Many Horses offered Washington, D.C., November 6-9, 2007 at the Hague in 2005 and was recently The 2007 NATCC was a highly viewers a guided tour through the beauti- awarded The Anna Plowden Trust Award anticipated follow-up to a very successful ful and in-depth study Identity by Design: for Research and Innovation, which rec- 2005 Mexico City conference.The con- Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native ognizes the achievements of those ference organizers, understanding the cen- Women's Dresses. involved in conservation research and tral role that preventive conservation plays Preprints of the 2007 conference development in the U.K. For further in their field, put forth every effort to give papers (published on CD-ROM), as well information, visit this potentially un-glamorous topic the as previous conference publications, are www.fyne-conservation.com and attention it deserves. 178 attendees from available from Sarah Stevens, http://www.colour.leeds.ac.uk countries around the world gathered for [email protected]. —Norman Tennant two days of presentations, preceded by —Allison McCloskey Leone is at the two days of workshops on varied issues Williamstown Art Conservation Center such as mannequins & mounting acces- sories, aqueous cleaning methods, x-radi-

18 AIC NEWS, May 2008 DNA Database Identifies Principal 21st-century Britain. But with rapidly ed by Barbara H. Berrie, contains infor- Suspects in Conservation changing technology and an unpre- mation on pigments based on carbon, Treatments dictable hardware base, preserving files is iron oxide pigments, asphalt, cobalt blue, Julie Eklund’s PhD research at the only half of the challenge. and arylide (Hansa) yellow pigments. 233 Institute of Archaeology,University Once DROID has labelled a mys- pages. Published by Archetype College, London (UCL), examines the tery file, PRONOM’s extensive catalogue Publications Ltd in association with the preservation of DNA in museum collec- of software tools can advise curators on National Gallery of Art. tions and the impact of conservation how best to preserve the file in a readable Conservation Treatment Methodology, treatments on the preservation or destruc- format.The database includes crucial by Barbara Appelbaum, presents a sys- tion of DNA in specimens. Julie created a information on software and hardware tematic approach to decision-making for database recording 475 treatments used on lifecycles, helping to avoid the obsoles- conservation treatments.The methodolo- both human and animal remains for pur- cence problem.And it will alert users if gy is applicable to all cultural property, poses such as cleaning, consolidation, the program needed to read a file no independent of object type or material. bleaching, degreasing and pest control. 44 longer supported by manufacturers. 468 pages. Published by Butterworth- treatments were then selected for analysis. PRONOM’s system of identifiers has Heinemann.Available at In collaboration with the Department of been adopted by the UK government and www.books.elsevier.com/conservation. Biology,UCL, Julie developed a new is the only nationally-recognised standard Scientific Research on the Sculptural method for testing the effects of conserva- in its field. For further information on Arts of Asia, edited by Janet Douglas, tion treatments on DNA. PRONOM and DROID: see Paul Jett, and John Winter, contains sci- She found that many of the treat- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom entific investigations, including studies of ments tested (many commonly used in —Reprinted in part from ICON’s Southeast Asian jade, Chinese bronzes, conservation) were damaging to DNA. Awards Despatch 2007 Mongolian deer stones, and Japanese Her findings have major implications for polychrome sculpture. Published by the treatment of human and animal Plastics Conservation Centre Archetype Publications Ltd. in associa- remains in the future and are valuable to Opens in Italy (PLART) tion with the Freer Gallery. conservators, museum staff and archaeolo- A new center for research into the Unravelling Textiles—A Handbook for gists.They will inform future excavation conservation of plastics has recently the Preservation of Textile Collections, by and collection care strategies and the opened in Naples, funded by Italian art Foekje Boersma with A. Brokerhof, S. development of new conservation prac- collector Maria Pia Incutti. PlART is van den Berg, and J.Tegelaers, presents tices to preserve DNA in archaeological, described as “a polyfunctional space dedi- basic information for the professional natural history and medical collections. cated to scientific research and technolog- safekeeping of textile collections includ- Julie, who is now starting post-doctoral ical innovation for the recovery,restora- ing the properties of fibers, degradation work in Oxford, has plans to publish her tion and conservation of works of art and of textiles, the environment, insects and findings and the treatment database. She design in plastic.”The center will contain fungi, and conservation. 464 pages. and the Institute of Archaeology recently a museum for the display of objects from Published by Archetype Publications Ltd. received the ICON Student Conservator the Incutti collection, a library devoted to X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress of the Year Award for 2007. literature about plastics, and a laboratory and Related Objects:Techniques,Applications —Reprinted in part from ICON’s for researching and developing non- and Interpretation,by Sonia O’Connor Awards Despatch 2007 destructive methods of plastic conserva- and Mary Brooks, explores techniques tion. for X-raying textiles. It describes Innovative Tool for Identifying —Reprinted from News in Conservation, approaches to image interpretation and Computer File Formats no. 4, Feb. 2008, published by IIC explains how, through digitization and DROID, developed by the National digital image manipulation, maximum Archives in London, can examine any New Publications information can be realized. 360 pages. mystery file and identify its format, and Published by Butterworth-Heinemann. recently won the ICON 2007 Digital “Skin processing technology in Available at Preservation Award.The tool works by Eurasian reindeer cultures,” a Ph.D. dis- www.books.elsevier.com/conservation. gathering clues from the internal ‘signa- sertation by Torunn Klokkernes of the The editors of the Journal of the University of Oslo, is now available as an tures’ hidden inside every computer file, as American Institute for Conservation well as more familiar elements such as the e-publication from LMR Press.Visit are always looking for book filename extension (.jpg, for example), to http://www.langelandsmuseum.dk/ generate a highly accurate guess about the museum_en/LMR%20Press.htm to reviewers to assess these and software that will be needed to read the download the paper, a comparative study other titles that have been pub- file. Identifying file formats is a thorny in material science of Sami and Evenk lished in recent years. Please issue for archivists. Organizations such as methods and perspectives on deteriora- contact Harriet Stratis, Book the National Archives have an ever- tion and preservation of museum arti- Editor, at [email protected], or increasing volume of electronic records in facts. Michele Derrick, Editor-in- Artists’ Pigments:A Handbook of Their their custody,many of which will be cru- Chief, at [email protected] cial for future historians to understand History and Characteristics,Volume 4, edit- for more information.

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contribute should contact Tom directly to run in the election, enabling BPG to at [email protected]. offer contested elections rather than New Membership Chair simply presenting a slate. Sought: ASG is looking for a new Publications committee: I gave Membership Chair.This committee incorrect information in the last architecture focuses on maintaining and increasing newsletter column.Volunteers interested ASG membership through outreach in subject indexing and summarizing AIC 2008 Annual Meeting: By opportunities, partnerships with other volumes 19-23 of the BPG Annual the time you read this, the 2008 professional associations, and commu- should contact Kathy Ludwig at Annual Meeting in Denver will have nication with colleges and universities [email protected]. My sincere just concluded.The ASG session that have programs in historic preser- apologies to Karen Pavelka for listing included papers given by Gina Crivello vation and material conservation. her contact information. and Paul Noyce; Lionel Keene and Anyone interested in this position JAIC: I would like to encourage Aneta Zebala;Andrew Lins and should contact me or ASG Chair all BPG members to consider submit- Andrzej Dajnowski; Barbara Kevin Daly at [email protected]. ting manuscripts to JAIC.Associate edi- Appelbaum and Paul Himmelstein; tor for book and paper, Jan Paris, has Andrea Morse; Katherine Untch; John —Linnaea Dix Dawson, pointed out that there have been rela- Griswold and Mark Rabinowitz; and ASG Secretary/Treasurer tively few submissions from our specialty Stace Miller.There was also a round [email protected] area lately.We would both like to see table discussion on construction proj- this change. Papers that have been pre- ects within active museums. Panelists sented at a BPG session, including those included Allison Langley of the Art published in the BPG Annual are wel- Institute of Chicago, Samuel Anders of come. Samuel Anderson Architects, and Call for Papers: It’s not too George Wheeler of Columbia book and paper early to start thinking about presenta- University. Events for conference par- tions for the AIC annual meeting tenta- ticipants included the annual dinner tively scheduled for May 19-22, 2009 in and two tours to a set of local projects AIC 2008 Annual Meeting: I Los Angeles, California. If you are inter- with a significant architectural compo- want to give a big thank you to Alexis ested in speaking please contact Program nent.Thank you to the outgoing Hagadorn and Yasmeen Khan for their Chair,Yasmeen Khan at [email protected]. Program Chair, Kevin Daly, for your hard work and success in organizing I have enjoyed my term as BPG hard work in organizing the ASG ses- informative BPG sessions and a lovely Chair and look forward to continuing sion. reception at the Denver Historical with BPG on the nominating commit- Elections: Charles Phillips was Museum. Much appreciation also goes tee. elected Program Chair during the to our reception sponsor, Preservation recent ASG election. He will be Technologies, L.P,who enabled us to —Emily Jacobson, BPG Chair responsible for organizing the ASG ses- invite all our members gratis! Finally,a (202) 488-0477 sion for the 2009 annual meeting. special thanks to Carl Patterson who [email protected] Charles is an architect and architectural went above and beyond the call of duty conservator in private practice with 30 in helping us obtain a liquor license for years of experience, and has been a the reception. member of AIC for 15 years. I will Details on the BPG business meet- continue as the ASG Secretary/ ing, including information on the budg- Treasurer. Kevin Daly is the new Chair et, committee reports and discussions cipp of the ASG. Catherine Dewey, who did will be included in this column in the a spectacular job as ASG Chair, is the July 2008 AIC newsletter. new Chair Emeritus.Tobin Tracey Elections: The new BPG Chair is AIC 2008 Annual Meeting: rotated off the board.Thank you for Sue Murphy and Assistant Program Thanks to all CIPP who attended this your service to ASG,Tobin. Chair is Jodie Utter. Congratulations years Business Practices workshop and ASG History: Tom Taylor is col- and welcome to both! A big thank you our annual business meeting. It was lecting material for a history of the is also due to Paula Zyats,Vanessa great to meet many of you, and spe- ASG. Anyone with information to Haight, and Sarah Reidell for agreeing cial thanks to Dawn Heller and Paul

21 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Himmelstein for their stimulating pre- Digital Photographic fast communication and dry sense of sentations.Victoria Ryan offically Documentation Task Force: The humor have been wonderful. Next, became Chair of CIPP at the meet- AIC Guide to Digital Photography and kudos to Virginia Greene and Pat ing, and I retired to the behind the Conservation Documentation is now Griffin, for the huge task of editing and scenes role of Chair Emeritas.Victoria available from the AIC office for sale. production of the Postprints for the 04- has communicated many exciting See the task force entry under the AIC 06 meetings.All members owe Ginny a ideas to me about her vision for the News column on page 3 of this issue. big thank you for her long dedicated future of CIPP,and the entire board is Outgoing Board Members: A service to the OSG. Luckily Chris Del ready to help her serve all our mem- very big note of appreciation to outgo- Re has agreed to help Pat Griffin carry bers. ing board members Gawain Weaver, the torch. Thank you also to Ingrid It has been a great pleasure to Program Chair and Hannah Frost, Neuman, Shelley Reisman Paine, and step outside my “normal” specialty Webmaster. Gawain put together an Shelley Sturman for contributing to an group (BPG) and work with conser- excellent program and group session AIC News submission on teaching col- vators of virtually every other SG with BPG this year at the Annual lections care and preventive conservation within CIPP.I learned a lot from Meeting. EMG has been extremely for- to non-conservators. Behind the scenes these interactions, and recommend tunate to have had Hannah on the is Megan Emery our secretary/treasurer that all CIPP consider serving on the board taking care of the website, EMG who stepped in at the last minute and board at some point. By working Listerv and other EMG activities for the has proven skilled at reading, interpret- together, carefully and rationally, we past four years. She has made numerous ing, and proposing budgets and produc- can advance the conservation profes- lasting contributions to EMG.Thank ing meeting minutes.These tasks are not sion together with the goals of CIPP you to both of you for all your work for glamorous but absolutely necessary. within AIC. EMG. Vanessa Muros has done her best to This is my final column for AIC manage our webpage under difficult cir- —Jeff Peachey, CIPP Chair News, as I step down as Chair and cumstances; I know she looks forward to (212) 387-7860 Christine takes over for the next two the new AIC website soon to come, as [email protected] years. Being part of the board has been a do we all. I am most grateful to all of great experience for me and I encour- our OSG-List subscribers and managers age all of you to consider getting more Emily Kaplan and Jessica Johnson.There involved in EMG through participation is a warm spot in my heart for those of on the board. I feel very fortunate to you who responded to my requests for have worked with such a great group of input on different issues/questions on people. short deadlines. Sheila Payaqui has effi- electronic media ciently managed the nominating com- —Jeffrey Warda, EMG Chair mittee, the slate, and the proposed Rules Elections: The results of our elec- (212) 423-3759 of Order change regarding electronic tion were announced at the EMG [email protected] elections. Perhaps our last snail mail Business Meeting at the Annual Meeting election is now history! Lastly, I appreci- in Denver. Christine Frohnert was elect- ate having had this opportunity to serve ed Chair (2008-2010); Holly Robertson as OSG Program Chair and Chair; it has was elected Webmaster (2008-2010); and been an enriching and broadening Fletcher Durant was elected Assistant experience Program Chair (2008-2009) followed by objects Program Chair (2009-2010). Gwynne —Ann Boulton, OSG Chair Ryan assumes the position of Program (443) 573-1754 Chair (2008-2009) and Marie-Chantale This will be my last column as [email protected] Poisson will complete the second year of OSG Chair.The next one you read will her term as Secretary/Treasurer (2007- be written by Howard Wellman, the 2009).Thank you to all who voted, we incoming Chair.There are many people had a record turnout for our online to thank for their help and guidance election.Thank you also to the during my tenure. First of all, Howard Nominating Committee members: Kate Wellman, who has made my life very Murray, Sarah Stauderman, Hannah easy by masterfully handing the OSG Frost, and Will Real. Program arrangements for the 2008 Annual Meeting. Howard’s efficiency,

22 AIC NEWS, May 2008 remind of everyone of the new PSG will move up to the position of Chair, Award.The first award will be present- and Gregory Smith joins the officers' ed at the annual meeting in 2009 in roster as incoming Program Chair. Los Angeles.Think of all the hard Jennifer Wade has kindly agreed to serve work that PSG members do as men- a second year as Secretary-Treasurer. paintings tors, lecturers, authors, teachers,AIC Victoria Pingarron continues to com- I am writing this column at the officers, arts advocates, researchers, and pile suggested research ideas for the end of March in Cleveland Heights, more, and be sure to nominate one of website. I will be retiring to a sunny Ohio. It has been an unusually cold, these hard working individuals for the window nook with my rocking chair snowy month, but crocuses and snow- award. and cane—oh, wait, actually I will be drops are finally blooming. Spring has heading the nominating committee for arrived, at least for the moment. —Wendy Partridge, PSG Chair 2009, and would love to hear from Reading over the abstracts for the (216) 658-8700 other RATS members willing to fill the PSG talks, looking at the items to be [email protected] other two slots on the search commit- discussed at the AIC issues lunch, send- tee. ing in my sign-up form to visit the This is a year of ongoing changes Anschutz Collection, I feel a similar for RATS and for AIC; moving to elec- sense of anticipation. Conferences can tronic voting, redesign of the website, be both exhilarating and exhausting. further discussion of certification, and rethinking programming to see that our They offer time away from daily life to photographic connect with old friends, meet new specialty group best serves its diverse people, think about larger issues, and materials membership. I would like to say thank gain fresh insights. you one final time to those RATS Much of the work of specialty Photographic Materials Group did members who have shared their group officers centers on the annual not submit a column this issue. thoughts and contributions on these meeting: organizing the program, pub- issues over the last year. Now, let's hear lishing the postprints, and keeping from the rest of you! Every member's track of the finances. It has been an input is important to obtain the most fruitful interchanges between practicing honor to work with such dedicated Research and officers these past two years—Program conservators and practicing scientists. Chairs Noelle Ocon and Tiarna technical studies Doherty, Publication Chair Helen Mar —Cindy Connelly Ryan, RATS Chair, Parkin, and Secretary/Treasurer AIC 2008 Annual Meeting: (202) 707-1076 Christina Milton O'Connell.Without Many thanks to everyone who partici- [email protected] all their hard work (and attention to pated in the RATS sessions at the the details of daily life), those moments Annual Meeting in Denver; it was nice of connection and insight at the annual to have the opportunity to meet some meeting wouldn't be possible. of our members from other regions of In the two years that I have been the country for those of us who don't chair, Carol Christensen, Barbara leave the East Coast often enough. textiles Buckley, and the PSG Catalog editorial Particular thanks to our speakers for committee have worked tirelessly to presenting a diverse and interesting day produce the Stretchers and Strainers of talks, and to Program Chair Deborah AIC 2008 Annual Meeting: Chapter. Chris Stavroudis has done a Long for making it all happen. Finally, Greetings and good wishes! The AIC fabulous job as the PSG listserv congratulations once again to Patrick Annual Meeting is over and some "mom," monitoring the list, adding Ravines and Christian Wichern, win- excellent Textiles Specialty Group pre- new members, and keeping track of ners of the 2008 Young Investigators' sentations have been made.And we the details so that we can continue to Award, who presented their work on have enjoyed a lovely evening dinner in share information year round.With daguerrotype assesment via confocal Denver thanks to Anne Murray as pro- AIC poised to launch its new website, microscopy during our lunchtime gram chair. Outgoing officers—Sarah PSG members will soon have more meeting. Stevens,Treasurer, and myself, as TSG ways of staying connected. New Officers: With this column chair, will have signed off.The new In this final column, I'd like to we mark the passing of the torch to the chair for 2008-9 is Anne Murray, 2008-2009 officer slate—Deborah Long whom you can reach at

23 AIC NEWS, May 2008 [email protected]. Newly elect- tury treatise on “The Art of Making ed is the vice-chair and 2009 program Various Types of Glue”translated by co-ordinator Patricia Ewer. She will be Arlen Heginbotham in 2005, and a contacting you for submissions to the beautiful paper,“Observations on the next AIC meeting—presentations or Development of Wood Screws in North posters. Send them to her at America” by Christopher White, written [email protected] our new wooden artifacts as a Mellon Fellow at the Boston treasurer, Meg Geiss-Mooney. Special Projects Fund Museum of Fine Arts. Chris is currently As outgoing chair, this is my final Initiatives: The Wooden Artifacts project conservator for the Arizona State chance to thank everyone for a won- Group is continuing to develop special Museum in Tucson, and this paper is the derful year.We have switched to on- projects for the benefit of its members germinal inspiration for developing an line voting with great success, almost and the field of wooden artifact conser- interactive database of historic fasteners, doubling the number of ballots com- vation.The Special Projects Fund promising to be an initiative with value pleted! It was so easy, and quick.Wow, Committee was formed in April 2007 to far beyond WAG. what a website manager we have in streamline the process of funding WAG Finally, I want to extend our heart- Melanie Sanford! The only difficulty initiatives and it is serving to facilitate felt thanks to Tom Heller for putting on was selecting whom to vote for. Our and encourage the creativity of our a truly compelling program in Denver. nominating committee gave us a tough membership.The first outcome was a Please expect the 2006 WAG Postprints time, and we are grateful to them: contribution to developing a new AIC from Providence to be arriving on your Valerie Soll, Christine Giuntini, and website, a project that promises to doorstep this month.And thanks every- Kathleen Kiefer. strengthen our organization and foster one for a good year as we look ahead. Textile Group Publications increased collaboration and communica- —Peter Muldoon,WAG Chair List: I also want to call your attention tion among specialty groups. (202) 633-5167, [email protected] to our secretary Seta Wehbe’s prodigous Other initiatives include experi- effort. On the TSG website for mem- mental trial membership in the bers only is her compilation of 104 “Foundation Center” database to inves- textile conservation-related books pub- tigate the range of granting opportuni- lished in 2007! It’s designed for you to ties for future WAG initiatives, including download and circle your favorite(s) to a Furniture Study Trip to Germany. pass on to friends before your birthday Currently, this is an attempt to educate or if your librarian says “is there some- ourselves about possible granting thing I can help you with?” resources, but I believe it will also spur Postprints: Our editorial com- creativity within the group and may mittee, headed by Joel Thompson, has become a valuable tool as we move done a fine job getting Textile Specialty ahead. Group Postprints volume 17 on disc and The WAG Website: continues to distributed before Denver! Many thanks grow and serve our members.This year, to Joel, to Beth Szuhay, Howard WAG has posted the 2007 WAG Sutcliffe, and Amanda Holden. Business Meeting Minutes to give our All I can say is that Anne Murray membership the chance to review them inherits a wonderful, talented set of during the thirty days prior to the 2008 members to coordinate—thank you all meeting.The idea is to relieve the for making the Textiles Specialty Group Treasurer from the obligation of reading such a pleasure to chair. the minutes on the floor, and make for a more efficient meeting.The Digital —Mary Ballard,TSG Chair Bookshelf is not simply a library, but (301) 238-1210 contains additional links, such as an [email protected] “Image Database of Japanese Woods,” “Ultimate Tree-Ring,” a dendrochrono- logical web site, and a site of “Microscopic Wood Anatomy of Central European Species.” Other treats are an eighteenth cen-

24 AIC NEWS, May 2008 AIC extends special thanks to the sponsors of the 2008 Annual Meeting in Denver! Tru Vue Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency, Inc. Preservation Glazing Inc. ACMEworks Digital Film, Inc.

And a special thanks to our Gold and Silver Booth Exhibitors: Gold Booth: Bruker AXS and Bruker Optics Gemini Moulding, Inc. Goppion S.P.A.,Goppopm Workshop The Hollinger Corporation Metal Edge Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific NITON Analyzers University Products Inc. Silver Booth: Archivart Botti Studio of Architectural Arts Canadian Conservation Institute Foster & Freeman USA Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency Inc. Maryland Glass and Mirror McCrone Group, Inc. MuseuM Services Corporation Spectra Services All exhibitors: AIC Health and Safety KeepsafeSystems/Microclimate Technologies Archetype Publications LTD International Archival Products Lowel Light Mfg Archivart Maryland Glass and Mirror Art Innovation BV Masterpak Botti Studio of Architectural Arts The McCrone Group, Inc. Bruker AXS and Broker Optics Metal Edge, Inc. The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies MuseuM Services Corporation Canadian Conservation Institute National Center for Preservation Technology and Conservation Resources Training Crystalization Systems Inc Onset Computer Corporation Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. Opus Instruments Ltd. Fides International Paper Connection International, LLC Foster & Freeman USA The Paper Lab LLC Gaylord Bros. Peregrine Brushes & Tools Gemini Moulding, Inc. Pilkington North America The Getty Conservation Institute Preservation Glazing, Inc. Getty Publications SmallCorp Goppion S.P.A.,Goppion Workshop Inc Spectra Services Hiromi Paper International Thermo Scientific NITON Analyzers The Hollinger Corporation University Products, Inc. Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency, Inc. Xtend Packaging, Inc. Innov-X Systems

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CALL FOR PAPERS McCord Museum—Contact: Joan November 24-December 6, 2008. May 24-27, 2009. "Incredible Industry Marshall, [email protected] Management Planning for Cultural - Preserving the Evidence of Industrial Heritage. Shanghai, China—Contact: Society,”The Nordic Association of June 12-13, 2008.“Study and Ms Ping KONG, 0086 21 6598 7687, Conservators (Danish branch) XIIX Serendipity:Testimonies of Artists' www.whitr-ap.org Conference in Copenhagen.Abstracts Practice,”ATSR 3rd International due September 1, 2008—Contact: Symposium. Glasgow University, ARCHITECTURE [email protected]. Scotland—Contact: Erma Hermens, October 27-December 4, 2008. +44 141 3303943, ATHÅR: Conservation and June 1-3, 2009. "The Art of [email protected], management of heritage sites in the Collaboration: Stained Glass www.arthist.arts.gla.ac.uk/Conf/Jun08 Arab Region. Sharjah, United Arab Conservation in the Twenty-First Emirates—Contact: [email protected], Century." Forum for the Conservation June 24-25, 2008,“Collaboration in www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/ and Restoration of Stained-Glass the Digital Age,” part of Connecting to announce_en/2008_10AtharUAE_en.s Windows.Abstracts due May 9, 2008. Collections:A Call to Action,The html New York,NY— Lisa Pilosi, Institute of Museum and Library [email protected] Services, Denver, Colorado, BOOK AND PAPER www.imls.gov/collections/tour. May 27–30, 2008. International Paper GENERAL September 11-13, 2008. Conservation Historians Congress 2008. Stockholm, May 12-13, 2008,“Preparing for the of Wet Organic Archaeological Sweden—Contact: Jan-Erik Levlin, Unexpected: Protection and Security Materials conference. Brandenburg an [email protected] for Cultural Collections.” Conservation der Havel, Germany—Contact: Center for Art and Historic Artifacts Stephan.Brather@ July 4–15, 2008. Collective Workshops (CCHA), Cosponsored and Hosted by bldam-brandenburg.de 2008.Wellington College, UK— the University of Pennsylvania Contact: [email protected] Museum of Archaeology and September 15–19, 2008.“Conservation Anthropology Philadelphia, PA— and Access.”The 22nd International OBJECTS Contact: CCHA, (215) 545-0163, Institute for Conservation of Historic June 6-8, 2008.“Storage Symposium: pso@ccaha__org and Artistic Works (IIC) International Preservation and Access to Congress. London, UK—Contact: +44 Archaeological Materials.” Presented by May 13-17, 2008.“Collection (0)20 7839 5975, the UCLA/Getty Master's Program in Stewardship: Challenges in a Changing [email protected] Archaeological and Ethnographic World.” 3rd Joint Meeting of the Conservation. Los Angeles, Natural Science Collections Alliance September 22-24, 2008. International CA–Contact: http://ioa.ucla.edu/ (NSCA) and the Society for the Symposium on Conservation of conservation/Storage_Symposium.pdf Preservation of Natural History Ancient Sites. Dunhuang, China— Collections (SPNHC). Oklahoma City, Contact: Guo Qinglin, August 1-3, 2008. 3rd Annual OK—Contact: Lori Strong, [email protected], 0086-937- Conference of the American Glass [email protected], (703) 790- 8869103 Guild (AGG). Philadelphia, PA— 1745, www.snomnh.ou.edu/ Contact: Kathy Jordan, nsca-spnhc/. September 22–26, 2008.“Diversity in [email protected], Heritage Conservation:Tradition, www.americanglassguild.org/ May 15-16, 2008. "Working It Out— Innovation and Participation.” ICOM- Collections and Partnerships.” Glasgow, CC 15th Triennial Meeting. New PAINTINGS Scotland—Contact:Tony Irwin, Delhi, India—Contact: + 39 06 58 55 June 12-13, 2008. Latest research into [email protected], 34 10; [email protected] www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/natSCA/ painting techniques of Impressionists training/events/ and Postimpressionists—International October 6-11, 2008. IBBS-14, 14th Symposium. Cologne, Germany— International Symposium on May 30–June 5, 2008. 34th Annual Contact: www.impressionismus- Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. wallraf.de/wrm-en/wrm-08.html. Conference of the Canadian Messina, Italy—Contact: www.IBBS- Association for Conservation of 14.org Cultural Property. Montreal, Canada,

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PHOTOGRAPHIC American Association for State and Centre for Photographic Conservation MATERIALS Local History Courses August 16-21, 2008.“Preserving Varied locations—Contact: (615) 320- In-House Training Course and Lecture Photographs in a Digital World” 3203; www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm Programs. UK—Contact:Angela Seminar. George Eastman House, Moor, +44 020–8690 3678; Fax: +44 Rochester, New York—Contact:Stacey 020–8314 1940; VanDenburgh, (585) 271-3361 x323, Balaam Art Courses [email protected]; [email protected], Barcelona, Spain—Contact: Balaam, www.cpc.moor.dial.pipex.com; www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org Mireia Xarrii, C. Escoles Pies 76, Pral 1, Barcelona 08017, Spain; +34 93 RESEARCH AND 4171347; [email protected]; Centro del Bel Libro TECHNICAL STUDIES www.balaam-art.com Ascona, Switzerland—Contact: July 7–11, 2008. INTER/MICRO [email protected]; 2008. Chicago, IL—Contact: Lauren www.cbl-ascona.ch Campbell Center for Historic Logan, (312) 842-7100, Preservation Studies [email protected] *Chemistry for Book, Paper & Textile College of Microscopy TEXTILES Conservators (May 19-24); Introductions Scanning Electron Microscopy (Mar to Exhibit Design and Development 31-Apr 4); Polarized Light and August 20-22, 2008.Thread by Thread (June 2-6); Exhibition Lighting-One Day Chemical Microscopy (April 28- May Tear Repair Workshop, Canadian Workshop (June 7 & September 12); 2); Infrared Microscopy (April 29- May Conservation Institute. Ottawa, Design and Construction of Mounts for 1); Sample Preparation: Polymers, Canada—Contact:Wendy Baker, Exhibits (June 9-12); *Pulp Repair Paints, and Coatings (May 7-8); [email protected], www.cci- Techniques for the Paper Conservator Introduction to the Microscopical icc.gc.ca/ (June 11-14); Designing Mannequin and Identification of Art Conservation Costume Forms for Exhibit (June 16-19); Materials (June 9-13).Westmont, IL— September 24–27, 2008. "Textiles as *De-acidification of Paper (July 21-24); Contact: (630) 887-7100; Cultural Expressions." The Eleventh Microscopy for the Conservator of [email protected]; Biennial Symposium of the Textile Historic and Artistic Works (August 25- www.collegeofmicroscopy.com Society of America. Honolulu, HI— 29); *Biofilms for Conservators: Solving Contact:Tom Klobe,TSA Symposium Microbiological Problems in Heritage Program Coordinator, University of Collections (October 6-10). * indicates Conservation Center for Art and Hawaii, Department of Art & Art AIC member discount available, program Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) History, 2535 McCarthy Mall, supported in part by FAIC. Mt. Carroll, Philadelphia, PA—Contact: (215) 545- Honolulu, HI 96822; Janice Lessman- IL—Contact: Campbell Center; (815) 0613; www.ccaha.org Moss, [email protected] 244-1173; Fax: (815) 244-1619; [email protected]; COURSE OFFERINGS www.campbellcenter.org Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University The American Academy of Contact:Anuja Butala, (212) 992-5888; Bookbinding Courses Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) [email protected]; or Shelley Sass, Contact: (970) 728-3886; Emergency and Disaster Preparedness [email protected] [email protected]; www.ahhaa.org for Cultural Institutions (February 8–9, 2008). Canada—Contact: cci- [email protected]; 1 (866) 998-3721; Getty Conservation Institute American Association of Museums www.cci-icc.gc.ca Fundamentals of the Conservation of (AAM) Photographs (July 2008, Slovak Webinar Series,“The Digital Museum: Republic). Presented by the Getty Transforming the Future Now”, Conservation Institute, the Academy of ongoing—Contact: www.aam-us.org Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, and the Slovak National Library in Martin, Slovak Republic—Contact: [email protected],

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2008 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

The following courses are presented with funds from the FAIC Endowment for Professional Development, which is supported by The Andrew W.Mellon Foundation and by contributions from members and friends of AIC. Full descriptions and registration forms are available on the AIC website (www.aic-faic.org) or from the AIC Office: (202) 452-9545, ext. 5. *May 15-18,“Conservation of Plastics and Rubber.” New York,NY

June 13-15,“Digital Inkjet Printing for Textile Conservators.” Philadelphia, PA

*August 4-5 & 7-8,“Conservation of Tracing Paper.”Williamstown, MA

October 3-5.“Iron Gall Ink Conservation.”Andover, MA

*October 6-10,“Adhesives for Conservation.” Omaha, NE See AIC website for complete FAIC Online Courses course listings and FAIC co-sponsored courses. June 5-July 2,“Laboratory Safety for Conservation” July 10-Aug 6,“Mitigating Risk: Contracts and Insurance for Conservation” Sept 11-Oct 8,“Professional Responsibility in Conservation” Oct 16-Nov 12,“Records and Information Management for Conservation” *This event funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special scholarship funds available for U.S. residents.

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/ed 2008,Tokyo, Japan); Management 7-8, London); Lapis Lazuli - Fact and ucation/cons_photo/ Planning for Cultural Heritage Fiction workshop, (July 8, London); (November 24–December 6, 2008)— Mounting Museum Objects for Contact: ICCROM, +39 06 585531; Exhibition (July 8-10,Aberdeen); New Heritage Conservation Network [email protected] Methods of Cleaning Surfaces of Prairie Preservation at the Hutmach Books and Paper (July 14-18, London); Homestead (May 25–31, 2008, North Leather Conservation Workshop (July Dakota)—Contact: (303) 444-0128; International Academic Projects 15-17, Northampton); Practical Insect [email protected] Chemistry for Conservators (by Pest Management (June 17-18, correspondence, 4 months starting Sept London); Identification of Wood (July 1st); Conservation of Glass (May 19- 21-25, London); Integrated Pest Illinois Digitization Institute at the 23, Corning, USA); Making High Management for Libraries and Archives University of Illinois Library at Quality Resin Replicas of Museum (July 22, London); New Methods of Urbana-Champaign, Online Courses Objects (May 26-30, Denmark); Cleaning Paintings (July 2-Aug 1, Contact:Amy Maroso, Making High Quality Electroform Australia); New Methods of Cleaning [email protected]; http://images.library. Replicas (June 9- 13, Denmark); Indo- Painted Surfaces of 3D Objects (Aug uiuc.edu/projects/idi Persian Paintings Workshop (June 16- 4-8,Australia); Preservation of 20, London); Digital Photography of Medieval Books (Aug 4-29, Italy); Museum Objects (June 24-25, Introduction to Laser Cleaning in International Centre for the Study of London); Deacidification of Paper Conservation (June 16-17, Sept 29-30, the Preservation and Restoration of (June 25-26, London); Giltwood Frame Liverpool)—Contact: James Black, Cultural Property (ICCROM) and Object Restoration Workshop International Academic Projects, 6 Wood Conservation Technology (May (June 30-July 4, London); Pigments Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5HJ, UK; 26–July 4, 2008, Oslo, Norway); and the Polarizing Microscope (June +44 207 380 0800; International Course on Conservation 30-July 4, Somerset, UK); [email protected] of Japanese Paper (September 8-27, Identification of Paper Workshop (July

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The Laboratory Safety Institute 55408; (612) 870-3128; Museum Artifacts: How they were Seminars and Workshops [email protected] made and how they deteriorate Nationwide—Contact: LSI, (800) 647- (August 4-September 14); Found in 1977; [email protected]; the Collection: Orphans, Old Loans www.labsafety.org Multimodal Hazardous Materials and Abandoned Property (August 4- Transportation Training Seminar September 14); Museum Cleaning Various locations and dates—Contact: Basics (September 2-26); Fundamentals Lascaris Conservation of Works of Art Suezett Edwards, U.S. Department of of Museum Volunteer Programs Halkida, Evia Island, Greece—Contact: Transportation, (202) 366-4863 (September 2-26); Disaster Plan Mihail Larentzakis-Lascaris, Iatridou Research and Writing (September 2- and Avanton 27, P.O. Box 19172, October 10 ); Storage Facilities and 34100 Chalkida, Greece;Tel/Fax: National Museums Liverpool Furniture (September 2-October 10); +30/22210/21981; Contact: Martin Cooper, Conservation Collections Management Policies for [email protected]; Technologies, National Conservation Museums and Related Institutions www.laskarisml.gr Centre, Liverpool, National Museums (September 2-November 14); Care of Liverpool,Whitechapel, Liverpool, L1 Archaeological Artifacts From the Field 6HZ, UK; +44 151 478 4904; to the Lab (October 6-31); Integrated McCrone Research Institute [email protected] Pest Management (October 6- Microscopy for Art Conservators November 14); Exhibit Fundamentals: (October 6-10,AIC member discount Ideas to Installation (October 6- available - this program is supported in National Preservation Institute November 14); Collection Inventories part by the Foundation of the Digital and Traditional Photography of (October 27-November 22); American Institute for Conservation of Cultural Resources (May 13-14, Introduction to Museums (November Historic and Artistic Works); Digital Denver, CO, Oct. 21-22, Carson City, 3-28); Care of Textiles (November 3- Imaging (June 11-13); Polarized Light NV), Identification and Evaluation of 28); Materials for Storage and Display and Forensic Microscopy (June 9-13 mid-20th C Buildings (May 19-20, (November 3-28); Collection and August 11-15);Advanced Polarized Denver, CO, Nov. 18-19, Columbia Management Databases (November 3- Light Microscopy (June 16-20); Sample SC), Green Strategies for Historic 28); Preservation Environments Preparation and Manipulation for Buildings (September 9, Phoeniz,AZ), (November 3-28)—Contact: Helen Microanalysis (May 5-9 and October Cemetary Preservation (September 15- Alten, [email protected] 27-31); Microscope Cleaning, 16, Jacksonville, FL). Note: Scholarships Adjustment and Maintenance available for select seminars through (November 17-18); SEM/X-Ray the NEA—Contact: Jere Gibber, Pacific Northwest Preservation Spectroscopy (May 19-23 and Executive Director; National Management Institute September 29-October 3); Indoor Air Preservation Institute, P.O. Box 1702, Seattle,WA—Contact: Lori Foley, Quality: Identification of House Dust Alexandria,VA 22313; (703) 765-0100; [email protected]; www.nedcc.org and Indoor Particles (May 27-29); [email protected] Practical Infrared Microspectroscopy – FTIR (August 25-29 and December Professione Libro Association Northern States Conservation Center 8-12); Raman Microscopy (August 11- Standing Book (June 17-21, 2008); Online Courses/Online Museum 13); Microchemical Methods One Day Waxing (June 2, 2008). Classes (September 22-26); Microscopy for Art Milan, Italy—Contact: +39 02 Conservators (October 6-10); Cataloging Collections (June 30- July 3760058, [email protected] Fluorescence Microscopy (November 26);An Introduction to Collections 5-7). Chicago, IL—Contact: Lauren Preservation (July 7-August 1); Logan, (312) 842-7100; Introduction to Museums (July 7- Rutgers University School of [email protected]; www.mcri.org. August 1); Introduction to Museum Communication, Information and Security (July 7-August 1); Plastics in Library Studies’ Biennial Preservation Museums (July 7-August 1); Care of Management Institute Midwest Art Conservation Center Photographs (July 7-August 1); Contact: Karen Novick, Rutgers Contact: Melinda Markell, 2400 Third Applying Numbers to Collection University, 4 Huntington St., New Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN Objects: Materials and Methods of Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071; (732) 932- Object Numbering (August 4-29); 7169; Fax: (732) 932-9314;

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30 AIC NEWS, May 2008 Positions, Internships, and fellowships

WINTERTHUR MUSEUM techniques as they relate to paper- Following is a list of & COUNTRY ESTATE based materials, and thorough famil- recent online job Paper Conservator iarity with museum preservation stan- dards and practices. Superior verbal postings. To read the The Winterthur Museum & and written communication skills and complete descriptions of Country Estate seeks a Paper teaching experience are required. Conservator to head the Paper Familiarity with digital documenta- these and more Conservation Laboratory and teach in tion techniques, with the conserva- positions, internships, the Winterthur/University of tion of photographs and library mate- and fellowships, Delaware Program in Art rials and connoisseurship of prints Conservation (WUDPAC). and drawings is desirable. visit us online at Responsibilities include conservation Minimum qualifications:The aic.stanford.edu/ of the institution’s art-on-paper col- applicant must hold a Master’s degree news/onlinejobs.html lections, management of the Paper in conservation with a minimum of Conservation and Preservation 10 years of experience or a Bachelor’s Housing Laboratories, collaboration degree and equivalent training with a with museum and conservation staff minimum of 12 years of experience. AMON CARTER MUSEUM to achieve institutional preservation Supervisory experience and past Andrew W. Mellon goals, and teaching, advising and employment in the conservation Fellowship in Photographs mentoring masters level conservation department of a museum is desirable. Conservation students. The Winterthur Museum Interested candidates should for- comprises the largest single collection ward a cover letter and resume to of American Decorative Arts 1640- Human resources,Winterthur 1860, including approximately 4,000 Museum & Country Estate, HENRY FORD MUSEUM works-of-art on paper, complex com- Winterthur, DE 19735 or email Objects Conservator posite objects and a research library [email protected]. EOE encompassing significant collections —A. Shonie Castle of design drawings and printed Employment Manager ephemera.WUDPAC is one of five YALE CENTER FOR graduate programs in art conservation BRITISH ART in the United States; this position Post-Graduate Fellowship includes an adjunct faculty appoint- in Paper Conservation ment in paper conservation. The successful candidate will examine and treat a variety of paper- based objects including those for ANTARCTICA exhibition, loan and acquisition. HERITAGE TRUST He/she will work closely with cura- Various Positions torial, exhibition and other depart- ments to design, schedule and coordi- nate projects.The position requires collaboration with scientists and con- COOPER-HEWITT servators in other disciplines, partici- Senior Objects Conservator pation in museum and WUDPAC programming and interaction with museum members, donors and the public. Research and technical exami- YALE UNIVERSITY nation are encouraged for incorpora- Objects Conservator tion in professional presentations, teaching and publications. In addition to a thorough knowledge of the history and tech- nology of art-on-paper, the candidate should demonstrate superior hand skills, mastery of a wide variety of treatment options, an understanding of conservation science and analytical

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