News

2008 (1/1)

• January 2009 (1/1)
  
  • Documentation of Timbisha Shoshone Traditional Cultural Sites Using Video and GIS Technology (1/1)
    
• December 2008 (12/1)
  
  • Archeological prospection workshop to be held at NCPTT (12/30)
    
  • NCPTT staff present research at Southeastern Archaeological Conference (12/17)
    
• November 2008 (11/1)
  
  • Partnership studies environmentally friendly cleaner on historic monument (11/20)
    
  • Wooden Artifacts in Cemeteries: A Reference Manual (11/28)
    
  • NCPTT holds sixth Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop (11/18)
    
  • NCPTT workshop on environmental adaptation of buildings November 20-21 (11/13)
    
  • NCPTT holds its first Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop (11/14)
    
  • NCPTT staff member completes detail with FEMA (11/13)
    
  • NCPTT Awarded Second Consecutive Fuller Award from APTI (11/13)
    
• October 2008 (10/1)
  
  • NYC Parks seeks Monuments Coordinator (10/9)
    
  • National Landmark 'Kate Chopin House' is lost to fire (10/1)
    
  • Call for Abstracts for the 12th US/ICOMOS International Symposium (10/1)
    
  • Opening for Director of Preservation at Drayton Hall in Charleston, SC (10/1)
    
• September 2008 (9/1)
  
  • Opening for Director of Preservation at Drayton Hall in Charleston, SC (9/22)
    
  • Call for Abstracts for the 12th US/ICOMOS International Symposium (9/22)
    
  • Historic Congressional Cemetery's Arsenal and Macombe Monuments (9/22)
    
  • 2008 Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop (9/15)
    
  • 2008 Preservation in Your Community (9/8)
    
  • New Custom Polymers Technology (9/8)
    
  • 2009 PTT Grants Call for Proposals (9/1)
    
  • Interactions Between Air Pollution and Limestone (9/1)
    
  • Removal of Graffiti from Brick Masonry Buildings (8/29)
    
• August 2008 (8/1)
  
  • New England Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop (8/22)
    
  • Development of a Handheld Metal Tester Using Eddy Current Technology (8/20)
    
  • Disaster Recovery (8/15)
    
  • Advanced Technology-Based Archeology Training (8/11)
    
  • Summit of Preservation Scientists (8/8)
    
  • African American Burial Traditions in the Cane River Region (8/4)
    
  • The Preservation Technology Podcast (8/1)
    
  • Heritage Education at Risk (8/1)
    
  • NCPTT Hosts 8th Annual 'Preservation in Your Community' (8/1)
    
  • 2009 PTT Grants Call for Proposals (8/1)
    
  • 2008 Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop (8/1)
    
• July 2008 (7/1)
  
  • $165,415 Released for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program (7/9)
    
  • Cemetery Monument Conservation in New London, CT (7/1)
    
  • Vacancy Announcement: Preservation Scientist (7/1)
    
  • Rome Prize (7/1)
    
• June 2008 (6/1)
  
  • Judy Bense Recommended for Interim President of University of West Florida (6/26)
    
  • NCPTT Held Cemetery Conservation Basics in Morris, IL (6/24)
    
  • Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop: September 16-17, 2008 (6/20)
    
  • Anna Johnson Presents NCPTT Research at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (6/17)
    
  • Role of NPS Intepretation in Heritage Education (6/16)
    
  • Stace Miller Awarded B.S. in Chemistry and Math (6/10)
    
  • Prospection in Depth: September 16-20, 2008 (6/10)
    
  • Interim Report on Commercially Available Cleaners for use on Federally issued Headstones (6/9)
    
  • Portable Laser for Graffitti Removal (6/3)
    
  • Limewash Training Site Selection (6/1)
    
  • Vacancy Announcement: Preservation Scientist (6/1)
    
• May 2008 (5/1)
  
  • Vacancy Announcement: Preservation Scientist (5/28)
    
  • Non-Destructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures (5/27)
    
  • Materials Research Hosts Four Summer Interns (5/23)
    
  • Cemetery Monument Conservation Basics in Savannah, GA (5/20)
    
  • The Future of Preservation (5/20)
    
  • Preservation Trades High School Curriculum Summit (5/16)
    
  • May Day Disaster Preparedness (5/13)
    
  • NCPTT Research Presented at AIC (5/9)
    
  • Preserving Coastal Forts Workshop (5/6)
    
  • PTT Board Convened (5/1)
    
• April 2008 (4/1)
  
  • Church Conducts Cemetery Site Visits (4/29)
    
  • Striegel Presents 'Protecting and Preserving Louisiana's Historic Legacy' (4/22)
    
  • Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone (4/11)
    
  • Miller and Kurshid Receive Awards from ACS (4/10)
    
  • NCPTT Staff Presents Research at NSU (4/9)
    
  • Lustron Online NCPTT Grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation (4/1)
    
  • Cultural Resources Diversity Intern to Develop Oral Traditions Project (3/28)
    
  • Church Participates in Cemetery Preservation Planning at Saving Places 2008 (3/21)
    
• March 2008 (3/1)
  
  • Evaluation of Commercially Available Cleaners on Federally Issued Headstones (3/14)
    
  • Ferrell Chairs Sustainable Preservation at 2008 Saving Places Conference (3/7)
    
  • NCPTT Consults on Repair of Tomb of the Unknowns (3/3)
    
  • Digital Technology Integration San Antonio Riverwalk Documentation Pilot Project (2/25)
    
• February 2008 (2/1)
  
  • NCPTT Installs FTIR Spectrometric Microscope to Analyze Cultural Materials (2/18)
    
  • Protocol for Emergency Washing Drying and Sterilizing Historically Significant Books (2/15)
    
  • Ferrell Participates in Louisiana Flood Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Professional Development Program (2/11)
    
  • Cemetery TelNPS Courses Held in January (2/7)
    
  • Preserving Coastal Forts an NCPTT NPS Workshop (2/6)
    
  • Archeology: Prospection in Depth 2008 (2/5)
    
  • NCPTT Provides Archeology Technical Assistance to Louisiana State Exhibit Museum (2/4)
    
• January 2008 (1/1)
  
  • Making a New Orleans Jazz Gumbo (1/31)
    
  • Heritage Values: The Past in Contemporary Society (1/29)
    
  • High Definition Heritage Network Webinar (1/22)
    
  • NCPTT Hosts American Chemical Society Regional Chapter Meeting (1/18)
    
  • NCPTT 2008 Summer Internships (1/15)
    
  • Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone (1/11)
    
  • Cemetery TelNPS Courses in January 2008 (1/8)
    
  • High Definition Heritage (1/2)
    

2007 (1/1)

• December 2007 (12/1)
  
  • Progress in Preservation Through NCPTT Grants (12/31)
    
  • Ferrell Participates in Sustainable Preservation Research Retreat (12/24)
    
  • Traditional Limewash in Demand (12/17)
    
  • Horace H. Foxall, Jr. Elected to Board of Advisors of National Trust for Historic Preservation (12/13)
    
  • Jackson, Botting, and Striegel Awarded Oliver Torrey Fuller Award (12/10)
    
  • Southeast Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop (12/3)
    
  • Kennedy, McCarthy, Ferrell Present 'Emerging Survey Tools' at NTHP Conference (11/30)
    
  • JRTC and Fort Polk Host Heritage Day Celebration (11/26)
    
  • Jackson Presents Limewash at 2007 International Preservation Trades Workshop (11/26)
    
  • Care and Preservation of Iron Fence Work (11/15)
    
• November 2007 (11/1)
  
  • Cemetery Preservation Videos Available in Spanish (11/15)
    
  • Louisiana Archeology Week (11/11)
    
  • Video Preservation Website: Migration of Historic Video Tape to Digital Video Files (11/8)
    
  • Caleb Johnson Joins NCPTT Materials Research Program as a Graduate Assistant (11/1)
    
• October 2007 (10/1)
  
  • Cemetery Preservation Basics Workshop in Hot Springs Arkansas (10/11)
    
  • Role of Technology in Archeological Resource Protection (10/8)
    
  • Deadline for Pre-Proposal letters for the 2008 PTT Grants program has been extended to October 15 2007 (10/1)
    
• September 2007 (9/1)
  
  • Scaling and Deterioration of Granite Monuments (9/29)
    
  • Heritage Education Curriculum Development (9/22)
    
  • Heritage Values The Past in Contemporary Society (9/15)
    
  • Evaluation and Monitoring of Culturally Appropriate Treatments for Vandalism at Rock Image Sites (9/8)
    
  • 2007 Southeast Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop (9/5)
    
  • NSU/NCPTT Laser Research Facility Training (9/1)
    
• August 2007 (8/1)
  
  • NCPTT and Department of Veterans Affairs Continue Headstone Study (8/29)
    
  • Vocational Preservation Trades (8/27)
    
  • Heritage Education Digital Traveling Trunk (8/20)
    
  • Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (8/15)
    
  • Lichens: The Challenge for Rock Art Conservation (8/13)
    
  • 2007 Preservation in Your Community (8/10)
    
  • Dr. Catherine Situma Joined Materials Research Program at NCPTT (8/6)
    
  • Cemetery Monument Conservation Basics (8/3)
    
  • Prospection in Depth 2007 (8/1)
    
• July 2007 (7/1)
  
  • Church Conducts Field Work on Comparitive Study of Commercially Available Cleaners for Headstones (7/31)
    
  • Congressional Cemetery Comprehensive Condition Assessment Conducted (7/27)
    
  • Jackson Presents Limewash Session at Preservation Trades Network Regional Workshop (7/18)
    
  • NCPTT Breaks Ground for New Landscape (7/16)
    
  • Mobile XRF in Museums (7/16)
    
  • Debbie Smith Joins NCPTT as Chief of Historic Landscapes (7/13)
    
  • Morgan Accepted as ICOMOS Archeological Expert (7/13)
    
  • Jackson Featured in Traditional Masonry Magazine on Limewash (7/2)
    
  • Rome Prize 2008 (7/1)
    
• June 2007 (6/1)
  
  • NCPTT Partners with HPTC (6/25)
    
  • Architecture and Engineering Partners with LSU to Document Front Street in Natchitoches, Louisiana (6/22)
    
  • Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites (6/20)
    
  • Cordell and Striegel Attend American Institute for Conservation of Historic Works (6/18)
    
  • APT Conference 2007 - San Juan (6/15)
    
  • Jackson and Ferrell Attend AIA Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas (6/15)
    
  • The Use of Multibeam Swath Bathymetry for the Identification and Assessment of Underwater Archaeological Sites (6/13)
    
  • Morgan Consults on Remote Cultural Site Monitoring, Surveillance and Risk Assessment (6/13)
    
  • Morgan and Simon Co-Host Advancing Remote Sensing Technology in the Discovery, Analysis, and Preservation of Cultural Resources (6/8)
    
  • Morgan Attended the George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks Protected Areas and Cultural Sites (6/6)
    
  • Thin-Section Petrography of Cultural Materials Comprehensive Resource and Training (6/6)
    
  • NCPTT Hosts 2007 NSU Research Day Reception (6/4)
    
  • Cordell Attended the Preserve America Awards Ceremony at the White House (6/1)
    
  • 2007 Spring PTTBoard Met in Natchitoches Louisiana (6/1)
    
• May 2007 (5/1)
  
  • NCPTT to Host 7 Interns for Summer 2007 (5/28)
    
  • 2007 PTTGrants - 8 Awards To Be Made Totaling $254,600 (5/24)
    
  • June 2007 NCPTT Archeology Workshops in GIS GPS and Ground Truthing in Natchitoches, Louisiana (5/21)
    
  • Drying Waterlogged Archeological Wood Artifacts Complete (5/21)
    
  • Timber Framers Guild on NCPTT Sponsored Research (5/20)
    
  • NCPTT Cemetery Monument Basics Course on June 16, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas (5/16)
    
  • Lustron Online Interim Report (5/20)
    
  • Seeing is Believing Thermography Aids Historic Preservation (5/20)
    
  • 2007 PTTGrants National Panel Review (5/15)
    
  • Church and Morgan Represent NCPTT at Louisiana Preservation Alliance (5/11)
    
  • Morgan Presents at Heritage of Africans in New World Colloquium (5/8)
    
  • Faith Studies Montana Heritage Education Programs (5/8)
    
  • VA Cemetery Cleaning Study Progress Report Completed (5/1)
    
  • Interns Present at NSU Research Day (5/1)
    
• April 2007 (3/27)
  
  • Morgan Presents at From Slavery to Freedom Symposium (4/1)
    
  • Conservation Consultation at Oakland Cemetery (4/1)
    
  • Morgan at UK Abolition 2007 Celebration (3/23)
    
  • Cenotaphs Preservation at Congressional Cemetery (4/1)
    
  • NCPTT Seeks Chemist for Joint Research-Faculty Position (4/1)
    
• March 2007 (3/23)
  
  • Cleaning and Resetting Headstones (3/23)
    
  • Advising HPTC on Cleaning Cenotaphs (3/23)
    
  • Limewash Research in APT Bulletin (3/23)
    
  • Preservation at Antietam (3/23)
    
• February 2007 (3/23)
  
  • Morgan Lead Author on Paper in American Anthropologist (3/23)
    
  • Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care Available Online (3/23)
    
• January 2007 (3/23)
  
  • APTI Accepting Abstracts for APT San Juan 2007 Conference (3/23)
    
  • Preservation as Provocation: 2006-2007 Student Design Competition (3/23)
    
  • Developing Geospatial Cooperative Agreement with LSU Architecture (3/23)
    
  • National Park Service 2007 Archaeological Prospection Workshop (3/23)
    
  • Telnet: Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care (3/23)
    
  • Morgan Co-Authors Paper (3/23)
    
  • Jackson Featured in Preservation in Print for Limewash Demonstration (3/23)
    
  • 2007 PTT Grants Undergoing Review (3/23)
    

2006 (3/23)

• December 2006 (3/23)
  
  • Presents at Southeastern Archaeological Conference (3/23)
    
  • Technical Assistance in Archeology in Major Erosion (3/23)
    
  • International Preservation Trades Workshops (3/23)
    
  • Heritage Education Archeology Workshop (3/23)
    
  • Greening of Historic Properties National Summit (3/23)
    
  • Phase 2 Comparative Study of Commercially Available Cleaners (3/23)
    
  • 2007 Cooperative Agreement with US ICOMOS (3/23)
    
  • AIC Board Meeting (3/23)
    
• November 2006 (3/23)
  
  • New Research Priority for Archeology (3/23)
    
  • PTT Board Meeting Held at Yellowstone (3/23)
    
  • Cemetery Conservation Workshop Held in Virginia City, NV (3/23)
    
  • Colloquium on Wind, Flood, and Heritage Recovery (3/23)
    
  • APTI Conference (3/23)
    
• October 2006 (3/23)
  
  • New Heritage Education Coordinator (3/23)
    
  • Prospection In Depth Online (3/23)
    
  • Hurricane Recovery Cemetery Consultation (3/23)
    
• September 2006 (3/23)
  
  • Laser Facility to Clean Historic Materials (3/23)
    
  • Air Pollution Research Featured in NPCA Publication (3/23)
    
  • Cooperative Agreements on Teacher Training, Building Stabilization (3/23)
    
  • African-American Preservation Alliance (3/23)
    
• August 2006 (3/23)
  
  • Summer 2006 NCPTT Notes Newsletter Published (3/23)
    
  • Field Guide to Emergency Response (3/23)
    
  • Cordell Co-Chairs Preserve America Expert Panel (3/23)
    
  • Preservation in Your Community (3/23)
    
• July 2006 (3/23)
  
  • Metals Conservation Summer Institute (3/23)
    
  • Scale on Granite Headstones (3/23)
    
  • Harriette Merrifield Forbes Award (3/23)
    
  • Preservation in Your Community - August 3, 2006 (3/23)
    
• June 2006 (3/23)
  
  • Midwest Archeological Center Workshop (3/23)
    
  • Limewash Study Completed (3/23)
    
  • SAA Annual Meeting (3/23)
    
  • Cemetery Biological Growth Study Phase II Begins (3/23)
    
• May 2006 (3/23)
  
  • Brownstone Symposium: May 13, 2006 (3/23)
    
  • Laura Hudson Visits NCPTT (3/23)
    
  • APTRC Holds Second Meeting (3/23)
    
• April 2006 (3/23)
  
  • PTT Grants Program Panel Review (3/23)
    
  • Nelson Hall Improvements (3/23)
    
  • Colorado Preservation, Inc. (3/23)
    
  • FACA Training Highlights New Directions (3/23)
    
  • African-American History Symposium (3/23)
    
  • Wet Recovery Workshops (3/23)
    
  • Cemetery Preservation Training Expanded (3/23)
    
  • Summer Institute (3/23)
    
  • Louisiana Archaeological Society Annual Meeting (3/23)