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LHC News #95: Winter 2004 WINTER NEWSLETTER Lower Hudson Conference is pleased to announce the election of President Charles T. Lyle (Executive Director, Boscobel), Vice-President Mary McTamaney (Newburgh City Historian), Treasurer Karen Franklin (Executive Director, The Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged) and Secretary Annette L. Fortin (Registrar, The Hudson River Museum). This new leadership team will preside over a board of 24, in three trustee classes, including newly elected board members: Charles A. Bradley (W), Amy Campanaro (P), Laura Correa-Carpenter (Bx), Diane DeChillo (U), Richard de Koster (O), Rosemary Keegan (D),Susie K. Wilkening (U) and Kathryn Slocum (W). LHC trustees and staff express warmest thanks to 2004 president Mimi Sherman for six years of dedicated service in the roles of "Handling History" enthusiast, trustee, treasurer, president & nominating chair. H V Museum Educators Set To Reconvene with Winter Roundtable on Docent/Tour Guide Training hosted by The Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY. The Hudson Valley Museum Educators' Roundtable, an occasional exchange and forum for more than 50 interpreters, docents and teachers who work in museums and historic sites, will begin the 2005 year with a program on docent/guide training, to be held at the Neuberger Museum, on the SUNY College campus at Purchase, NY (Westchester). Plan to join your HVMER colleagues, 10 am –12 noon, on January 28, 2005. For registration information, please contact LHC at 914/592-6726 or e-mail: lowerhudson@msn.com. FOLKS IN THE FIELD Linda Pate has joined Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz (U), as Curator of Historic Properties. Robert Bullock, former Director of Institutional Advancement for the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Hyde Park (D), has accepted the position of Director of the Archives Partnership Trust (Albany). Scott Heyl has left the position of President of the Preservation League of New York State; Jay Di Lorenzo is acting President. NEDCC has named Walter Newman Director of Paper Conservation. Symposium on the Colored Orphan Asylum of the City of New York A Call for Papers
Winter Calendar: Professional Learning & Funding Opportunities, Meetings & Deadlines December 2004 31 AASLH Alderson Internship Grant, www.aaslh.org. January 2005 15 Winterthur Museum 05/06 Research Fellowship Program deadline; www.winterthur.org. 15 Call for Papers for the Council on America's Military Past's annual conference (May 4-8) e-mail: campharti@aol.com for information. 17 Deadline, NYSCA Museum Program pilot project: "Sites Re-Seen." mum@nysca.org. 19 Deadline to nominate 2005 list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places. Nomination form and information at: www.nationaltrust.org/11most; 11most@nthp.org. 20-2/18 AASLH On-Line Workshop: The Basics of Archives; www.aaslh.org. 31 DHP Workshop: Basic Elements of An Historical Records Program. Newburgh, 9-1. February 2005 1 Deadline National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Services Fund Grants; 1 IMLS National Leadership Grants for Museums; www.imls.gov/grants.
March 2005 1 On-line registration: New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA); www.nysca.org. 1 Deadline for AASLH Awards nominations; 615/320-3203; www.aaslh.org. 4 DHP Workshop: Elements of Documentation; Old Dutch Church, Kingston, 9:30-1:30. 11 NYS Council for the Social Studies Annual Convention, Saratoga Springs. Contact: Mark Van Sluyters, markvans@aol.com. 12 Costume Society of America Symposium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www.costumesocietyamerica.com, (region I: New England & Eastern Canada) 15 IMLS 21st Century Museum Professionals grants, www.imls.gov. 30-4/1 "Legal Problems of Museum Administration"- AAM workshop, San Francisco; Co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and ALI-ABA. 31-4/3 "Telling America's Stories: Historians & Their Publics," Organization of American Historians' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. www.oah.org/meetings/2005/index. Spring Preview: April 2005 4 DHP Workshop: Identifying Historical Records; Ellenville Library & Museum, 9:30-3:30. 13-14 Annual Conference of Museums & The Web, Vancouver, B.C. www.archimuse. 14-17 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, "Defining Region: Public Historians and the Culture & Meaning of Region," Kansas City, MO. May 2005 1-5 "Museums at the Crossroads, "American Association of Museums (AAM) annual meeting, Indianapolis, IA. www.aam-us.org. 5 National Interpretive Planning Colloquium at AAM, host: Indianapolis Children's Museum 20 Deadline: application to Oct -Nov.2005 Seminar for Historical Administration. www.aaslh.org/histadmin; 615/ 320-3203; Nicholson@aaslh.org. RESOURCES AT HAND & ON-LINE 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. The National Park Service posts notices of proposed deaccessions and items available for deaccessioning online at http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/deaccess/deaccess.htm. Save America's Treasures grants are federal support administered by the National Park Service to support nationally significant projects that demonstrate an urgent preservation need and have an educational or other public benefit. A 1:1 match is required. 202/513-7270; www2.cr.nps.gov/treasures/index.htm. Underground Railroad Heritage Trail Grant Program: Heritage New York joins the National Park Service and the National Underground Railroad "Network to Freedom Program" in designing a trail to consist of a network of designated historic sites, plus regional and local interpretive centers to tell the story; NY@heritageny.state.ny.us..The national program incorporates museums, sites, interpretive projects and researchers: www.cr.nps.gov/ugrr. Applications are available to help preserve, interpret and commemorate the important history of the Underground Railroad in New York State, and create high quality tourist destinations. Interpretive centers will tell the story in areas with few publicly accessible sites. Historic sites interested in participating in the grant program must first be designated an Underground railroad Heritage Trail site by Heritage New York. Designation applications are available on the web (www.heritageny.gov), or by contacting 518/473-8591. The Governor's $1.4million grant program will feature three major components: -Funding interpretive signage and/or exhibits for all designated UGRR Heritage Trail sites to ensure a quality presentation of the compelling UGRR story; -Awarding site improvement grants to these sites to enhance the visitor experience; -Awarding interpretive exhibit grants to establish regional and local interpretive centers at visitor-ready facilities in areas that have few or no designated sites to tell the story. There are two applications; one for site improvements at designated historic sites on the trail, and another for exhibit funds to enable a visitor-ready facility to become a regional or local interpretive center. Both applications can be requested from Heritage NY or downloaded from the website www.HeritageNY.gov. Rochambeau Map Collection at the Library of Congress (60+ maps and an atlas), now available online: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html. Contact Diane T. Schug-O'Neill, Digital Conversion Specialist, Geology & Map Division, Library of Congress. The Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) has updated its "Speakers and Program Resources" list, available for $5 from the League. 203/624-9186 or e-mail: selgee505@aol.com. 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 Museum Program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is piloting a new funding project for 2005/06: "Sites Re-Seen." Grants of a maximum $3000 are available to support collaborative projects between professional artists and historic houses/sites in New York State. "Sites Re-Seen" will consider proposals from artists in all media. The project believes that interaction between contemporary artists and historic sites can lead to new perspectives on the sites' story, enhancing the visitor experience. Proposals must relate, therefore, to the site's interpretive themes. Projects should not illustrate history in the literal sense; rather, they will incorporate history within artistic expression. The completed project must be site-specific and accessible to the general public. It is strongly recommended that the historic site/house meet with the artist(s) to determine the feasibility of the project prior to making an application to the program. Proposals will be evaluated in terms of the historical topic's significance, the strength of the art and the ability to implement the project. All proposals will be reviewed by a committee comprised of NYSCA Museum Program staff, a historic site professional, and two artists with backgrounds in collaborative projects. Maximum awards of $3000 are available for artist honorarium and direct costs to produce the work. Applicants must be not for profit organizations- not individual artists. Proposals are due January 17, 2005. Three to five awards will be made by March 15, 2005. Projects are expected to begin by December 31, 2005. All proposals must be typed, one-and-a-half spaced, with at least one inch margins, in 12 pt. Illustrations can be included in either print form, a website or on CD-Rom. Five copies of all materials are requested. For information, e-mail mum@nysca.org, and include "sites re-seen" in the subject heading. The Theatre Development Fund (TDF), in partnership with NYSCA, offers "TAP Plus" program grants (due February 7th) of up to $5000 for open captioning and sign language interpreting services in order to increase attendance by people who are hard of hearing or deaf, at cultural events open to the public in NY state. Contact tap@tdf.org, or www.tdf.org/tap. 80% of TAP Plus grants will be allocated for captioning; 20% will be allocated for interpreting. Priority will be given to new applications. Only arts organizations currently funded by NYSCA are eligible to apply. The Institute for Museum & Library Services (IMLS) & the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) have launched the partnership for a nation of learners- a multi-year, $3million grant initiative for museums, public broadcasters and libraries that work together. For guidelines and information, go to www.cpb.org/partners. Four $500 scholarships to attend the May 2005 AAM Annual Meeting are available to small museum administrators committee members of AAM in museums with budgets under $350,000. Send a letter of application (under 2pp) by Jan. 14th to Lisa Tremper Hanover, Director, Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, PO Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426. Contact lhanover@ursinus.edu; or call 610/409-3500. 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. The Legacies Project is a literacy and learning resource from the New York State Archives and the Verizon Foundation focusing on the history of the Chinese and Latino populations in the Capital District, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and New York City. Find documents & DBQ's at: www.nysarchives.org/projects/legacies. Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region seeks papers for a March 18, 2005 conference in College Park, M.D. Proposals are due January 15, 2005. For information, contact Dave Winkler at dwinkler@navyhistory.org. Nonprofit organizations and public agencies may apply for 2005 Restore America: A Salute to Preservation grants. The program is a partnership between the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Home & Garden TV. www.nationaltrust.org/restore_america/ra_grants.html. The Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowships at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage are focusing for 2005-06 on the relation between cultural heritage and economic pursuits. For information: www.folklife.si.edu/opportunities/fellowships_RF.html. 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 a 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. Resources IN PRINT: "A Layperson's Guide to Preservation Law," including federal, state and local laws governing historic resource protection, including the regulation of historic religious properties, by Julia Miller, editor of The Preservation Law Reporter. The Guide (#2199) can be ordered from www.preservationbooks.org; or call 202/588-6296. $15. The Employer's Handbook: A Guide to Personnel Policies & Practices for Museums. (revised, June 2004), published by New England Museum Assoc. www.nema.org. "Handling Difficult Board Issues, " article in Handbook for Museum Trustees, 2003, AAM. |
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