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Architectural Records Conference Spring 2000 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 1999


ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS
PRESERVING AND MANAGING THE DOCUMENTATION OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT

CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS (CCAHA)
ANNOUNCES ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts and the 
National Park Service Museum Management Program are cosponsoring 
a three-day conference on the management of architectural records, 
from Wednesday, May 3 through Friday, May 5, 2000, at The 
thenaeum of Philadelphia.  Additional sponsors are The Athenaeum 
of Philadelphia, Independence National Historical Park, and the 
Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.  Funding 
has been provided by the National Park Service Cultural Resources 
Training Initiative, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 
The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Independence Foundation, The Barra 
Foundation, and Nielsen & Bainbridge.


Purpose and scope:
The goal of this conference is to improve practices for preserving, 
managing, and providing access to documentation of our built heritage.  
Twenty speakers will address the challenges involved in managing 
architectural records collections, on both theoretical and practical 
levels, through keynote addresses, lectures, case studies, 
demonstrations, and tours.  Participants will learn about the significance 
of architectural records; the array of materials and methods used to 
create them, from the earliest processes to those in use today; 
collecting policies; appraisal; intellectual control; preventive 
and remedial preservation measures; access methods; fundraising; 
legal issues, including copyright in the online environment; and 
efforts to ensure that the electronic record of the architecture 
of the late 20th century and beyond will endure in usable form for 
future study.


Audience: 
This conference is intended for archivists, librarians, curators, 
historic preservation officers, records managers, historians, and 
architects who are involved in collecting, preserving, and providing 
access to architectural, landscape, and historic preservation 
records in archives, libraries, museums, historic sites, historical 
societies, and architectural firms.


Conference Stipends: 
Awards of up to $500 will be made to defray travel, lodging, and 
registration costs for up to 20 individuals.  To be eligible, 
individuals must work with architectural records that are available 
to the public in non-profit institutions with annual budgets of $250,000 or less.


Complete conference information, including registration fees, deadlines, and 
stipend application procedures, will be available soon.  Watch for 
announcements in the mail and on CCAHA's website at http://www.ccaha.org.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
264 South 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel.: 215.545.0613
Fax: 215.735.9313
E-mail:  CCAHA@ccaha.org
Web Site: www.ccaha.org


The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), 
established in 1977, is a non-profit regional conservation laboratory 
serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research institutions, 
as well as private individuals and organizations.  CCAHA specializes in the 
treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on paper, such as prints, 
maps, posters, architectural drawings, historic wallpaper, photographs, 
rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials, such as 
parchment and papyrus.  It also offers on-site consultation services; 
educational programs and seminars; internships, fellowships, and 
apprenticeships; and emergency conservation assistance.
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