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A graveyard preservation primer / Lynette Strangstad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strangstad, Lynette.
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History.
- American Association for State and Local History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cemeteries--United States.
- Cemeteries.
- Sepulchral monuments--Conservation and restoration--United States.
- Sepulchral monuments.
- Sepulchral monuments--Conservation and restoration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- Blue Ridge Summit : AltaMira Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- A Graveyard Preservation Primer has proven itself to be a time-tested resource for many who are seeking information regarding the protection and preservation of historic graveyards This fresh, updated edition has new information regarding project planning, documentation, research, landscaping, archaeology, current conservation treatments, public use of historic graveyards, and ethics, as well as a completely updated list of additional resources. This revision reflects both changes in technology and also changes in current thought and uses over the years.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Assessing the Problem
- Chapter 2. Organizational Concerns
- Chapter 3. Documentation and Research
- Chapter 4. Conservation Issues
- Chapter 5. A Question of Ethics
- Appendix A. Sample Gravestone Rubbing Regulations
- Appendix B. Sample Cemetery Survey Forms
- Appendix C. Sample Individual Marker Assessment Form
- Appendix D. Sample Vegetation Survey Form
- Appendix E. Ironwork Assessment Worksheet
- Appendix F. Sample Cemetery Legislation: Massachusetts Laws Relating to Gravestone Preservation
- Appendix G. Consultants, Conservators, and Carvers
- Glossary
- Sources of Additional Information
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8182-084-8
- 0-7591-2243-1
- OCLC:
- 958542292
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