April 21, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Managing Photograph Collections
At the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Instructor: Joan E. Hostetler
Cost: $20, $15 IHS members (lunch on your own)
Register by: April 14

While visual collections are some of the most heavily used resources in archives, many organizations lack trained staff to maximize the organization and interpretation of these popular documents. This one-day workshop teaches the basics of how to manage and care for photographs. Participants learn archival techniques such as:

• Appraisal and acquisition
• Identifying processes and formats
• Preservation: storage, housing and handling
• Accessioning and arrangement
• Description and cataloging
• Managing a copy service

Who should attend? Archivists, curators, librarians, record managers and other professionals working with photograph collections.

Joan E. Hostetler is an historic photograph consultant who has worked with the Indiana Historical Society, the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, and the Image Permanence Institute. She owns and operates Heritage Photo Services, Inc. She has an MFA in imaging arts from Rochester Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the George Eastman House Photographic Preservation and Archives Management Certificate Program.

Co-sponsored by the Association of Indiana Museums.

May 28-30, 2008
noon to 5 p.m. (28th)
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (29th/30th)

Collections Camp: Textiles
At the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Instructors: Vicki Berger and Sally Queen
Cost: $325, $275 AASLH member ($20 discount if fee is received by April 28)
Registration: Visit the AASLH workshop Web page or call (615) 320-3203

This American Association for State and Local History workshop devotes three days to the care and conservation of textiles in museum collections. Spend time working with conservators and textile experts to learn how to be a better steward of your textile collection.

Vicki L. Berger from Phoenix, Az., recently retired as Director of the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park in Tempe, Az. Before moving west, Vicki was the Collections Management Section Chief and Curator of Costume and Textiles at the North Carolina Museum of History. Vicki is Vice President for Education and Programs for the Costume Society of America and brings a wealth of knowledge of collections management and care, curatorship and exhibition planning. She is active in various professional organizations, has extensive teaching experience, and has presented at numerous conferences and workshops.

Sally Queen from Arlington, Va., was the manager of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Costume Design Center and is now owner of Sally Queen and Associates.

May 30-31, 2008
1 p.m. to 4:30 pm (30th)
9 a.m. to 4:15 pm (31st)

Cemetery Preservation (Basic)
At the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center (30th)
At Lyons Cemetery in Johnson County (31st)
Instructor: Vincent Hernly, Sheila Riley and John “Walt” Walters,
Cost: $20, $15 IHS members (includes lunch on Saturday)
Register by: May 23

Taking care of a loved one’s gravestone or even an entire cemetery goes far beyond yard maintenance. Understanding the history, laws and proper techniques of cemetery preservation all play a role in caring for cemeteries. Find out about the symbolism and traditions of Indiana’s cemeteries, laws regulating cemeteries and the Indiana Cemetery Registry on day one of the workshop. On day two, learn how to identify the different types of stone used to make gravestones and the proper techniques for cleaning, straightening and resetting stones.

John Walters is an independent cemetery restorer who has been preserving cemeteries for more than a decade.

Sheila Riley is a long-standing member of the Association for Gravestone Studies with more than 20 years of research experience in the areas of symbolism, artistry and traditions of Indiana pioneer cemeteries.

Vincent Hernly is a geology instructor and laboratory coordinator at IUPUI with experience identifying the type of stone used to make grave markers.

This project has been funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Natural Resources.

This program receives federal financial assistance for the identification and protection of historic properties. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in its federally assisted programs. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240.

June 17, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Collections Preservation
At the Marion Public Library, Marion, IN
Instructor: Ramona Duncan-Huse
Cost: $105 per person, $200 for two from the same organization, $295 for three
Register by: June 10

Learn how to preserve your historical collections and avoid harm in the collection environment. Discussion will focus on current issues in preservation such as storage and collection environmental issues, undertaking preservation efforts, and exploring conservation techniques. Registration fee covers cost of tools, which participants will keep.

• Understand essential issues in preserving historical collections
• Recognize different types of material and how their preservation varies
• Learn how to humidify, surface clean and provide housings for paper materials
• Obtain answers to the most perplexing problems about institutional collections provided from individualized pre-workshop survey

Ramona Duncan-Huse is Senior Director of Conservation at the Indiana Historical Society. She has specialized in managing the preservation and treatments to the library’s rare collection of manuscripts, printed and photographic collections for 20 years. She holds a Certificate of Conservation from a program sponsored by the University of London and the Courtauld Institute.

August 30-31, 2008

Cemetery Preservation (Advanced)
At Lyons Cemetery in Johnson County
With Colin Graham, Bob McCullough, and John "Walt" Walters

Sept. 16, 2008

Collections Preservation
At the Indiana State University Library
With Ramona Duncan-Huse

Sept. 22, 2008
NEW!

Historic Structures Stewardship
At the Tippecanoe Place Restaurant, South Bend
With Paul Hayden

Co-Sponsored by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana

Oct. 6, 2008

Textile Preservation
At the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
With Harold Mailand

Nov. 1-22, 2008

49th Seminar for Historical Administration

The Indiana Historical Society is pleased to be the host location for this nationally renowned training program for mid-level historical organization administrators and staff.

SHA is the longest-running professional development seminar in the country and the only one sponsored by six major history organizations - American Association for State and Local History, American Association of Museums, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Indiana Historical Society, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Tuition for the three-week program is $1,200; lodging with some meals included is $1,355.

SHA selects only 18 participants each year based on information provided in the SHA application. For more information and to register for SHA, please visit www.aaslh.org/histadmin.htm.

Applications are due May 15, 2008.

Nov. 3, 2008
NEW!

Paper Mending
At the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
With Ramona Duncan-Huse