Congratulations to these 2006 Conservation Treatment Grant Recipients:

Albany County Historical Association, Albany (Albany County)   $ 750

For conservation treatment of an 1850 gilt mirror; work to be done by conservator Ronald DuCharme.

Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany (Albany County)   $5000 For conservation treatment of the 1845 gilt frame original to an Asher B. Durand painting; work to be done by wood conservator Hugh Glover of Williamstown Art Conservation Center.

Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association, Malone (Franklin County)   $2075

For conservation treatment of a c. 1866 cotton dress and bonnet; work to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, Canajoharie (Montgomery County)  $4220

For conservation treatment of the 1929 oil painting "Clinton's Brigade" by Edward Buyck; to be treated by paintings conservator Thomas Branchick of Williamstown Art Conservation Center.

Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier; Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, $2750 

North Tonawanda (Niagara County). For conservation of 3 Herschell-Spillman Carousel horses on the 1916 Allan Herschell No. 1 Special Carousel; to be treated by conservator Rosa Ragan.

Cayuga Museum of History & Art, Auburn (Cayuga County)   $7500 For conservation of the oil painting "Group of Men on Picnic" by George L. Clough;

to be treated by paintings conservators Susan Blakney and John Sutton of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Dutchess County Historical Society, Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County)   $2450 Towards conservation treatment of needlework samplers with Dutchess County provenance including the 1915 pastoral scene by Elizabeth Smith ME of A. Sketchley's Boarding School; work to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

Eastchester Historical Society, Eastchester, (Westchester County)  $1180

For conservation treatment of the 1861 Eastchester Farms wall map; work to be done by paper conservator Bucky Weaver of Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC).

Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse (Onondaga County)     $1145 For conservation of the watercolor "The Weighlock Building" by James Cantwell, and its gilt frame; to be treated by paper conservator Michele Phillips of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Fraunces Tavern Museum/ Sons of the Revolution of the State of New York ,  $2750

New York (New York County) . For conservation treatment of the 1908 John Ward Dunsmore painting "Washington Rebukes Lee"; work to be done by conservator Alexander Katlan.

Frontenac Historical Society & Museum, Union Springs (Cayuga County)  $6320

For conservation of the 19^th c. lithograph of Andersonville Prison, and new mount/frame; work to be done by paper conservator Michele Phillips of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Genesee Country Village & Museum, Mumford  (Monroe County)   $5781

For conservation of the 1830 oil portrait of George Y. Henry by Edwin Weyburn Goodwin and its frame; treatment to be done by paintings conservator John Sutton of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Geneva Historical Society, Geneva (Ontario County)     $2805

For conservation of the c. 1905 oil painting "Canandaigua Outlet" by Newton Weatherly and period frame; treatment to be done by painting conservators John Sutton/Susan Blakney of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, Goshen (Orange County)   $3177

For conservation treatment of 3 early 20^th century racing driver's caps; work to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation .

Hillwood Art Museum/LIU, Brookville (Nassau County)     $5270

For conservation treatment of an African Elephant Mask of the Bamileke Culture, Camaroon; work to be done by textile conservators Katherine Barker and Karen Nelson Clark of the Textile Conservation Workshop.

Historical Association of Lewiston, Lewiston (Niagara County)    $1330 For conservation of a panoramic gelatin print photograph of Niagara Falls from Canada, 1908; treatment to be done by paper conservator Gary Albright.

Historical Society of Quaker Hill & Pawling, Pawling (Dutchess County)  $2045

For conservation of an 1828 Quaker sampler, mat and frame; work to be treated by textile conservators Mary Kaldany, Katherine Barker and Karen Nelson Clark of the Textile Conservation Workshop.

Honeoye Falls-Town of Mendon Historical Society, Honeoye Falls (Monroe County) $ 525

For conservation treatment of a carved Seneca Indian bone comb, c. 1675; work to be done by archaeological objects conservator Lisa Goldberg.

Leo Baeck Institute, New York (New York County)     $2550

For treatment of the oil "Portrait of Max Bohm" by Max Lieberman, 1925; work to be done by painting conservator Charles von Nostitz.

Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, Stony Brook (Suffolk Co) $3220

For conservation treatment of 2 modernist oil paintings: Oyster Bay Factory (1933) by Luigi Lucioni, and Shinnecock Hills (1946) by Nicolai Cikovsky; work to be done by paintings conservator Alexander Katlan.

Memorial Art Gallery / University of Rochester, Rochester (Monroe County)  $6797

For conservation treatment of  the oil portrait of Josephine Dixon, "Girl Holding Goldfinch" by J. Gaunt (1840) and frame; work to be done by paintings conservators Susan Blakney and John Sutton of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, New York (New York County)   $2990

For conservation treatment of a 19^th century silk calash-style bonnet and its mount; work to be done by textile conservators Karen Nelson Clark, Mary Kaldany and Katherine Barker of Textile Conservation Workshop.

Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York (New York County)   $7500

For conservation of two early 20^th century wedding dresses-American & Palestinian; treatment to be done by textile conservator Judith Eisenberg.

Niagara County Historical Society , Lockport (Niagara County)    $2980

Towards the conservation of mid-19^th century hair wreaths; treatment to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

Nunda Historical Society, Dalton (Livingston County)     $4466

For conservation of an 1858 wall map of Livingston County, and its mount; treatment to be done by paper conservator Michele Phillips of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts / St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure $2932

(Cattaraugus County) for conservation treatment of two 17^th century Japanese Niō guardian figures; work to be done by conservators Wendy Partridge and Shelley Smith of the Intermuseum Conservation Association.

Rochester Historical Society, Rochester (Monroe County)    $2950

For conservation of the oil portrait of Lydia Strong Reynolds (1854), first female postmaster of Rochester; work to be treated by paintings conservator Tracy Dulniak of Great Lakes Conservation.

Staten Island Historical Society, Staten Island (Richmond County)  $2350

For conservation of children's wicker furniture, including a steamer chair, potty chair and rocking chair; treatment to be done by conservators Olaf Unsoeld and Cornelis Van Horne of Fine Wood Conservation, Ltd. 

Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead (Suffolk County)   $2530

For conservation treatment of the oil portrait of William Smith (1831) by Shepard Alonzo Mount; work to be done by paintings conservator Alexander Katlan.

Yager Museum of Art, Hartwick College, Oneonta (Otsego County)  $6750

For conservation treatment of 2 paintings "Spangled Scarf" by Emily N. Hatch and "Summertime" by G.Glenn Newell; work to be done by paintings conservator Alexander Katlan.

The Conservation Treatment Grant Program of Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums Is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.