Number 97          Summer 2005

LHC's Voice Joins the Conversation Advocating New Federal Support for Museums & Historical Societies Akin to the Present Library Services Model

A new discussion is focused on creating/expanding national funding to close the technological divide between museums and libraries, and between museums and their publics. Dr. Robert Martin, Director of the Institute for Museum & Library Services (IMLS), has asked that we help play a role in shaping future federal funding initiatives for museums, collecting and research institutions. LHC joins with IMLS and the American Association for State & Local History (AASLH) Formula Grant Task Force, in strategizing towards the goal of a federal museum funding model already enjoyed by libraries. We are building a dialog that defines the need for supporting technological growth and improvement to advance museums of all sizes in ensuring public access to unique resources and programs.

As Sandra Sageser Clark, Chair of the AASLH Formula Grant Task Force, and Director of the Michigan Historical Society has written: "As the federal library program (begun in 1957) grew and matured it became a reliable source of funding that required statewide planning, lifted standards in the smallest to the largest institutions, fostered state funding, and built a united, strong grassroots community. "The current Library Services Act sets out broad parameters for federal formula grants to States, but allows each state to determine the most beneficial way to spend its funds. Whatever the choice made by each state, it is clear that the library program brings benefits to all kinds and sizes of libraries.

"What could a similar program mean for museums and archives? It could mean statewide training programs for small organizations;. it could mean funds for capital improvements or technology upgrades. [Such funding] must be in addition to existing IMLS and National Historical Publications & Records Commissions programs (NHPRC), not replace them. It must help us do a better job of caring for our collections, whether they are rare photographs or zoo animals—but it must also offer direct public benefit. … We need to shape a powerful case."

Interesting local outcomes of Library Services Act and Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) grant support are seen throughout the Hudson Valley- from the photograph digitization project of the Libraries of Rockland County, to the Digital Task Force program of the Southeastern NY Library Resources Council (SENYLRC) in Highland. Training, equipment and staffing support are the foreseeable elements of an expanded, museum-inclusive federal program that can help cultural institutions bridge the existing technology divide.

Lower Hudson Conference Awarded NYSCA General Operating Support Grant and Renewed Statewide Conservation Treatment Grant Program Funding for FY 2006. LHC is pleased to announce receipt of grant awards from the Museum Program of the New York State Council on the Arts for FY 2006, totaling $145,000. A second year of General Operating Support ($15,000) and a renewed year of re-grant funding ($130,000) for the statewide Conservation Treatment Grant Program which LHC administers for NYSCA. This year's Conservation Treatment funding includes c. $105,000 to be re-granted to eligible museum applicants across the state, and supports program administration as well as an evaluation project to conclude in August, 2006. These museum service activities are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.

SAVE THE DATE: Friday, October 7^th for Lower Hudson Conference's 2005 Annual Meeting, Field Forum & Awards for Excellence program, "The Continuum of History in the Community," to be hosted by Locust Grove, the Samuel F.B. Morse Historic Site in Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County).

This October LHC's Board will confer two regional Cultural Heritage Awards. They will be presented to Congressman Maurice Hinchey, and to Historic Hudson Valley Curator Emeritus Joseph Butler. 

Keynote speaker Rev. Jim Heron, Project Historian for the new Rivers & Estuaries Center to be built on Dennings Point, Beacon, will reveal the history and archaeology unearthed at this Dutchess County spot: from evidence of Native Americans who inhabited it back 5,000 years BC, to the anchoring of Henry Hudson 's ship off the point in 1609, to the discovery that Alexander Hamilton had written some of his Federalist Papers at dePeyster House, there.

A special Field Forum speaker will lead our discussion about the future of historic house museums, their collections and their communities. Historic house museum personnel and trustees are welcome to join the Field Forum panel; please contact LHC Executive Director Tema Harnik this summer to confirm your interest in participating.

Annual Meeting Early Bird Registration: received by August 30^th:

$ 40/LHC members; $ 50/non-members; $35 each for 2 or more from a member organization

Annual Meeting Registration: received September 1 – October 7:

$ 45/LHC members; $ 55/non-members; $ 40 each for 2 or more from a member organization.

Morning refreshments and a buffet luncheon are included in your registration fee. Please mail checks to: Lower Hudson Conference, 2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, New York 10523.

LHC Annual Meeting & Awards Sponsorships and Exhibitorships are available at these rates: Exhibitor: $250; Annual Meeting Sponsor: $250 - $1000; Awards Sponsor: $150.

LHC Awards for Excellence Nominations are due August 1^st -- Send in yours, now! We know our members have developed, designed and produced exciting projects in exhibition, public programming, collections management, education, historic preservation, community documentation, heritage tourism, and through publications, videos and websites. Annual Awards are made to projects that exemplify creativity and professional vision, resulting in a contribution to the preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture and diversity of the Hudson Valley and greater metropolitan region. Please find a nomination form in this newsletter, or on-line.

Any LHC member individual or organization is eligible to be nominated for projects completed by September 30^th of the current year. Projects not completed must have reached a point sufficient to permit judgment of merit. Nominating oneself or one's organization is permissible and encouraged! A jury of professional peers representing the historical agency, museum, archives and/or education fields will judge nominations on the evidence of quality, creative use of resources, and long-term significance.

Summer: Planning to Plan

Your collections are reacting to the change in temperature and humidity- shouldn't your board and staff use summer time to react to the changing needs of your organization? Now is a good time to consider developing a Preservation Plan, and the best way to start is through an assessment, survey or consultation. Many paths are available to museums and historical societies, libraries and archives of all sizes. With a consultants report, assessment or collections survey & recommendations in hand, your organization builds capacity and has the elements at hand to apply for conservation or preservation grant funding from state and federal sources such as the New York State Library Conservation/Preservation Grant Program, the (statewide) Conservation Treatment Grant Program, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Preservation and Access Grant Program, Save America's Treasures grants, and others.

Taking Stock: Assessing Collections Preservation Needs. The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) has published a self-survey guide to setting preservation priorities for working with books, pamphlets, documents and manuscripts, photographs and negatives, framed materials, scrapbooks, newsprint and audio-visual materials. The guide is available on line at www.nedcc.org/welcome/pubs.htm, or in hard copy for $15 from NEDCC, attn. Juanita Singh, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810.

According to NEDCC Executive Director, Ann Russell, "Organizations that hold collections can best position themselves to raise funds for preservation by demonstrating an institutional commitment to collections care. Important first steps include bringing in an expert to perform a survey of preservation needs; writing a long-range preservation plan; and budgeting even a modest amount for preservation."

CAP grants offer a blueprint for collections care. The Conservation Assessment Program provides general assessments of your museum's collections and sites by a trained conservator who looks at museum conditions, policies and procedures that affect the care of your collections. The Assessor's evaluation report can serve as a blueprint for guiding your museum to the next level of collections care. With a CAP report in hand, and working with your board, staff and volunteers, you can prioritize your needs, begin to improve care of the building and collections, and develop a long-range conservation or preservation plan. With a report or assessment you can raise awareness and funds for future conservation projects among your members and supporters.

CAP grants of $3000- $6500 are federally funded through IMLS and administered by Heritage Preservation. They are non-competitive, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. The application deadline is December 1^st.  When you receive a CAP grant you get a list of professional conservators from which to hire your assessor. The person selected will spend two days on site conducting the collections survey, then three days writing the assessment report. Museums located in structures at least 50 years old are awarded the services of a second assessor- a preservation architect whose report will advise you on how best to preserve your building. For more information on CAP, and a sample application, go to www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/capover.htm.

Summer News CALENDAR

JUNE

American Institute for Conservation (AIC) annual meeting, "Documentation Dilemma: Managing Conservation Data in the 21^st Century," Minneapolis, MN. 

12-16 Association for Living History, Farm & Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) annual meeting, "Farm Fresh: Keeping Museums Fresh in the 21^st Century," Des Moines, IA. www.lhf.org/alhfam.

JULY

1 Deadline: Get Ready, Get Set, Go Grants for museum advancement from Upstate History Alliance (UHA). info@upstatehistory.org; 800-895-1648.

1 Deadline: applications for Local Historians' Research Seminars at the New York State Archives, Albany, NY.

1 Deadline: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Preservation Education & Training grants; www.neh.gov; 202-606-8446.

8 Deadline: Upstate History Alliance's 2005 Museum Institute at Great Camp Sagamore; www.upstatehistory.org.

12-14 Teaching the Hudson Valley Institute: "From The Erie Canal to The New Deal: The Hudson Valley and the Rise of the Empire State," at the Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park. 845-229-9116, ext. 35; www.teachingtheHudsonValley.org. $80/3 days; $30/single day.

15 Deadline: application for NEH Grants to Preserve & Create Access to Humanities Collections. $50K-$60K, with 50% cost-sharing. info@neh.gov; www.neh.gov.

22 New England Museum Association (NEMA) Directors & Trustees Summer Meeting: "All Things to All People? The Many Roles of Museums Today," 10am – 3:30pm, at the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. $50/NEMA members; $65/non-members. Registration deadline: July 15. NEMA, 22 Mill Street, Suite 409, Arlington, MA 02476; tel: 781-641-0013

AUGUST

1 Deadline: Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) World Trade Center Documentation Grant Initiative.

1 Deadline: LHC 2005 Awards for Excellence Nominations. See nomination forms in this issue. www.lowerhudsonconference.org.

Deadline: Access to Artistic Excellence grants, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). $5 -$150,000 toward conservation, provenance research, collections management, documentation, creation of collections catalogue, reinstallation of collections and/or public programs. 1:1 match required. 202-682-5576;  www.nea.gov.

Society of American Archivists (SAA) annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. www.archivists.org.

19 Stone Strategies: Conservation & Documentation of Historic Cemeteries workshop: Morrisville Rural Cemetery, Town of Eaton, NY (Madison County). Contact LHC or Madison County Tourism for registration information: 914-592-6726; lowerhudson@msn.com.

Fall 2005 Preview:

SEPTEMBER

12 Tentative: LHC Handling History workshop: "Handling Paintings & Frames," the Salmagundi Club, NYC. 10am – 4pm. Registration limited to 15. $60/ non-members; $50 LHC members. 914-592-6726; lowerhudson@msn.com. 

21-24 American Association for State & Local History (AASLH) annual meeting: "History's Mysteries" Pittsburgh, PA. In association with the PFMHO. www.aaslh.org.

23-24 Conference: "Native Americans & The American Revolution," at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Connecticut. Contact Kevin McBride: 860-396-6814; kmcbride@mptn-nsn.gov.

Second Annual Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution. Early bird registration deadline: August 1. Scholarships are available for teachers who are first-time attendees. For information: Rich Strum, Director of Interpretation & Education, rstrum@fort-ticonderoga.org.

26-30 Smithsonian Institution Workshop: "Introduction to Management of Museum Collections," Washington, DC. $450; contact: Bettie Lee, leeb@si.edu.

Upstate History Alliance's Museum Institute at Camp Sagamore. www.upstatehistory.org.

29- Patriot's Weekend: lectures, re-enactments & commemorations in honor of the 225^th Oct. 2 anniversary of the Andre-Arnold Affair throughout  Dutchess, Orange, Westchester and Rockland County communities of Poughkeepsie,  (Marist College), West Point, Peekskill, Croton, Elmsford, Tarrytown & Tappan.  hrvi@marist.edu; www.hudsonrivervalley.org.

OCTOBER

1 Deadline: Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) Conservation Project Grants. www.imls.gov.

7 LHC Annual Meeting and Awards for Excellence Program, at Locust Grove, the Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie. Save the Date. Early Bird Registration: received by August 30^th: $ 40/LHC member; $ 50/non-member; $ 35 each for 2 or more from a member organization. Annual Meeting Registration: received September 1 - October 7: $ 45/LHC member; $ 55/non-member; $ 40 each for 2 or more from a member organization. Mail checks to: Lower Hudson Conference, 2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523.

12-15 Conference: "Safe Keepers of Memory: Conservation of Buildings & Their Collections," Lisbon Portugal. International Committee for Historic House Museums; contact Maria de Jesus Monge, mhmonge@clix.pt.

Conference: "Art Beyond Sight: Multi-Modal Approaches to Learning," Co-sponsored by the  Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of American Folk Art.

20-23 Museum Trustee Association annual assembly, Philadelphia. www.mtz-hq.org.

Conference: Northeast Popular Culture/ American Culture Association, Fairfield, CT. www.wpi.edu/~jphanlan/NEPCA.html.

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) annual meeting, Baltimore. For information: www.midatlanticmuseums.org

NOVEMBER

2-6 Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Providence, RI. www.dickinson.edu/oha.

4-6 Conference: Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/American Culture Association, "Death in American Culture," New Brunswick, NJ. 

New England Museums Association (NEMA) annual conference, Burlington, VT: "Risky Business: Museums in an Ever-Changing World". www.nemanet.org.

RESOURCES AT HAND & ON-LINE

The Minnesota Historical Society's Historic Housekeeping Handbook is on line at: www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/reports/manual-0102.pdf.

The National Park Service Museum Handbook is at www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/MH/mushbkl.html.

Lower Hudson Conference's illustrated Emergency Preparedness and Response Handbook and an appendix Materials & Techniques for Recovery of Paper Research Materials from Fire & Flood, are fully down-loadable from the LHC website: www.lowerhudsonconference.org.

The 2004-05 MANY Salary Survey is available from the Museum Association of New York (MANY), 265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180, or online at www.manyonline.org. $35/members; $70 retail + s&h.

The Hudson Valley Materials Exchange Community Warehouse at Stewart Airport (Newburgh) is a non-profit resource for used and surplus materials for the arts and education. Contact: hvme@hvc.rr.com; 845/567-1445; www.hvmaterialsexchange.com.

Seminars for Municipal Historians: the New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust are accepting applications (by July 1) for a pilot program- the Larry J. Hackman Research Seminar for Local Historians- offering financial support for officially appointed local government historians to attend a three-day research seminar at the State Archives facility in Albany, September 14-16.

The seminar, an opportunity to learn about and use resources in the State Archives, will emphasize how state government records can aid community history research. Preference will be given to officially appointed public historians who have never before done research at the State Archives, and who have some research experience using archival records and other primary sources. Funding covers reimbursement of travel and meal expenses at state rates, two nights lodging (Sept. 14 & 15) will be provided at no cost, as well as a credit for up to $20 for onsite photocopy costs.

Applications are available at: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/apt/hackman/hackmanforms.shtml, and must be mailed with postmark by July 1, 2005. For more information, call the Archives Partnership Trust: 518-473-7091. 

AASLH offers a Traveling Exhibits Clearinghouse, on-line. Over 50 temporary history exhibits are available at www.aaslh.org/travellingexhibits.htm. You can list an exhibit, or plan to borrow one. Listing exhibits is free, but you need a user name and password to secure your listings. AASLH members can have exhibits reviewed on-line at the clearinghouse, as well.

The Traveler's Conservation Foundation, which provides nonprofits with grants for protection, restoration and conservation of natural, cultural or historic sites, is accepting proposals for grants from $5,000-$20,000. Grants will be awarded to museums and historic sites that demonstrate a commitment to the community and a desire to make the traveling public aware of the necessity of preserving the sites they visit. Contact Sarah Mann, grants coordinator, at DiscoverNE@aol.com, or go to www.tcfonline.org.

UHA Museum Institute at Great Camp Sagamore Sept. 14-17; application deadline July 8^th.

"Vision, Mission, Money," UHA's annual institute will focus this September 2005 on how vision, mission and effective planning are directly connected to an organization's ability to generate support. Presenters will explore topics including audience development, generating earned income, creating a development plan, and managing money and capital campaigns.

The institute, created by Upstate History Alliance, began in 1997 and is held at Great Camp Sagamore in the Adirondacks, a National Historic Landmark. The institute is made possible, in part, by support from the New York State Council on the Arts. It is open to individuals currently employed in leadership positions with a museum or a museum service organization. Up to 25 participants will be selected.  A fee of $350 includes all lodging, meals and materials. Go Grants are available to MY museums for professional development opportunities such as the Institute. For application and information, e-mail: info@upstatehistory.org or www.upstatehistory.org.

Reviewing the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R): A brief history.

The Washington-Rochambeau Route is a 600-mile route that was used by generals George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau and their troops during the American Revolutionary War. It passes through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and what is now Washington, D.C., and is composed of roads, campsites, ports, and other route-related resources. The Continental Army and the French military joined forces to march along this route in 1781, taking a combination of intricate land and water trails that led them to the decisive siege of Yorktown, Virginia, where they succeeded in defeating the British army serving under General Cornwallis. Subsequently, various military parties followed similar return routes northward: Washington and the Continentals returned to defend northern posts while Rochambeau and his army wintered in Williamsburg, then marched back in the summer of 1782. In the towns and cities they passed through along the way, both American and French forces were warmly greeted and celebrated. In the fall of 1782, the bulk of Rochambeau's troops marched into Boston, and by year's end, sailed back to France.

The National Park Service has conducted an evaluation study of the national significance of the ten-state route, with congressional authorization of the W3R National Heritage Act of 2000. The study team is composed of planners from the Northeast Region of the National Park Service, the National Capital Region of the NPS, the planning firm of Goody, Clancy & Associates, the environmental and engineering firm of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc, and historian Dr. Robert Selig. For more in-depth information about the W3R project, see www.nps.gov/boso/w-r, or the Hudson River Valley Institute website, www.hrvi@marist.edu. 

AAM Accreditation Standards Revised in 2005. Last winter the American Association of Museums' Accreditation Commission released a revised set of Characteristics of an Accreditable Museum, Accreditation Expectations, Core Questions & Eligibility Criteria, eliminating the previous $25,000 minimum budget requirement, but enhancing emphasis on accountability, public trust, community engagement and inclusiveness; increasing emphasis on on-going assessment of operations and programs, and making use of the results; and increasing focus on how museums fulfill their public service role by making resources intellectually and physically accessible.  "Characteristics" is a list of 38 descriptive attributes of a professionally run, high-functioning museum. "Expectations" now address governance, with revisions to existing expectations in regard to mission, planning, code of ethics, delegation of authority and collections stewardship. The American Association of Museums Accreditation Standards are available on line at www.aam-us.org/accred.

Plan to Participate in Patriot's Weekend, September 29 – October 2, 2005

Treason! The Arnold – Andre Affair will take center stage as historical communities in the Lower Hudson Valley reenact the dramatic events that took place 225 years ago, when our region was the major theater of the Revolutionary War, and what George Washington referred to as the "Key to Victory."  Each year through 2008 the Hudson Valley will celebrate Patriot's Weekend to commemorate the War for American Independence.

Patriot's Weekend activities will be co-sponsored by the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College, the Brigade of the American Revolution, Croton Friends of History, George Washington Masonic Historic Site at Tappan, the Historical Society, Inc., Serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, Lower Hudson Conference, Material Archives and Laboratory for Archaeology (MALFA), Croton Point Park, Orangetown Historical Museum & Archives, Tappantown Historical Society and the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society.

Weekend activities will include a conference at Marist College with scholars of Arnold and Andre; lectures at the US Military Academy, West Point, Tarrytown Music Hall & the Manse Barn, Tappan; Colonial Day at de Wint House; encampment of the Brigade of the American Revolution, and re-enactments of the capture (Patriot's Park, Tarrytown), trial and hanging of Major Andre (Tappan). For further information, visit www.hudsonrivervalley.net or www.hudsonrivervalley.org.

GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES:

Get Ready, Get Set, Go! Do you need guidance or a consultant in any area of museum operations? For instance, could you use a consultant to work with you in training a board to raise funds, developing an interpretive plan, training volunteers to catalog collections, or evaluating your educational programs?

Get Set grants, administered by the Upstate History Alliance for the New York State Council on the Arts, can help. If you have a strategic or long-range plan, your organization can apply to the Get Set grant at the Upstate History Alliance for the July 1^st deadline. If you don't have a strategic plan, consider applying for a Get Ready grant to introduce your organization to the planning process. If your organization has already done a Get Ready grant, and not completed a plan—you may apply for a Get Set grant to work with a consultant to facilitate the strategic planning process.

Want to know more? Visit the Upstate History Alliance website, www.upstatehistory.org, for guidelines and an application. Get Set applicants are encouraged to discuss their projects with UHA director Linda Norris before applying. Just email the UHA office (info@opstatehistory.org) or call 800-895-1648.  Get Ready, Get Set and Go! Grants are made possible by the support of the Museum Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.

The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), in Philadelphia, offers workshops on disaster planning, archival basics, oversized paper collections care and more. www.ccaha.org.

American Textiles Plain & Fancy: Course at Folk Art Institute of the American Folk Art Museum. The Folk Art Institute of the American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53 Street, NYC, is offering a course this fall on Tuesdays, 6-8 pm, starting September 13^th. American Textiles Plain & Fancy, taught by Institute Fellow Mimi Sherman (MA Museum Studies, Fashion Institute), will study the broad range of needlework made largely in North America, including the samplers, rugs, quilts and coverlets of the European-influenced traditions, but also including the work of native North American peoples. The needlework will be considered in terms of its history, design and conservation. For details call the Folk Art Institute at 212-265-1040.

Call For Papers: "Faces and Places of Early America: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Art and the World of Objects" December 1-3, 2005, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania.  This conference will explore the ways material objects embody early American Culture and provide opportunities for richer analysis of historical questions by combining history, art and architectural history, material culture studies and other disciplines. By examining portraits, decorative objects, spaces, buildings and other material objects, we seek a deeper understanding of how the colonists of British America constructed their identities, understood the world around them and their place within it. Papers are sought that are interdisciplinary in nature, exploring ways that the study of material culture can amplify our understanding of early America.

Proposals (in triplicate) for 20 minute papers should include a 1-2 page prospectus and a c.v. of no more than 2 pages. Conference participants will receive support for travel and housing during the conference in Philadelphia. Selected papers may be published in one of the McNeil Center's publications. Submissions to: Faces and Places in Early America, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, 3619 Locust Walk, 3^rd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6213.

NEH Division of Education Landmarks Workshops: Applications are due August 10^th for "Landmarks of American History and Culture" workshops for School Teachers, and Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for Community College faculty, scheduled to take place in the summer of 2006. These grant opportunities are part of the "We The People: initiative, designed to enhance the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture. Landmarks workshops bring groups of K-12 teachers or community college faculty together for intensive, one-week, residence-based workshops at or near significant American sites. Eligible applicants include museums, libraries, cultural and learned societies, state humanities councils, colleges and universities, schools and school districts. Collaborative programs are encouraged. For information, sample projects and application guidelines, go to www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html. 

Restore America Salute to Preservation grants www.nationaltrust.org/restor_america/ra_grants.html.

Save America's Treasures grants, 202-513-7270; www.cr.nps.gov/treasures/index.html.

Save Our History education program, www.saveourhistory.com.

US Dept. of Education (USDE) Teaching American History grants for history and humanities-specific museums. The grants support professional development for American history teachers through three-year partnerships between local educational agencies and entities with extensive content expertise, including libraries and museums. Applications must be submitted electronically through http://e-grants.ed.gov.

PROJECTS & PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN HISTORY & THE MEDIA

BronxNet and the Bronx County Historical Society are collaborating on a cable TV show utilizing the society's large collection of videotapes, including lectures, walking tours, seminars and conferences. For information, contact BCHS: 718/881-8900. The Historical Society is also partnering with Barnes & Noble Bookstores to produce the Bronx History Lecture Series at the B&N Coop City store.

The Historic House Trust of New York City has been selected to participate in a multi-year partnership with The History Channel, to create programming about NYC's history & heritage, sponsor cultural tourism activities, and help fund the preservation of 3 Historic House Trust sites: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (Brooklyn), Bartow-Pell Mansion (Bronx) and the Swedish Cottage Marrionette Theatre (NYC). For information, contact HHT Executive Director Therese Braddick.

FOLKS IN THE FIELD

Lynn Beman, former director of the Amherst Museum in Erie County, is the new Director of People Inc.'s Museum of disABILITY History, in Williamsville, NY.

Sheena Brown, formerly assistant director and curator at Morris-Jumel Mansion (NYC) is now Monuments Coordinator for the Arts & Antiquities Division of the NYC Parks Department.

Susan DeVries is now Director of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (NY) and the Little Red Lighthouse (NY).

Carla Lesh has become Curatorial Assistant at the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz.

Geri Thomas of Thomas & Associates, Inc., has been named interim Director at Lyndhurst, the National Trust site in Tarrytown (W), until a new Director is selected.