Links & Resources
news / advocacy
jobs
internships
scholarships
links
-- other resource databases --
Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology American Cultural Resources Association The Archaeological Conservancy Archeology and Ethnography Program (National Park Service) Archaeological Institute of America Archeological Sites of the Southwest ArchNet Arkansas Archeological Survey CRM Magazine (NPS)
Cultural Resource Network Egyptology Resources Internet Resources for Heritage Conservation, Historic Preservation, and Archeology (NPS) Iowa State Archeologist Jamestown Rediscovery National Archeological Database (NPS) North Carolina: Archeology Society for American Archeology Society for Archaeological Sciences Society for Historical Archeology Society for Industrial Archeology Southeast Archeological Center Southwest Archeology
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awards/competitions
Askins Achievement Award
Paul E. Buchanan Award for Excellence in Field Work, Interpretation, and Public Service (Vernacular Architecture Forum)
Jeffrey Weiss Award Competition
BLogs of interest
Preservation in Pink
census
United States Census Bureau E-Podunk: The Power of Place
- r e t u r n t o t o p - citywide non-profits (alphabetized by city)
Historic Albany Foundation Atlanta Preservation Center Historic Annapolis Foundation
Historic Bethlehem Partnership Boston Preservation Alliance Historic Boston Incorporated Preservation Buffalo Niagara Historic Charleston Foundation (SC) Preservation Society of Charleston (SC) Preservation Dallas Historic Denver Incorporated Preservation Wayne (Detroit) Marktown Preservation Society (East Chicago, IN) Galveston Historical Foundation Greater Houston Preservation Alliance Historic Kansas City Foundation
Los Angeles Conservancy Memphis Heritage Miami Design Preservation League Historic Milwaukee Incorporated Historic Nashville Incorporated Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans Vieux Carre Commission (New Orleans) Historic Districts Council of New York City
Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy (NYC) Jackson Heights Beautification Group (NYC) Landmarks West (NYC's Upper West Side) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission New York Landmarks Conservancy Preservation League of Staten Island Neighborhood Preservation Center Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Greater Portland Landmarks Providence Preservation Society Capital Area Preservation (Raleigh) Historic Richmond Foundation Landmarks Association of Saint Louis San Antonio Conservation Society San Francisco Architectural Heritage Historic Santa Fe Foundation Historic Seattle
Landmarks Society of Greater Utica
Washington D.C. Preservation League
World Heritage Centre
electronic Periodicals
Architronic Web - Electronic Journal of Architecture Cultural Resource Management (NPS) Europa Nostra Newsletters (Pan-European Federation for Heritage) forumUNESCO Newsletters (University and Heritage) UNESCO World Heritage Newsletters ICCROM Newsletters IUCN Newsletters (World Conservation Union) Preservation News (former monthly publication of the US National Trust, 1965-1991)
see also Grants, Fundraising
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Funding Federal Agency Preservation Assistance Program (NPS) Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives (NPS) Historic Preservation Fund (NPS) Historic Surplus Property Program (NPS) National Archives and Records Administration Grants Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program for natural and cultural resources Management on Military Lands
Cultural Resource Mapping and GIS (NPS) Geographic Information Systems (USGS) GIS.com
GIS Data Depot
GIS Development
see also Federal Sources of Aid, Fundraising
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Funding
American Planning Association
American Express Foundation Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Conservation Assessment Program Getty Foundation Graham Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Sciences James Marston Fitch Charitable Trust Mellon Foundation
National Center for Preservation Training and Technology (NCPTT) National Endowment for the Arts
National Park Service Grants (NPS) National Trust for Historic Preservation Nebraska State Historical Society Research Grant State Historic Preservation Offices
Learning Portal (NPS) Teaching with Historic Places The Heritage Education Network
Tourism Cares
HISTORIC CEMETERIES
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (cemetery record search, NPS)
Cleaning and Resetting Stone Grave Markers (Video-Nat'l Center for Preservation Training & Technology, NPS)
5th Street Cemetery Necrogeographical Study
Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places (NPS Bulletin)
historic roads
Federal Highway Administration history of roads and infrastructure in the United States
HistoricRoads.org Lincoln Highway Association National Association for Olmsted Parks (information on Olmsted designed parkways) National Park Service Roads and Parkways Program Handbook
National Route 66 Federation National Scenic Byways Program Yellowstone Trail, “From Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound”
- r e t u r n t o t o p - historic Sites/Landmarks
Gettysburg National Military Park Map
Jarrot Mansion (Illinois)
Kirkbride Buildings
- r e t u r n t o t o p - international
Adventures in Preservation (promoting hands-on building conservation workshops)
American Academy in Rome CIPA (International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry) Cultural Heritage Charters & Standards European Heritage Network (includes reports on the state of conservation in member countries) International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) International Charters -- ICOMOS International Council of Museums International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works International Interior Design Association ICOMOS Bibliographical Database International Cultural Property Protection Inventory of Heritage Organisations in Europe LabforCulture.org Pan-European Federation for Heritage (Europa Nostra) UNESCO-ICCROM Asian Academy for Heritage Management US Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation World Monuments Fund
Austria Bundesdenkmalamt (Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of Monuments)
Canada Canadian Architecture Collection Canadian Conservation Institute Canadian Heritage Information Network Cultural Human Resources Council
Caribbean Caribbean Conservation Association
Finland Museovirasto (National Board of Antiquities)
France Le Ministère de la culture Les services de l'administration centrale: La direction de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Ireland Built Heritage of Northern Ireland Heritage Council of Ireland Heritage of Ireland Office of Public Works
United Kingdom Building Conservation Directory English Heritage Historic Environment Local Management (HELM) Historic Scotland National Trust National Trust of Scotland Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS)
PreserveNet Employment Board AASLH Career Center A/E/C Job Bank ArchNet The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Aviso Employment Resources Online Cultural Resource Network Georiga State University Global Museum ICCROM Event, Grants, Jobs, etc. idealist.org (general resource for non-for-profit jobs and internships) Histpres.com National Trust for Historic Preservation forumOnline (pay site) Planetizen, The Planning Development Network Student Conservation Association, Inc. University of Mary Washington University of Virginia University of Vermont USA Jobs (official US Government job board)
LegAL/Policy Documents
Federal codes
• 36 CFR 60 - National Register of Historic Places (1981)
• 36 CFR 61 Procedures for Approved State and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs (1983)
• 36 CFR 63 Determinations of Eligibility for Inclusion in the National Register
• 36 CFR 65 National Historic Landmarks Program
• 36 CFR 800 - Protection of Historic and Cultural Resources (1986)
Court cases
• Federal Historic Preservation Case Law, 1966-1996 (summaries of 135 cases, compiled by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation) executive orders • Executive Order No. 11593 Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment (1971) • Executive Order No. 13006 Locating Federal Facilities On Historic Properties In Our Nation's Central Cities (1996) • Executive Order No. 13007 Protection of Religious Practices and Sacred Sites (1996)
legislation
• Antiquities Act of 1906 -- 16 USC 431-433 • Historic Sites Act of 1935 -- 16 USC 461 • Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (aka Moss Bennett Act) • Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 • National Environmental Policy Act (1969-1986) • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) • National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended through 2000)
chARTERS
• Cultural Heritage Charters and Standards (JK Gillion) • Cultural Heritage Policy Documents (The Getty) • ERPANET Digital Preservation Charter (pdf) • ICOMOS Charters • Islamic Architecture, Art and Urbanism Textual Resources (MIT)
Sources of information
• ArchNet - United States Cultural Protection Legislation • Federal Historic Preservation Case Law, 1966-1996 (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation) • Law and Public Policy (National Trust for Historic Preservation) • Legislative and Congressional Affairs (NPS) • THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet (Library of Congress)
American Memory (Library of Congress) Association of Research Libraries Electronic Atlas Borchert Map Library (University of Minnesota) Cultural Resource Mapping and GIS (NPS)
Digitizing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Map Collection (University of Texas)
Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology
Research Resources (Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Canada) National Maritime Historical Society Schooner Ernestina
see also Traditional Trades/Crafts
Building Research Council (University of Illinois) Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (University of Melbourne) Getty Conservation Institute National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NPS) RESTORE Training Robert Gordon University
Lime Building Limes Forum Lime Centre Scottish Lime Centre Trust Virginia Lime Works
Masonry A Stone Upon a Stone (Australia) About Stone, International Directory International Masonry Institute National Institute of Standards and Testing- Building Stone Test Wall Dry Stone Conservancy Dry Stone Walling Association of Canada Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain Dry Stone (Italy) Dry Stone (Spain) Dry Stone Architecture (France) Scottish Stone Liaison Group Stone Quarries and Beyond The Stone Foundation The Stone Wall Initiative
Wood International Log Builders' Association Timber Framers Guild
Center for the Advanced Study of the Visual Arts (National Gallery of Art) The Getty Museum Research and Conservation
Historic Bethlehem Partnership Indoor Air Quality in Museums and Archives International Council of Museums Museum Computer Network Museum Management Program (NPS) National Building Museum National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution
National Park Service Home Page Archeology and Ethnography Program Guiding Principles for Sustainable Design Federal Preservation Institute HABS/HAER Programs Heritage Preservation Services American Battlefield Protection Program Certified Local Governments Cultural Resource Mapping and GIS Federal Agency Preservation Assistance Program Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Historic Landscapes Historic Preservation Internship Training Program Historic Preservation Planning Program Historic Surplus Property Program National Historic Landmarks Assistance Initiative Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995 Technical Preservation Services Preservation Briefs Preservation Tech Notes Tribal Preservation Program Learning Portal (don't ask Jeeves, ask the NPS!)
Legislative and Congressional Affairs Maritime Preservation National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Southeast Archeological Center
National Trust for Historic Preservation Home Page Forum Online (National Trust for Historic Preservation) Diversity Scholarship Program Eleven Most Endangered Historic Places Housing National Main Street Center Preservation Books
Adventures in Preservation
American Cultural Resources Association American Historical Association Association for Preservation Technology Aurora Coalition, Inc. Barn Again! (National Trust for Historic Preservation) Barn Again! Online Program Resources Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, Inc. DOCOMOMO Friends of Historic Preservation (Freetown Historical Commission) Friends of Ohio Barns Friends of Terra Cotta Historic Preservation Planning Alumni (Cornell) Historic Preservation Education Foundation International Preservation Trades Workshop League of Historic American Theaters Long Island Traditions Masonry Conservation Research Group Modern Committee (Los Angeles Conservancy) National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities National Main Street Center (National Trust for Historic Preservation) National Parks and Conservation Association National Railway Historical Society Old House Network
Preserve Historic Forsyth (Winston-Salem, NC) Preservation Action Preservation Directory Preserve Historic Forsyth, Inc. Preservation Trades Network Preserve and Protect Recent Past Preservation Network Save America's Treasures Society for Commercial Archeology Society of Architectural Historians Theatre Historical Society of America Timber Framers Guild Trust for Public Land US/ICOMOS Vernacular Architecture Forum The Woodstock Preservation Alliance
RSS Feeds of interest
National Building Museum • News • Events • Audio
National Trust for Historic Preservation • Jobs at the Trust • PreservationNation • Preservation in the News • Today's News New York times • Historic Buildings and Sites Topic • "Streetscapes" Column
Planetizen • Front Page • Jobs Preservenet • Jobs • Internships
UNESCO World Heritage Center • News • Events • World Heritage List
U.S. Federal Government Links • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy News • FEMA: Federal Disaster Declarations • FEMA: News Releases • Federal Register Documents on Public Inspection • General Services Administration News • Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Press Releases • Institute of Museum and Library Services • National Archives: Today's Document • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
possible sources of aid, conferences • American Institute of Architects • Association for Preservation Technology International • Colorado Emerging Preservation Leaders: email Larry Walsh at info@coloradopreservation.org • Diversity Scholarship Program (to attend a conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• E. Geoffrey and Elizabeth Thayer Verney Fellowship • John Coolidge Student Fellowship • Mildred Colodny Scholarship for the Study of Historic Preservation • Society of Architectural Historians • State Historic Preservation Offices • Statewide Non Profit Organizations possible sources of aid, education or research • American Academy in Rome • American Architectural Foundation • American Association of University Women • American Antiquarian Society • American Institute of Architects (try your local or state chapter) • Mildred Colodny Scholarship for the Study of Historic Preservation • College Art Association • Getty Grant Program • Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award • ICCROM Fellowships in Rome • James Marston Fitch Charitable Trust • King V. Hostick Award • Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program • Samuel H. Kress Foundation • National Trust Diversity Scholarship Program • Smithsonian Institution • Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship • United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship
sprawl and smart growth
American Farmland Trust Brookings Institution: Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy Center of Excellence for Sustainable Communities Lincoln Institute of Land Policy New Rules Project Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Planners Web Sprawl Guide Sierra Club Challenge to Sprawl Smart Growth Network Sprawl Busters Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Stateline.org Sustainable Development Institute Sustainable Measures Transportation Action Network Urban Land Institute Vermont Forum on Sprawl
- r e t u r n t o t o p - state historic preservation offices
SHPO Sites (NPS)
National Register of Historic Places (unofficial)
Alabama (State)
Arkansas (State)
California (State)
Colorado (State & National)
Connecticut (State contact)
Illinois (State Historic Sites)
Kansas (State Historic Sites)
Massachusetts (State)
Michigan (State & National)
Minnesota (State)
Missouri (National)
Nebraska (National)
New Jersey (National)
New Mexico (State & National) North Carolina (National)
South Dakota (State)
Virginia (State & National)
Wisconsin (National)
Alaska Association for Historic Preservation Arizona Preservation Foundation Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas California Preservation Foundation Colorado Preservation, Inc. Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation DC Preservation League Preservation Delaware Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Georgia Trust Historic Hawai'i Foundation Preservation Idaho Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Indiana Historical Society Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance Kansas Preservation Alliance Preservation Kentucky Maine Preservation Preservation Maryland Preservation Massachusetts Michigan Historic Preservation Network Preservation Alliance of Minnesota Mississippi Heritage Trust Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation Montana Preservation Alliance New Hampshire Preservation Alliance New Jersey Historic Trust Preservation New Jersey New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance Preservation League of New York State Landmark Society of Western New York Preservation North Carolina Heritage Ohio Preservation Ohio Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. Historic Preservation League of Oregon Preservation Pennsylvania Preserve Rhode Island Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation (South Carolina) Preserve South Dakota Tennessee Preservation Trust Preservation Texas, Inc. Utah Heritage Foundation Preservation Trust of Vermont Preservation Virginia Preservation Alliance of Virginia Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Preservation Alliance of West Virginia
sustainable design
AIA Committee on the Environment APTI Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation BuildingGreen.com Building Materials Reuse Association California Integrated Waste Management Board Energy Star Program Forest Stewardship Council Oxford Brookes University- International Vernacular Architecture Unit U.S. General Services Administration Sustainable Design Program National Park Service - Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design Rocky Mountain Institute Sustainable Buildings Industry Council U.S. Green Building Council
see also Materials Conservation/Studies
Other resource databases
Building Conservation Directory (UK) e-Conservationline ePreservation.net Federal Preservation Institute (NPS) Historic Places Database Historic Preservation: A guide to resources (UC Berkeley) International Interior Design Association Knowledge Center Planetizen, The Planning Development Network (valuable planning news and information) Research Public Records
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