Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands
October 13, 2011
Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands will hold their annual meeting on Thursday, October 13th at Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh. Beginning at 5:30 PM with a reception, the meeting will start at 6:00 PM, followed by a special presentation for Archives Month. Admission is free.
While attending this gathering, all are invited to join the Friends, whose mission is to increase public awareness of Washington’s Headquarters, Knox’s Headquarters and the New Windsor Cantonment’s historical and educational significance, to raise funds to supplement educational, programming and collection needs of the sites, and to offer quality educational and history-related items for sale to site visitors. In their role as volunteers, all three sites have relied upon them for assistance during special events.
Michele Phillips, Paper Conservator for the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will be the presenter of a talk in honor of Archives Month. The title of the presentation is “Making It Last: Looking After Paper Collections.” Ms. Phillips, with degrees in fine art, art history and chemistry, has her Master’s degree in Art Conservation. After serving as Assistant Conservator at the New York Public Library, Ms. Phillips was appointed Paper Conservator at Peebles Island Resource Center. She specializes in the preservation and treatment of prints, drawings, maps, documents, photographs and negatives. Ms. Phillips is a Professional Associate in the American Association for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, is an active member of the Canadian Association for Conservation, and serves as Board Chair of Museumwise.
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