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The following information was received earlier today from the Local History
Services Department, Indiana Historical Society, "Communique Online." I'm
passing it along in case any of you are not subscribed to "Communique Online",
and are interested in attending the workshops.
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Cemetery Preservation Workshops
The Local History Services Department of the Indiana Historical Society is
planning two cemetery preservation workshops for this summer. The first,
"Straightening Up the Yard: Basic Hands-On Cemetery Preservation" will be
held on June 12. This full-day workshop will focus on basic cemetery
preservation techniques, such as stone cleaning, resetting leaning stones,
and resetting stones in bases. Participants will gain hands-on experience
cleaning stones using different techniques and solutions. Global positioning
system (GPS) will be demonstrated.
The second workshop, "Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Hands-On
Cemetery Restoration" will be held on September 18. This full-day workshop
will focus on advanced cemetery restoration techniques. Topics covered will
include fixing simple breaks, resetting obelisks, determining the original
location of a stone once its been moved, and how to mix stone dust to fill
in cracks. Most of the workshop will be spent in the cemetery, where
participants will gain valuable hands-on experience repairing stones.
Participants must have attended one of the Indiana Historical Society's
Basic Cemetery Preservation workshops or have prior cemetery preservation
experience.
Both workshops will be held in Marion County. Please contact Katherine Dill
for more information by calling 317/233-8913 or by e-mail
<mailto:kdill@indianahistory.org>.
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Cemetery Monument Conservation Seminar and Workshop
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has partnered
with the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery
to present the Mid-Atlantic Regional Cemetery Monument Conservation Seminar
and Workshop. The seminar on Tuesday, May 4, will focus on developing and
using a conditions survey and other topics including professional
responsibilities and successful cemetery conservation efforts. The cost is
$225 per person and the seminar will be held in Washington D.C.
A two-day hands-on workshop will be conducted following the seminar at the
Congressional Cemetery. The workshop will focus on condition assessment,
safe handling techniques and hands-on conservation treatments. The cost is
$450 per person.
The seminar can accommodate up to 100 participants, and the workshop is
limited to 25 participants. For more information you can go to
<http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/cemetery>.
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COMMUNIQUE ONLINE is provided for the benefit of local historical
societies and museums throughout Indiana. It is E-mailed to a subscriber
list maintained by Connie Rendfeld, Associate Director of the Local History
Services Office Indiana Historical Society. Anyone may subscribe. This is
a free publication. To be added or removed from the mailing list, simply
E-mail crendfeld(a)indianahistory.org (mailto:crendfeld@indianahistory.org) or
call toll free 1-800-IHS-1830.
News releases from local societies are welcomed and may be faxed to
317/234-0427, E-mailed to the above address, or S-mailed to
Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46202.
Please visit the IHS Local History Services web site at
(http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs).
Sam Cline
http://www.hoosierweb.org/
[I do not provide family history/genealogical research services.]
The candle light will always be gleaming through the sycamores.
The latch string is always out.
On March 24 there will be a (scheduled) trial in Brown County re: a Mr. Scalpelli who bulldozed over the Fleetwood Cemetery so he could install his septic system.
I chair the Monroe County Cemetery Commission and the Cemetery Committee at the Monroe County Historical Society. Unfortunately, destruction of cemeteries is fairly common either through direct actions, such as Scalpelli's, or through failure to protect (as one county resident puts it, he "let's the cows mow the cemetery").
It is important that word go out to everyone that these actions will not be tolerated. On behalf of my committees and concerned citizens everywhere I urge you to send a reporter to cover the trial and put the story in our local paper in a place that people cannot miss it.
Thank you.
Larry V. Stephens
Office of Risk Management
812-855-9758
stephenL(a)indiana.edu
I received a brochure today for a Cemetery Monument Conservation workshop
for May 4 - 6, 2004 in Washington DC being sponsored by the National Center
for Preservation Technology and Training. For more information you can go
to www.ncptt.nps.gov/cemetery <http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/cemetery> .
Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Special Projects Coordinator
DNR-DHPA
402 W. Washington Street, W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
317/232-1646
317/232-0693