2009 Award Entry Announcement
The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) invites entries for its’:Â
John Wesley Powell Prize (Historic Preservation)
 The award alternates annually in recognizing excellence in the fields of historical display and historic preservation.  Entries submitted in 2009 should be for historic preservation projects completed in 2008–2009 by or for units of [...]

The 2010 PTT Grant proposal submissions closed as of 11:59:59 PM central time on October 15, 2009.
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Today we join the historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum roundtable discussion hosted by NCPTT and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Attendees gathered to discuss and identify common needs and interests around historic landscape maintenance and to provide recommendations for creating a training curriculum.

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Washington, D.C.—The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC) has launched a new wiki website based on a digital version of the conservation catalog literature. The site, www.conservation-wiki.com, was made possible by a generous grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT).
In 2008, FAIC was awarded [...]

The Walters Art Museum, with collections from antiquity through the early 20th century, seeks applicants for a senior conservation scientist position. The successful candidate will join the staff of the Walters Division of Conservation and Technical Research and will be responsible for working within the institution to plan, develop, and head a conservation science department within the Division.

This workshop will showcase the current and latest practices in seismic engineering. Principally oriented to structural engineers and technically oriented architects, attendees and presenters will interact informally while exploring a variety of building structural systems, materials and typologies, from adobe, wood, masonry, reinforced concrete, to steel frame and one story to midrise.

The deadline for paper submission to the 2010 Structural Analysis of Historic Constructions conference has been extended to October 23, 2009.
 The conference will be held in Shanghai, China, on October 6-8, 2010 (SAHC-2010). SAHC-2010 will provide a forum for practitioners and researchers to exchange views and experiences in future direction and cooperation in historic buildings, [...]

Ohio State University is looking to provide ethnobotanists, archeologists and analysts with a new way to identify fibers found in prehistoric artifacts. Through a grant from NCPTT, the university is creating an online database containing digital images, explanatory text and terminology that is designed to give researchers important information about artifacts.

A live webcast of the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit was streamed on October 19. 2009.

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