Preservation Georgia online, May 29-June 4, 2010

In this issue: -Proclamation photos on Facebook -GDOT project includes website for African American cemetery -William Harris Homestead featured on WSB-TV -New chair for Advisory Council on Historic Preservation -New exhibits opening at local history museums -Available grants
Proclamation photos on Facebook
Visit our Facebook page to see photos from the May 25 Preservation Month and Archaeology Awareness Month proclamation signings at the Capitol - www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-Historic-PreservationDivision-DNR/116772155008409
GDOT project includes website for African American

May 29-June 4, 2010
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Preservation events calendar
Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
This week's new listings
June 16 - Log Cabin Storytelling on Wednesdays in June and July - DeKalb History Center Decatur - www.dekalbhistory.org
October 8 - 2010 Georgia Centennial Farms Awards - Georgia National Fair - Perry - www. gashpo.org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=441
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)
June - Department of Community Affairs Listening Sessions - 12 locations in Georgia - http://www. dca.state.ga.us /main/news/ListeningSessions.asp
June 5-12 - Preservation Leadership Training Baton Rouge, LA - www.preservationnation.org /resources/training/plt
June 8-10 - Section 106: An Introduction - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
June 11 - Profiting from the Past: Using Local Historical Resources to Promote Tourism presented by the Georgia Historical Society Augusta - http://georgiahistory.com/stories/131

cemetery
High definition laser scanner images reveal a potential husband and wife plot.
In 1999, the Section 106 process began for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) project to construct a new interchange at I-75 and Sardis Church Road in Bibb County. Near the end of the process, in 2008, GDOT received information from a nearby property owner that a possible unmarked abandoned cemetery existed in the project area. The area of the reported cemetery contained no above-ground features to indicate that it might be a burial place nor did any maps, plats, deeds, or histories show that a cemetery existed there. However, investigations by GDOT archaeologists and historians revealed that there indeed was a cemetery there, that its earliest graves dated from the mid-19th century, and that it contained graves of African Americans, some of whom had likely been enslaved. Because of the late discovery of the cemetery and in consultation with the Historic Preservation Division, GDOT chose to relocate the individuals to another cemetery. GDOT contracted with New South Associates to perform the burial recovery and relocation. The ongoing project has revealed much information about the people buried there. Part of the scope of work with New South Associates was the creation of a website to locate and communicate with descendants, who now mostly live elsewhere. For more information, please visit www.avondaleburialplace.org.
William Harris Homestead featured on WSB-TV

June 11-12 - Cherokee Ancestry Conference Cherokee Heritage Center - Tahlequah, OK - 918456-6007, ext. 6159, or e-mail genealogy@cherokeeheritage.org
June 21-23 - 2010 Presidential Sites and Libraries Conference, AASLH - Charlottesville, VA - www.aaslh.org/pressites
June 22-26 Green Lines Institute, Heritage 2010: 2nd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Evora, Portugal - www. heritage2010.greenlines-institute.org
June 26 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Savannah - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
June 27-July 1 - International Heritage Development Conference "Advancing Beyond Borders" - Charleston - www.sc-heritagecorridor. org/ihdc_2010/
July 10 - Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association meeting with guest speaker Dr. Jack T. Wynn speaking about the Unicoi Turnpike trade route - Helen - www.gatrailoftears.org
July 17-24 - Advanced Preservation Leadership Training - Cincinnati, OH - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/plt
July 28-31 - National Underground Railroad Conference - Topeka, KS - www.nps.gov/history/ ugrr/
July 29-August 6 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Forum - Grand Rapids, MI - www.uga.edu/napc/programs /napc/forum.htm
August 9 - National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) annual meeting, Green Bay, WI - www.nathpo.org
August 10-15 - Reusing the Industrial Past conference - International Committee for the History of Technology and International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage - Tampere, Finland - www.tampere.fi/ industrialpast2010
August 19-27 - DOCOMOMO conference - "Living

Georgia's Hidden Treasures, an upcoming WSB-TV special airing on Wednesday, June 9, will feature an educational field trip program, A Day in the 19th Century, hosted by the William Harris Homestead in Monroe. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Homestead features an 1825 log house and outbuildings, gardens and landscapes. Visit their website at www.harrishomestead.com for more information.
New chair for Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
President Obama has named Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, to be Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Donaldson is the State Historic Preservation Officer for California. From 1978 until his appointment as SHPO in 2004, Donaldson was president of an architectural firm specializing in historic preservation services. He will serve a four-year term as chair. Additional information on Donaldson and on the Advisory Council is available at www.achp.gov.
New exhibits opening at local history museums
The DeKalb History Center presents two new

in the Urban Modernity" - Mexico City - www. docomomo.com/conference11.htm
September 9-12 - Preserving the Historic Road Washington, D.C. - www.historicroads.org
September 11-12 - 2010 Fall Ramble - The Georgia Trust - Atlanta - http://www.georgiatrust. org /news/events/event.php?id=57
September 22-25 - American Association for State and Local History annual meeting: The Winds of Opportunity - Oklahoma City, OK - www. aaslh.org/2010AnnualMeeting.htm
September 28 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Augusta - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
September 28-29 - Preservation Planning for Campuses, Complexes and Installations National Preservation Institute seminar Hampton, VA - www.npi.org/sem-presplan.html
September 29-October 1 - Georgia Downtown Conference - Augusta - contact Kimberly Carter at kim.carter@dca.ga.gov
September 30-October 2 - National Barn Alliance Southern Conference - Rock Barn, Canton - www. rockbarn.org
October 6-9 - Association for Preservation Technology International annual conference Denver, CO - www.apti.org/conferences /conference-current.cfm
October 6-9 - Society for Commercial Archeology conference - "Odyssey in the Ozarks" Fayetteville, AR - www.sca-roadside.org
October 26-30 - National Preservation Conference - Austin, TX - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/npc/ or email conference@nthp.org
October 27-31 Oral History Association annual meeting: Times of Crisis, Times of Change, Human Stories on the Edge of Transformation Atlanta - www.oralhistory.org/annual-meeting
October 28-30 - MESDA Conference on American

exhibits: Dairies in DeKalb focuses on the history of the county's dairy farms in the 20th century; and the DeKalb Quilt Exhibit which includes eight historic quilts dating from 1850 to 1940. The exhibits will remain open to the public free of charge through the end of the year, beginning June 1. Call 404-373-1088 for more information or visit www. dekalbhistory.org.
Augusta Museum of History presents Timeless Toys, a special display of children's toys from the 1920s to 1980s will go on view June 10, 2010. Call 706-722-8454 for more information or visit www.augustamuseum.org.
Available grants
USDA Rural Development's Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program The RBOG program promotes sustainable economic development in rural communities with exceptional needs through provision of training and technical assistance for business development, entrepreneurs, and economic development officials and to assist with economic development planning. To be eligible for funding, an applicant must be a public body, non-profit corporation, Indian Tribe or cooperative with members that are primarily rural residents. Applicants must also have significant expertise in the activities proposed and the financial strength to ensure the objectives of the proposed grant can be accomplished. Applications are due June 28. More information on how to apply for a USDA Rural Business Opportunity Grant is available at www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/rbog.htm.
Fitch Mid-Career research grants The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award Fitch MidCareer research grants of up to $15,000 to mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience, and an

Material Culture - Madison, GA - www.MESDA. org/conference
October 30-November 20 - Seminar for Historical Administration -American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) - Indianapolis, IN www.aaslh.org/histadmin.htm
December 7-9 - Section 106: Agreement Documents - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
February 17-19, 2011 - 7th Savannah Symposium: The Spirituality of Place - Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah - www. scad.edu/savannahsymposium
April 1-3, 2011 - 38th Annual Georgia Trust Annual Meeting - Macon - http://www. georgiatrust.org /news/events/event.php?id=58
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.

established identity in historic preservation or related fields including, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history, and the decorative arts. The Foundation will also offer the Richard L. Blinder Award, a biennial grant of up to $15,000 for the best proposal exploring the preservation of an existing structure, complex of buildings or genre of building type through addition, renovation or other means. The subject of the submission may be a real project or a polemical exercise; in either case originality is highly valued. The proposal must demonstrate that it fosters architectural preservation in the United States. To learn more about both grants, go to www.fitchfoundation.org. Applications must be submitted in PDF format to info@fitchfoundation.org by September 15 at 11 PM EST.
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