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Stewards of memory : the past, present, and future of historic preservation at George Washington's Mount Vernon / edited by Carol Borchert Cadou ; with Luke J. Pecoraro and Thomas A. Reinhart.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate).
- Washington, George.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Historic preservation.
- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.
- Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate).
- Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate).
- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate).
- Historic sites.
- Historic preservation--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate)--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- New history in old buildings : architectural research and public history in the Chesapeake / Carl R. Lounsbury
- "Distinguished by the name of the new room" : reinvestigation and reinterpretation of George Washington's grandest space / Thomas A. Reinhart and Susan P. Schoelwer
- "We have done very little investigation there; there is a great deal yet to do" : the archaeology of George Washington's Mount Vernon / Luke J. Pecoraro
- Mount Vernon's historic building information management system : digital strategies for preservation in the twenty-first century / Robert L. Fink, Thomas A. Reinhart, and Alyson Steele
- Stepping up and saving places : case studies in whole place preservation / George W. McDaniel
- The dangers of preserving while popular : the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association's image of Mount Vernon versus contemporary architecture / Lydia Mattice Brandt
- Saving Mount Vernon, in black and white : toward an alternative history of historic preservation / Scott E. Casper
- Mount Vernon and America's historic house museums : old roles and new responsibilities in the preservation of place / Carter L. Hudgins.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stewards of memory.
- ISBN:
- 9780813941516
- 0813941512
- Publisher Number:
- 40028661047
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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