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    • Memorial Hall Drawing, During Treatment (2)

    • Filling losses in the c. 1876 architectural drawing of Memorial Hall (Fairmount Park / City of Philadelphia)

    • Inpainting Evelyn Nesbit collotype 11.315

    • Inpainting areas of loss in a collotype with hand coloring, c.1901 (private client)

    • Removing spine adhesive from William P.C. Barton's A Flora of North America (Pennsylvania Hospital)

    • Removing spine adhesive from William P.C. Barton's A Flora of North America (Pennsylvania Hospital)

    • Housing a map from Chester Public Library

    • Preparing to house a c. 1860 map from Chester Public Library (Chester, NJ) in a sealed package

    • Reducing fixative on a painting from Lawrence's Hiroshima series (PAFA 12.121)

    • Paper Conservator Samantha Sheesley using solvent to reduce fixative on a painting from Jacob Lawrence's Hiroshima series (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

    • Testing inks on a Sailor Jerry flash art sheet

    • Testing inks on a flash art sheet by Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins (Sailor Jerry LTD)

    • Minah ABC

    • Conservator Minah Song inpainting a leaf from the Christian ABC book (Ephrata Cloister/PHMC)

    • drying rack

    • Documents air drying on the drying racks

    • Consolidating the surface of Einstein's globe (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)

    • Consolidating the surface of a globe belonging to Albert Einstein (Institute for Advanced Study)

    • Tape Binding

    • Director of Book Conservation Jim Hinz sewing sections onto vellum tapes

    • Peeling

    • Conservator Minah Song removing the cardboard backing support from a print

    • Removing adhesive with ethanol

    • Removing adhesive from a journal page (Lutheran Archives Center, Philadelphia, PA)

    • Inpainting Hindu God Prints

    • Inpainting a chromolithograph (c. 1880s) from the Calcutta Art Studio (private client)

    • microscope

    • Consolidating insecure media on a Georges Braque aquatint under a stereomicroscope (private collection)

    • S. Benedicti DT (11.344.2)

    • Using watercolor to inpaint filled areas in the print S. Benedicti (private collection)

    • Bryn Mawr College Chinese scroll painting

    • Removing flyspecks from a Chinese scroll painting (Bryn Mawr College)

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  • CCAHA seeking regional applicants for grant-funded collections care initiative

      • New storage at Betsy Ross House 2

    CCAHA is accepting applications for its Philadelphia Stewardship Program through July 1, 2013. This program is comprised of four grant-funded tracks designed to aid nonprofit institutions in the Philadelphia area in caring for their collections.

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  • First Lady Susan Corbett tours CCAHA lab

      • First Lady of PA Susan Corbett with Paper Conservator Sam Sheesley
      • First Lady of PA Susan Corbett with NEA Fellow Gwenanne Edwards
      • First Lady of PA Susan Corbett with Senior Conservation Assistant Richard Homer

    Susan Corbett, First Lady of Pennsylvania, visited CCAHA today for a tour of the conservation laboratory. Mrs. Corbett spoke with CCAHA staff and viewed several in-progress treatment projects.

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  • CCAHA receives a National Endowment for the Arts "Art Works" grant to support a one-year postgraduate fellowship

      • Filling a loss on last page of PA Constitution of 1776 12.397

    National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that CCAHA is one of 817 nonprofits nationwide to receive an NEA "Art Works" grant. CCAHA is recommended for a $20,000 grant to support a postgraduate fellowship.

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  • Treating Pennsylvania's first constitution

      • Immersing PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Removing mounts from PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Reducing adhesive on PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Removing old mend from PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Filling a loss in PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Filling a loss on last page of PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Step two in filling a loss in PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Toning a fill in PA Constitution of 1776 12.397
      • Close-up toning a fill in PA Constitution of 1776 12.397

    Pennsylvania's first constitution, written by Benjamin Franklin (among others) in 1776, has been described as the most democratic in America. It recently traveled from the Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg to CCAHA for conservation treatment.

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  • Horizontal creases, plague of hanging scroll paintings

      • Auspicious View Pavilion from Bryn Mawr College, DT (12.309)
      • Seated Buddha from Bryn Mawr College, DT (12.308)

    The repeated rolling and unrolling of hanging scrolls means that almost all that come to CCAHA for treatment have a similar problem—horizontal creases. This was true for several hanging scroll paintings that recently arrived from Bryn Mawr College.

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GHHN/NYSCA 2013 Conservation Treatment Grant

  • June 3, 2013

The Conservation Treatment Grant Program, administered by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, in association with the New York State Council on the Arts, provides support for conservation treatment of objects in collections of museums and historical/cultural organizations in New York.

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Preserving Your Photographic Collections (York, PA)

  • June 4, 2013

Photographic media are sensitive materials that require special housing to ensure their longevity. This workshop will examine suitable housing supplies, including paper, plastics, interleaving papers, boxes, and more.

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NHPRC Digitizing Historical Records Grant

  • June 11, 2013

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) seeks proposals that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available online.

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Protecting Collections: Disaster Prevention, Planning, & Response (Part II, York, PA)

  • June 11, 2013

One of the most important steps an institution can take to safeguard its collections is to be prepared in an emergency or disaster. This two-part program will guide participants in risk mitigation, emergency planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Housing Solutions (Morristown, NJ)

  • June 11, 2013

This workshop will address concerns in creating safe and effective housings for the storage and display of paper art and artifacts. Topics will address the materials, use, and benefits of various types of housing.

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