I think Katherine Dill at the Indiana Historical
Society would welcome some of the workshop ideas that
have been talked about the last couple of days. She is
working on putting together a 2 day workshop for next
May. Her e-mail is kdill(a)indianahistory.org
--- Laurie Morris <lmorris(a)wt.net> wrote:
Well, John, since you asked for workshop feedback,
here's my two cents'
worth....
Being a novice at all this, basically I want info on
EVERYTHING. But if I
had to narrow it down, I'd like to see lots of
restoration technique, info
on stone identification, and cemetery research
how-tos. A presentation on
cemetery art and symbolism would be really
interesting too. Oh, I'd also
like to see a demonstration on the GSP technology.
The plant identification
thing would be good along with methods to eradicate
the nuisance plants,
although, being an organic gardener, I'd like to see
some non-toxic methods
discussed where possible (I worry about Bambi and
Thumper).
I thought the Evansville workshop was great, and it
covered some of the
above topics. I did wish we had more time to spend
at the cemetery, and I
wish I'd been more assertive and done some actual
hands-on. Since it was
all new to me, I spent most of that time trying to
take notes and pictures
of what you and Ernie were doing. I recall there
was some talk of a 2-day
workshop next summer. Any more info on that? Also,
the handbook that was
put together for the participants was such a great
help, and even though
some of the information was relevant to Indiana and
not Texas law, it was
still a good starting point for cemetery research in
any locale. I don't
know if such handbooks are a staple at all workshops
or just the ones
sponsored by the IHS, but they sure are handy to
have.
Laurie Morris
mailto: lmorris(a)wt.net
----- Original Message -----
From: John Walters <graveyardgroomer(a)skyenet.net>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] stonecarvers
> Ernie,
> It was the Bloomington Workshop that we first
met,and I enjoyed the slide
> show on the different carvers.I agree with you ,we
need to introduce that
> back into our workshops.I feel as though we could
also include some stone
> identification and plant identification.What is
detrimental foilage?
> I would like to here some feed back on what is
expected from a
> workshop.What is it we want to learn? How can we
proceed with our project
> unless we all understand what we are dealing
with.These are outdoor
museums
> and we are becoming the curators.
>
>
> No Micki did not type that.
>
Walt
>
>
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> "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what
kind of people you
have."
> Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
>
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