Preservation Georgia online, Apr. 16-22, 2007

Preservation Georgia Online April 16-22, 2007 In this issue: 2007 Georgia Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage April 2007 Reflections is now available online Preservation will be highlighted at annual Humanities Luncheon Scholarship awards Report concludes vinyl siding products unhealthy Preservation Events Calendar Subscription Information
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2007 Georgia Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage
The 2007 Georgia Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and the Historic Preservation Division, will be held on Saturday, May 5 from 9:30 until 5:00. This year's event features homes and gardens of Liberty County. Sites to visit include Midway Church and Cemetery, Seabrook Village, the Bacon-Fraser House & Gardens, Dorchester Academy, and LeConte-Woodmanston Plantation. Erskine Clarke, author of Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic, will be available to sign copies of his book. Tickets are $25 each. Lunch can be purchased for an additional $10. Come spend a warm spring day seeing one of the state's most historic areas, and know that your participation helps protect Georgia's historic landscapes. Proceeds from the tour benefit the Garden Club's Historic Landscape and Garden Grant program. For ticket information, go to www.uga.edu/gardenclub/.
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April 2007 Reflections is now available online
The April issue of Reflections, the quarterly newsletter of the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network, is available on the HPD website at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/assets/documents/Reflections_April_2007.pdf This issue features an article about Cartersville's Summer Hill, a community that commemorated its African American past through an oral history project, a documentary and dedication of a statue of the former principal of the community's Rosenwald School. An oral history interview with Dr. Susie Wheeler, a former Jeanes Supervisor from Bartow County, is featured. And the Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot recollects a sad chapter in Atlanta's history through archival research, walking tours, lectures, publications and an exhibit at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.
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Preservation will be highlighted at annual Humanities Luncheon
The Governor's Awards in the Humanities Luncheon and Annual Humanities Lecture will be held Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. respectively at the Old Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in downtown Atlanta.
The Annual Humanities Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Timothy Crimmins and Mrs. Anne H. Farrisee. The lecture will focus on the restoration of the Georgia State Capitol, its history and its ties to the larger history of Georgia. Dr. Crimmins and Mrs. Farrisee are coauthors of Democracy Restored, a beautiful new publication on the restoration and history of the Capitol. While the book won't be released to the general public until late summer, limited copies will be available for signing and purchase at the Governor's Awards.
HPD congratulates this year's five preservationist honorees: Mr. Cullen Chambers of Tybee Island, Mrs. Betty Sanders Snyder of Milledgeville, Mr. Gregory Paxton of Atlanta, Mr. John Waters of Athens, and Mrs. Susie Wheeler of Cassville/Cartersville.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.georgiahumanities.org/programs/gov/awards.html
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Scholarship awards
The Washington-Wilkes Historical Foundation Board is announcing a call for applications for its 2007 scholarship award. Qualifying students need to be enrolled in a degree program with a declared major to teach history or work in the field of historic preservation. Interested applicants should mail letters of interest to the W-W Historical Foundation Board; P.O. Box 337; Washington, Georgia 30673. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2007.
National Trust Diversity Scholarship Program currently provides financial assistance to approximately 60 community leaders/students from diverse backgrounds to attend the National Preservation Conference. Through educational sessions, informal conversation, and special events, participants strengthen their commitment to preserving historic places and revitalizing communities, and discover a supportive network to help in their endeavors. This year, the Scholarship Program is expanding its definition of eligibility to include preservationists from diverse racial, ethnic, socio-economic and religious backgrounds. In addition, it seeks individuals who are working on projects that have a diversity component, including those working on sites with a relationship to sports, the military, sexual orientation, industrial facilities and cultural landscapes. The Trust hopes this broader definition of eligibility will help regions that have been challenged in the past to find candidates for conference

scholarships. The deadline for completed applications is Friday, June 1, 2007. http://www.nationaltrust.org/scholarships/diversity_scholarship.html
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Report concludes vinyl siding products unhealthy
After several years of serious investigation and pressure from health advocates, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Technical Advisory Committee has concluded that vinyl siding products are bad for human health. This was a challenging issue to the design and building community because vinyl is such a widely used building product and the issue is not the same as asbestos and lead paint. The research conclusion is based upon the total life-cycle of the product including its production and disposal more than its presence in buildings. The report of the USGBC technical committee can be found at http://www.healthybuilding.net/news/070309TSACfinal.html
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Preservation events calendar
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.
Submit your listings to: helen_talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us.
This week's new listings Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
April 21 - Antonio J. Waring jr. Archaeological Laboratory annual open house University of West Georgia - Carrollton - www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/
May 1 - Donating a facade easement: what you should know in Ardsley Park Historic Savannah Foundation - www.historicsavannahfoundation.org/Events.asp
May 5 - Cherokee Heritage Day - Chieftains Museum - Rome - 706-291-9494 or www.chieftainsmuseum.org
May 5 - 2007 Georgia Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage Liberty County www.uga.edu/gardenclub
May 6 - Spring Into the Past: Visit the Stops Along Cobb County's Heritage

Highway - Cobb Preservation Foundation and Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society - www.cobblandmarks.com
May 711 - SCAD Student Preservation Association Preservation Week Lecture Series - Savannah - http://thehive.scad.edu/spa or email jopope20@student.scad.edu
May 8 - Lecture: Life Among the Tides- The Great Shell Rings of Prehistory Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society - Atlanta - Bobbi Hohmann, (404) 9296337 or bobbi_hohmann@fernbank.edu
May 10 - John Nolen and the Renaissance of a New South lecture by Bruce Stephenson, Rollins College - Georgia Historical Society - Savannah 912-651-2125 or visit www.georgiahistory.com
May 10 - Daffin Park Centennial Speaker, Bruce Stephenson - Georgia Historical Society and the City of Savannah - 912-351-3837 or 912-651-6417
May 12 - Lofts & Lifestyles tour - Valdosta www.valdostamainstreet.com/downtown%20events.htm
May 16 - Historic Crawford Foundation, Inc.'s Lunch & Learn, Cost $15.00, benefits the old Crawford County Courthouse restoration project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahcf/ kimeye1@bellsouth.net for questions or reservations.
May 17 - Historic Crawford Foundation, Inc.'s Pot Luck Pottery ID, bring a pot luck dish and have your pottery ID'd, benefits the old Crawford County Courthouse restoration project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahcf/ kimeye1@bellsouth.net for questions or reservations.
May 19 - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm - Crawford County Historical Society's annual chicken que, benefits the old Crawford County Courthouse restoration project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacchs/ kimeye1@bellsouth.net for questions or tickets.
May 19 - East Broad: History, Legacy, Opportunity - Mopper-Stapen Realtors Preservation Seminar - Savannah www.historicsavannahfoundation.org/Events.asp
May 19 - Historic Crawford Foundation, Inc.'s annual Pottery Auction. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahcf/ kimeye1@bellsouth.net for questions.

May 19 - Archaeology Laboratory Open House - Chieftains Museum - Rome 706-291-9494 or www.chieftainsmuseum.org
May 22 - How to Research Your Historic Home - Historic Savannah Foundation and the Georgia Historical Society - Savannah www.historicsavannahfoundation.org/Events.asp
May 23 - SDRA to unveil Draft of Downtown Master Plan - speaker is Stanley Lowe, VP Community Relations, National Trust for Historic Preservation Savannah - www.sdra.net.
June 11-15 - Dig History archaeology day camp - Watson-Brown Foundation Thomson - 877-595- 9777 or email hickorymuseum@bellsouth.net
July 9-13 - Dig History archaeology day camp - Watson-Brown Foundation Thomson - 877-595- 9777 or email hickorymuseum@bellsouth.net
July 23-27 - Dig History archaeology day camp - Watson-Brown Foundation Thomson - 877-595- 9777 or email hickorymuseum@bellsouth.net
National and state conferences and meetings (previously listed)Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
April 22-28 - Georgia Cities Week - Cities: Service, Style & Soul - Georgia Municipal Assn. - http://www.gmanet.com/georgia_cities_week/
April 27-28 - Spring HPC Training - Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions - St Marys - www.uga.edu/gapc - 706-583-8047 or jmlewis@uga.edu
MAY IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH!
May 2-4 - "Building Creative Communities" Conference - Colquitt www.buildingcreativecommunities.com
May 10 22nd Governor's Awards in the Humanities Luncheon and Lecture by Dr. Timothy Crimmins and Anne Farrisee - Georgia Humanities Council Atlanta - www.georgiahumanities.org/programs/gov/awards.html
May 11 - Georgia National Register Review Board Meeting - Historic Preservation Division, DNR - Atlanta http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaynavigation.asp?TopCategory=41

May 12 - Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association meeting - New Echota State Historic site - www.nationaltota.org
May 1516 - Urban Georgia Network Meeting - "Sense of Place Extends Beyond Your Gates: Mixed-Use Development" - Atlanta - contact Cindy Eidson, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us, 404-679-3101.
May 18-20 - Georgia Trust Annual Meeting - Brunswick & the Golden Isles www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/annual_meeting.htm
May 19 - "Passport to the Creek Nation" - SGA Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) Spring 2007 Event - Macon http://www.thesga.org/spring_meeting_2007.htm
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
June 23-30 - Preservation Leadership Training - National Trust for Historic Preservation - application deadline is March 30 - Owatonna, Minnesota http://www.nationaltrust.org/plt
July 25-28 League of Historic American Theatres - 31st annual conference and theatre tour Boston, MA www.lhat.org
September 5-8 - 2007 AASLH annual meeting - Relevance: The Bottom Line Atlanta - http://www.aaslh.org/anmeeting.htm
September 28 - Georgia National Register Review Board Meeting - Historic Preservation Division, DNR - Atlanta http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaynavigation.asp?TopCategory=41
October 2-6 - Preservation Matters!: 2007 National Preservation Conference Saint Paul, Minnesota - www.nthpconference.org
October 25-28 - 12th National Conference on Planning History - Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) - Portland, Maine http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/sacrph/
October 27-November 17 - 48th Seminar for Historical Administration application deadline is June 1 - Indianapolis, IN - www.aaslh.org/histadmin.htm

November 5-8 - National Trail of Tears Association National Conference - Rome - www.nationaltota.org or totajerra@aol.com or tc12@bellsouth.net
January 17-19, 2008 - Third International Architectural Paint Research Conference - New York - www.aprconference.us
April 10-13, 2008 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting: Public Histories of Unity and Division Louisville, KY www.ncph.org
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