Care of Furniture Course at the Campbell Center
This hands-on course, Care and Preservation of Furniture and Other Wooden Objects, will take place Oct. 14 through 17 at the Campbell Center campus in Mt. Carroll, Ill.

The course is instructed by Craig Deller. The instructor also teaches at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Program. Students are encouraged to suggest their specific furniture collections care needs as course topics.

Tuition is $850 which includes room and board on the Campbell Center campus.

For more information visit http://www.campbellcenter.org/ or contact the Campbell Center office at (815) 244-1173.

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Please confim events specifics with sponsoring organization, especially if traveling any distance.

Hayden’s Steam Power and Horse and Buggy Days
This event will take place on Saturday, Aug. 30, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Hayden, Ind.

Activities will include:

• Pie contest
• Horse and buggy parade
• Chicken barbeque dinner
• Bluegrass, gospel and folk music
• Steam engine spark show at dusk

For more information call (812) 346-8212.

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Grants Available on Grants.gov
The following grant opportunity postings were made on the Grants.gov Find Opportunities service:

IMLS Conservation Project Support Grant
For more information visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42651.

NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
For more information visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42673.

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Speakers Series: World War II Experiences: Stories from Nazi Germany
This lecture will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

The event is free to the public.

In You Are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front, guests walk back into time and experience a quintessential Indiana home front shopping experience. Yet not all World War II experiences were like this. During the World War II Experiences speaker series, guests will listen and interact with individuals who present unique and compelling perspectives on World War II.

Storyteller and author Josefa Crowe will recount her experiences growing up in Nazi Germany. Episodes of quiet resistance, forced compliance and family strength mark her tales.

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Under the Big Top
This exhibit will be on display from Sept. 10 through Nov. 16 at the Switzerland County Historical Society at 115 Tapps Ridge Road in Vevay.

The exhibit is an incredible 1,200 piece hand-carved miniature circus from the Tri-Cities Historical Museum.

For more information call (812) 427-3560.

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A Perfect Likeness: Care and Identification of Family Photographs at the Lake County Public Library
The identification and care of the most common 19th-century photographic processes are showcased in this traveling exhibition.

Sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, N.Y., the exhibition focuses on identifying and caring for such common 19th-century processes and formats as the daguerreotype, ambrotype, tintype and carte de visite. "Although there is a profession dedicated to conserving photographs, much of the research does not trickle down to the average person with cherished family photographs," says Joan Hostetler, guest curator. "The goal of this exhibition is to bridge the gap by relaying information to the public on identifying, dating and caring for their photographs." The many different components of this exhibition have a broad appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds. The exhibition's goal is to increase the public's awareness of the care and preservation of family photographs.

This traveling exhibit is on loan from the Indiana Historical Society. For more information about the IHS traveling exhibit program, go to www.indianahistory.org/LHS and click on "Traveling Exhibition".

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Public/Special Programs Manager at the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis, Tenn.
The Public/Special Programs Manager works under the general direction of the Manager of Education for the Pink Palace Museum and is responsible for public programs which augment the museum's exhibits and collections. 

Responsibilities:

• Researches, develops and coordinates programming efforts and fabrication for the IMAX Discovery Room. 
• Develops, coordinates and implements public and special programs for audiences, which includes gallery events and activities, summer camps, after-school programs, birthday parties, badge workshops for Scout Troops and lecture series. 
• Instructs science and/or history classes/labs to variety of organizations by providing quality learning experiences to diverse audiences in an informal educational setting.
• Establishes marketing campaigns to promote the programs and evaluates the success of the program and keep abreast of all of the current trends and issues.
• Administers and analyzes the public and special programs budget.
• Provides supervision and training for contract workers, part-time staff and volunteers. 
• Creates and prepares various reports by utilizing various Microsoft applications.
• Interacts and communicates verbally and in writing with vendors, management, staff, volunteers and general public on a variety of issues and concerns.

The annual salary range is $32,697 to $60,964.

For more information or to apply visit http://www.memphistn.gov/.

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Ethical Practices Resources from AASLH
The following resources are available on the AASLH Web site:

• Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice: A Guide for Charities and Foundations from the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector.
• Position Paper: When a Museum Closes
• Position Paper: The Capitalization of Collections

For more information or to view these papers visit www.aaslh.org/ethics.htm.

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If your historical organizations, genealogical society or museum has changed its address or phone number in the past six months, please send the updated information to Coordinator, Local History Services, at the above e-mail, or Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46202.