Hello friends,
Please forgive me for answering a note directed to Walt and Micki. The
Indiana Historical Society and DNR-Division of Historic Preservation &
Archeology is looking forward to hosting the following workshops where
Walt and Micki will share their extensive experience and expertise.
Please contact me with any questions and look for registration brochures
to appear soon at
http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs/workshops.html
(where pictures from last year's workshops are also available!)
Kind regards,
Corrie
Corrie E. Cook
Assistant, Local History Services
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317.233.8913
317.234.0427 fax
ccook(a)indianahistory.org
www.indianahistory.org
Straightening Up the Yard: Basic Hands-on Cemetery Preservation Workshop
Day One: Gravestone Symbolism and Art; Cemetery Law and Registry
Friday, June 9, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Indiana History Center, Indianapolis
Sheila Riley, long-standing member of the Association for Gravestone
Studies, will draw on more than 20 years of research and experience to
discuss the symbolism, artistry, and traditions of Indiana pioneer
cemeteries and Jeannie Regan-Dinius, DHPA-DNR employee and coordinator
of the Indiana Cemetery Registry, will address Indiana legislation that
affects cemetery preservation work and the Indiana Cemetery and Burial
Grounds Registry.
Day Two: Basic Cemetery Restoration Workshop
Saturday, June 10, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Participants will take individual stones through the entire preservation
process, from cleaning to straightening and resetting. Instructors John
Walters, Micki Walters, and Daniel Faris will instruct and supervise
participants in the use of appropriate preservation techniques.
Participants will learn and practice skills including stone cleaning,
resetting leaning stones, resetting stones in slotted bases, and global
positioning system.
Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Hands-On Cemetery Restoration
Workshop
August 19, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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 it's 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.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jackbriles(a)aol.com [mailto:Jackbriles@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:53 AM
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INPCRP] Workshops ????
Walt, we miss seeing you and Micki, Betty and I have had a tough time
the
last year with her broken neck, and now she has had a Malignant Mole
removed on
her back. But the Doc says he believes he caught it in time, we will
know in a
week.
I have been asked if you are giving any workshops this summer, and
if
so where and when. A few people in this area are interested in attending
one
put on by you.
Hopefully no farther North than Indianapolis. Let me know if you have
any
planed.
Best wishes to the both of you,
Jack & Betty Briles
jackbriles(a)aol.com
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