Orange County Historian

Public Historians

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Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections was developed with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections 
 
The Free Self-guided Course   
Preservation 101 gives you the tools to begin building an effective preservation program for your institution. Work through all of the modules, reading all content, completing the activities, and recording your thoughts and comments. Allow a minimum of two to three hours to work through each module. No instructor is available to answer questions in this self-paced approach, and no continuing education credit is available for completion of this course.

Go to website for more information: http://www.nedcc.org/home.php

Professional Development for Public Historians

• http://www.aphnys.org/
• AIC - Professional Development Grants and Scholarships
• Professional Education: Learn with AAM   

Support Resources & Grants Information

• http://www.greaterhudson.org/
• http://members.dar.org/darnet/forms/SPG-1001.PDF
• http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/nonprofits/
• http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/cp/index.html
• http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html      
• Grants.gov - Home  
• Publishing Historical Records Grant Announcement  
• Electronic Records Projects Grant Announcement       
• Guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions              

Oral History 

• http://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html
• http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/what.html
• http://www.oralhistory.org/

Newspapers

    NY State Library database, available to Municipal Historians:

• http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/borrowers/historians.htm
• http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/136.htm

Conservation

• http://www.nedcc.org/home.php
• Tina Kane Textile Conservation & Restoration   
• Jackie Hoffman   
• IFA | NYU - The Conservation Center   
• Kathy Francis | LinkedIn
• Conservation Solutions, Inc.   

Historic Markers & Monuments  

• Catskill Castings Historical Markers  
• Committee for Marking & Preservation of Historic Sites, The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, send inquiries to Floris Willemse Krom Chapter, Chapter President Linda Burroughs, astrol@frontiernet.net  
• http://www.gravestonepreservation.info/related-links   
• http://www.tombstonerestoration.com/home.html  
• http://www.gravestoneservices.com/services.php  
• http://www.conservation-us.org/  
• http://www.gravestonestudies.org/preservation.htm