Preservation Georgia online, July 10-14, 2006

Preservation Georgia Online July 10-14, 2006 In this issue: HPD staff hit the road to visit tag offices African American preservation conferences National Register news Chatham County HPC accepting applications for designation GCA's traditional arts survey Awards Grants Positions available in Georgia Preservation Events Calendar Subscription Information
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HPD staff hit the road to visit tag offices
July 1 marked the beginning of HPD's big push to "sell" the historic preservation license plate. HPD staff are hitting the road over the next two months, crisscrossing the state, to visit as many as possible of the 190 county tag offices in Georgia, bringing sample plates and posters to display on their walls and in their windows.
Seventy-seven historic preservation license plates have been reserved thus far, but we must have 1,000 ordered by December 31, 2007! Please encourage your coworkers, friends, neighbors, and family to help save Georgia's special places by reserving a license plate now! Go to HPD's Web site at www.gashpo.org to order your plate now and to see what it looks like. For more information, contact grants coordinator Carole Moore at 404-463-8434; email at carole_moore@dnr.state.ga.us.
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African American preservation conferences
Seventy-four participants joined the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network (GAAHPN) in Celebrating Our Coastal Heritage. The Brunswick Landmarks Foundation sponsored the opening reception at Old City Hall. Four workshops were held in the educational building at First African Baptist Church in the Old Town Brunswick Historic District. Conference presenters included representatives from Georgia's three graduate programs in historic preservation, One World Archives, Risley Alumni Association, the Southeast Georgia CDC, and the St. Simons African American Heritage Coalition. These speakers provided their expertise as volunteers to ensure a

quality program at minimal cost to the participants. The Glynn County Board of Education provided a bus for the closing field session that included a tour of the Risley School campus, Cassina Garden Club tabby houses and the Harrington School on St. Simons Island. These contributions reflect the partnerships that have aided GAAHPN since its inception, and they acknowledge this valuable support of African American historic preservation in Georgia.
It's not too late to register for the African American Preservation Alliance (AAPA) conference in Memphis, August 3-5. Jeanne Cyriaque, HPD's African American programs coordinator, will moderate one of the ten workshops. The conference also includes an opening reception, luncheon, gospel program and optional tours. Keynote speakers are: Michael Allen, speaking on the Gullah/Geechee National Heritage Area; Donovan Rypkema, speaking on the Economics of Preservation; and Rodney Reynolds, founder and publisher of American Legacy magazine. The complete conference program (including registration form, hotels and tour information) is posted on HPD's Web site at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=328.
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National Register news
Cabbagetown, which consists of a mill complex and its associated housing, is located east of downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, in north central Georgia. It is characterized by industrial, residential, commercial, and community landmark buildings constructed from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
The Cabbagetown Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976. The period of significance for the original listing was 1881 to 1925. Additional documentation has updated the period of significance of the historic district to 1956 to include buildings constructed between 1926 and 1956. Resources within the original district boundary were re-evaluated according to National Register criteria and reclassified when necessary. No additional acreage is being added to the historic district. This additional information includes descriptions of the mill buildings to be included as contributing resources in the updated period of significance.
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Chatham County HPC accepting applications for designation
The Chatham County Historic Preservation Commission (CCHPC) is accepting applications from interested communities and property owners within unincorporated Chatham County who would like their property or community designated as a Chatham County Historic Property, Historic District, or

Conservation District. Benefits for listed properties and districts include local recognition as a historic or cultural resource, design guidelines tailored to individual communities to ensure compatible new construction, and protection against demolition of historic resources. Application forms and additional information may be found at www.thempc.org or contact Ellen Harris, Preservation Planner, at harrise@thempc.org or 651-1482.
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GCA's traditional arts survey
The Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) is compiling a comprehensive database of traditional artists who reside in Georgia as well as arts organizations and other community institutions with an interest in presenting traditional arts. Dr. Norman Harris and Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris of One World Archives (OWA), are GCA representatives specifically gathering information about traditional craftspeople, musicians, dancers, other tradition bearers within the west central and southwest Georgia regions.
Individuals included in the database should be knowledgeable of, or practice traditional arts or other aspects of Georgia's cultural heritage, including: crafts, local foodways, music, dance, traditional lore such as storytelling, immigrant and ethnic traditions. The information collected will be filed at the GCA offices for future use in contacting potential traditional arts programming participants and funding recipients. If you know traditional artists in your central and southwest Georgia community, please direct them to this Web address: http://enroll.oneworldarchives.org/tinc?key=2ky25ZBU&formname=TraditionalArt s. They may complete the online form or contact Dr. Norman Harris directly at nharris@oneworldarchives.com or call 404-384-3615.
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Awards
Research awards include National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants and offers for collaborative research projects and scholarly editions. Collaborative research encompasses a variety of activities, including research conferences, translation of humanities documents and textual materials into English, and field archaeology. Deadline: 11/1/2006. For more information: Visit www.neh.gov.
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Grants

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission is offering three grants; Archives Leadership Institute, Digitizing Historical Records projects, and Historical Documentary Editing Fellowships applications deadline is October 2. http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/leadership.html http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/digitizing.html http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/editing.html
NEH Challenge Grants are offered only when NEH funds will make a significant improvement in humanities programs, help institutions carry out long-term plans for strengthening their basic resources and activities in the humanities, and enhance financial stability through increased nonfederal support. Deadline: 11/1/2006. For more information: Visit www.neh.gov.
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Positions available in Georgia
Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home in Rome, GA, currently seeks a Museum Director for its house museum, which recently underwent an HSR/CLR study with the National Park Service and is a certified site on the National Trail of Tears as well as a National Historic Landmark. Chieftains Museum is embarking on a substantial rehabilitation of its house and landscape. They currently seek a fulltime Director with the following qualifications: Masters Degree in public history, museum studies, or a related field, with at least five years experience in a museum setting, including demonstrated responsibility for day-to-day operations of a site; Ability to develop and implement educational programs and exhibits to attract the public; Demonstrated knowledge of Cherokee and/or Native American cultures; Non-profit administrative experience, including management of staff, volunteers and budget; Communication and marketing skills, including public speaking, consensus building, and the ability to work with local and national groups. Please forward resume with salary expectations and three professional references to: Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, via email at chmuseum@bellsouth.net, or by mail to Search Committee, Chieftains Museum Inc., 501 Riverside Parkway P.O. Box 373, Rome Georgia 30162-0373. No phone calls or visits please. No relocation compensation. Housing provided.
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Preservation events
Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date. Tell us what your organization or community has planned by sending your listings for our online Events Calendar via e-mail to: helen_talleymcrae@dnr.state.ga.us.

Please note that items on the "Preservation Events Calendar" are events and meetings of interest to preservationists. It is not to be used for the detailed scheduling of meetings with HPD staff without contacting those individuals
New additions
Nothing new this week.
Previously listed national and state conferences and meetings
July 16-29 - 2nd annual Gullah Studies Institute - Penn Center on St Helena, SC - 803-775-7748 or www.flowofhistory.org
July 23-26 - Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation summer workshop, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council - Williamsburg, Va. - http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=6392
July 27-30 - 5th Biennial National Commission Forum, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions - Baltimore, MD - www.uga.edu/napc.
August 3-5 - Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize: African American Preservation Alliance (AAPA) annual conference - Memphis - 901-576-7170 or http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=328
August 21-23 - 4th biennial Celebrating Rural Georgia Conference - Department of Community Affairs - Augusta - www.dca.state.ga.us or 404-679-0604
September 6-9 - Preservation of Historic Cemeteries workshop - The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies - 815-244-1173 or www.campbellcenter.org
September 13-16 - History's Enduring Voices: 2006 AASLH Annual Meeting Phoenix, AZ - www.aaslh.org
September 13-16 - Association of Preservation Technology current annual conference - Atlanta - http://www.apti.org/conferences/conference-current.cfm
September 27- October 1 - Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) - 91st Annual Conference, "Celebrating Community: A Tribute to Black Fraternal, Social, and Civic Institutions" - Atlanta - http://www.asalh.org or 202- 865-0053.

September 28-30 - 2006 Annual Meeting - Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians - Auburn, Alabama - http://www.sesah.org/1events.html
October 2006 - Preserve America Summit to mark the 40th anniversary of the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act - New Orleans http://www.preserveamerica.gov/06summitfacts.html
October 5-7 - Fall 2006 Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Washington, DC www.traditionalbuildingshow.com/RandR/PDF/DC_Call_for_Presentation.pdf
October 11 13 - 2006 Georgia Downtown Conference and Annual Awards Ceremony - Georgia Downtown Association and DCA - Valdosta kcarter@dca.state.ga.us, 404-679-0604
October 12-15 - Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology Las Vegas www.shot.jhu.edu/Annual_Meeting/Annual_Meeting_Main_Page.htm.
October 19-29 - Georgia Council for the Social Studies annual conference Athens - www.gcss.net
October 31 - November 5 - National Trust's National Preservation Conference Pittsburg, PA https://www.nthpconference.org/
November 8-11 - Culture is the Spark: 8th Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance Conference - Atlanta, Georgia - http://www.chtalliance.com
2007
January 4-7 - American Historical Association annual meeting: Unstable Subjects: Practicing History in Unsettled Times - Atlanta http://www.historians.org/annual/2007/index.cfm
March 8-10 Spring 2007 Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Boston - www.traditionalbuildingshow.com
May 20-27 - VI World Archaeological Congress - Kingston, Jamaica http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/.
June 18-21 - Your Passport to Crossing Boundaries in Heritage Development: International Heritage Development Conference - Alliance of National Heritage Areas - Detroit, MI - http://www.nationalheritageareas.org/2007_conference.htm.

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