[PADG:63] Architectural Drawings Workshop

[Gary Menges <menges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WASHINGTON PRESERVATION INITIATIVE
PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND BLUEPRINTS

June 21, 2004:   Seattle, University of Washington
Presenter:	 Lois Olcott Price, Senior Conservator, Winterthur
		 Museum

***********************************************************************
Two sessions are available for this workshop -- a full day that includes
both the lecture and an afternoon workshop, or just the morning (lecture)
session. REGISTRATION FOR THE FULL DAY SESSION IS LIMITED TO
PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
COLLECTIONS.

Registration information is at:

<http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/training/trainingView.aspx?even
 t=194&audience=lib>

<http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/training/trainingView.aspx?eve
 nt=194&audience=lib>

************************************************************************

PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

This workshop will provide participants with a basic understanding of how
to care for architectural drawings. It will address storage, reformatting,
and conservation issues as well as how to identify architectural supports,
media and photoreproductions. The morning session will focus on how
architectural records were made and some of the possible storage options.
In the afternoon, participants will tour the University of Washington
Libraries architectural drawings collection and look at real architectural
records to work on media identification and typical preservation problems.
The afternoon will conclude with a discussion on reformatting and
treatment issues for architectural drawings.

Lois Olcott Price is Senior Conservator, Library Collections at the
Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE.  She has 25 years of experience as a
conservator working with paper, books and library materials and has
conducted numerous surveys, consultations and workshops for libraries,
museums, historical societies and archives.  Her particular interest is
the fabrication and preservation of architectural drawings and prints.
Lois has published several articles on this topic and is currently
working on a book.

The Washington Preservation Initiative is sponsored by the Washington
State Library and is supported by IMLS through LSTA funding.