Historic Preservation

A unique mixture of conservation history, landscape photography, photography advice, and biography in the form of a slide show about photography in the Teton Range. Use of the pause button is encouraged.

An informational video relating the history of Castle Williams and some of its unique architectural features.

Yosemite National Park: While Yosemite National Park is known for its towering cliffs and giant waterfalls, the National Park Service also protects significant cultural resources. The Rangers' Club is one of five buildings in Yosemite with National Historic Landmark status.

Karen Pavelka, a lecturer in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, talks about her experiences helping to setup a conservation lab at the Cultural Recovery Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

John Watson, Instruments Conservator and Associate Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, discusses the special considerations of conservation when artifacts remain in use.

Patrick Sparks, an engineer with Sparks Engineering Incorporated and President of Texas Dancehall Preservation Incorporated, discusses the restoration of the historic Hay Street Bridge in San Antonio and the work of the preservation organization.

Barry Stiefel, Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston and Clemson University, discusses sustainability in preservation.

NCPTT’s Jeff Guin interviews Jill Gotthelf, coordinator of an NCPTT-sponsored workshop, and John Anderson, instructional engineer at Robert Silman Associates, at the 2010 Association for Preservation Technology conference.

Kit Arrington, digital library specialist at the Library of Congress, discusses how the Library of Congress digitizes and shares documents online for long-term public access.

Aaron Lubeck, author of the book, Green Restorations, discusses his book and how it connects the sustainability movement with historic preservation.