Reference Request
Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7477
Washington Conservation Guild
Records, 1967-2006
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Washington Conservation Guild |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1967-2006 |
| Quantity: | 4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7477 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | The Washington Conservation Guild is a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals, based in Washington, D.C. While serving primarily as a forum for exchange of information among its members, the Guild also seeks to help non-conservators learn more about caring for their own art and artifacts. This collection includes newsletters; records kept by presidents, secretaries, and treasurers; membership information; meeting announcements; records of the nominating, bylaws and public outreach committees; and materials documenting lectures, workshops, seminars, publications and meetings. |
Descriptive Entry
The Washington Conservation Guild (WGC) is a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals, based in Washington, D.C. While serving primarily as a forum for exchange of information among its members, the Guild also seeks to help non-conservators learn more about caring for their own art and artifacts.
This collection includes newsletters; records kept by presidents, secretaries, and treasurers; membership information; meeting announcements; records of the nominating, bylaws and public outreach committees; and materials documenting lectures, workshops, seminars, publications and meetings.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7477, Washington Conservation Guild, Records
Container List
Box 1
Washington Conservation Guild Newsletters 1976 through 2005 (27 folders)
Newsletter Report, 1986
Newsletter Editor (Ellen McCrady), 1980
Newsletter Editor (Kathleen Betts), 1985
Secretary (Alan Albright) papers, 1968-1969
Secretary (Bethune Gibson) papers, 1969-1972
Secretary (Joseph Columbus) papers, 1972-1973
Secretary (Martha Goodway) papers, 1973-1975
Secretary (Martha Goodway) papers, National Museum Act Program Grants, 1974-1975
Secretary (Barbara Coffee) papers, 1975-1977
Secretary (Jane Norman ) papers, 1977-1978
Recording Secretary (Joan Mishara) papers, 1978-1980
Recording Secretary (Merrily Smith) papers, 1980-1982
Recording Secretary (Karen Garlick) papers, 1982-1984
Recording Secretary (Doris Hamburg) papers, 1984-1985
Recording Secretary (Christine Smith ) papers, 1987-1988
Recording Secretary (Dianne van der Reyden ) papers, 1988-1989
Recording Secretary (Ingrid Neuman) papers, 1991-1993
Recording Secretary papers, 1993-1995
Recording Secretary (Rae Beaubien) papers, 1994-1996
Recording Secretary (Marjory Cleveland) papers, 1996
Recording Secretary (Rosemary Fallon) papers, 2001-2003
Recording Secretary (Susan Peckham) papers, 2003-2004
Membership Lists, 1970 through 1980 (11 folders)
Membership Directory, 1980-2005 (missing 2001, 2003) (15 folders)
Membership Secretary (Emily Klayman/Jacobson) papers, 1997-1999
Membership Secretary papers, 2003-2005
Box 2
Members meeting announcements, 1967 through 2000 (missing 1975-1978, 1994-1995, 1998-2000) (29 folders)
Old meeting announcements
Meeting announcements, 1998-1999
Meeting announcements, 2000-2001
Meeting announcements, 2001-2002
Meeting announcements, 2002-2003
E. W. Fitzhugh, Membership records, schedule of mailings, 1978
Treasurer, 1967
Treasurer (Peter Powers) papers, 1967-1968
Treasurer (Geoffrey Lemmer) papers, 1969-1970
Treasurer (Fonda Thomsen) papers, 1970-1972
Treasurer (S. Williston) papers, 1972-1974
Treasurer (Walter Angst) papers, 1974-1975
Treasurer (Peter Michaels) papers, 1975-1977
Treasurer (Dennis Dobson) papers, 1977-1978
Treasurer (Cornelia Gill) papers, 1978-1980
Treasurer (Nikki Horton) papers, 1980-1982
Treasurer (Margaret Randall Ash) papers, 1982-1984
Treasurer (Melanie Gifford) papers, 1984-1985
Treasurer (Karen Garlick) papers, 1985-1986
Treasurer (Mary Ballard) papers, 1988-1990
Treasurer (Melba Myers) papers, 1991-1992
Treasurer (Peter Mecklenburg) papers, 1992-1993
Treasurer (Erica James) papers, 2000-2002
President (Robert M. Organ) papers, 1967- 1968
President (James B. Smith) papers, 1971-1973
President (Victor Covey) papers, 1974
President (Peter Waters) papers, 1975
President (Martha Goodway) papers, 1975-c.1977
President (Stewart Treviranus) papers, 1977-1979
President (Eleanor McMillan) papers, 1979-1981
President (Marian Dirda) papers, 1981-1983
President (Merrily Smith) papers, 1983-1985
President (Carolyn Rose) papers, 1986-1987
President (Scott Odell) papers, 1988-1989
Vice President (Shelley Sturman) papers, 1988-1989
President (Arthur Page) papers, 1991-1992
President (Ed McManus) papers, 2000-2001
President (Linda Edquist) papers, 2001-2003
Vice President (Emily Jacobson) papers, 2002-2003
President (Emily Jacobson) papers, 2003-2005
Annual Report, 2003-2004
Vice President (Lisa Young) papers, 2004-2005
Nominating Committee, 1968-1993
Nominating Committee, 2000-2002
Nominating Committee, 2003-2004
Bylaws Committee, 1968
Bylaws Committee, 1969
Bylaws Committee, 1972
Bylaws Committee, 1974
Bylaws Committee, 1976
Bylaws Committee, 1980
Bylaws Committee, 1986
Box 3
WCG Public Outreach Committee Photographs
WCG Public Outreach Committee Booth and Business cards
WCG Public Outreach Committee Booth
WCG Public Outreach Committee Public Events, 1993
WCG Public Outreach Committee Brochure, 1994
WCG Public Outreach Committee Public Events, 1994-1996
WCG Public Outreach Committee Public Events, 1997
WCG Public Outreach Committee Website, 1997
WCG Public Outreach Committee Brochure, 1998
WCG Public Outreach Committee Public Events, 2005 (Nancy Pollak)
Intern Committee (Joanne Klaar), 2004-2005
Seminar on photography in conservation, 1968
Microscopy for Conservators, 1973 (National Collection of Fine Arts, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, instructor: Walter McCrone)
Rutherford J. Gettens Memorial Lecture, 1973 ("Silver in Ancient Greece and Byzantiou: Production and Art" Professor Constantin Conophagos)
Synthetic Resins in Conservation, 1974 (instructor: Robert Feller) (no contents in folder)
Conservation of the Wasa, 1975 (Library of Congress, Washington, DC, lecturer: Lars-Ake Kvarning)
R. J. Gettens Memorial Lecture, 1975 (Laboratory Studies and Enjoyment of Art, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, lecturer: Cyril Stanley Smith) (no contents in folder)
The Corrosion of Bronze and Other Ancient Metals, 1975 (Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, instructor: Marcel Pourbaix)
Tour of Walters Art Gallery and Conservation Department, Baltimore, Maryland, 1976
Treasures of Tutankamen Viewing, 1977
Cleaning of paintings, 1979 (Georgetown University, Washington, DC)
Microscopy for Conservators, 1978
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Congress, 1982, Washington, DC
Pests, 1985 (Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, 3 audiocassette tapes)
Legal aspects of conservation (Robert Feller), 1985 and Robert Feller (no date) (2 audiocassette tapes)
Health Hazards seminar, 1986 (Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, instructor: Monona Rossol)
Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL) lecture 5502, 1989 (Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC) and CAL lecture #7321, 1989 (Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC) (2 audiocassette tapes)
X-Radiography course, 1992 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)
"Preserving the Past" J. Paul Getty Museum videotape and video script
WCG/Association for Preservation Technology, April 14, 1994
Woodrow Wilson House 1995 Dupont/Kalorama House Tour
WCG 30th Anniversary (1997) audiotape
Special Project (2000) T-shirts
Scientific Methodology Course (National Park Service, 2000) Instructor, Chandra Reedy
Angel Project 2002, Friendship Fire Association
Box 4
International Institute for Conservation (IIC) Congress Baltimore, 2002 (2 folders)
IIC Contract
IIC Exhibitors/posters
IIC Banquet/Reception
IIC Debbie Nolan, consultant
IIC Tours
IIC Hotel
IIC Fundraising
Publication Conservation Resources for Arts and Antiques (CRFAA), 2001
CRFAA Sales, January 4, 2001 through September 22, 2004
CRFAA Fulfillment Committee report, 2003
CRFAA Directory Entries
CRFAA Advertising
CRFAA Publications Committee
CRFAA Copyright
CRFAA Editorial Committee
Chapter 1 Environment drafts
Chapter 2 Western Painting drafts
Chapter 3 Portrait Miniatures drafts
Chapter 4 Paper drafts
Chapter 5 Photographs drafts
Chapter 6 Books drafts
Chapter 7 Textiles drafts
Chapter 8 Archeological Objects drafts
Chapter 9 Ethnographic Objects drafts
Chapter 10 Metals drafts
Chapter 11 Glass and ceramics drafts
Chapter 12 Stone Objects drafts
Chapter 13 Outdoor Sculpture drafts
Chapter 14 Wood drafts
WCG Officer & Director Handbook, 2003/2004; 2005/2006
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) Special Recognition Award to WCG (2003)
Photographs of Elizabeth Packard
Sidney Williston Fund
Angels Project, Congressional Cemetery, October 2004
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