Vanderzee Prayer Book
Earlier this year, the Ford Conservation Center took on a project to conserve an interesting piece of the History Nebraska collection. The item was unique in its own ...
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What We Found
Post Fire Conservation
The J. Huston Tavern in Arrow Rock, Missouri, was built by Joseph Huston in 1834 and served as the first permanent hotel in town. And this young prairie town did get a ...
Ripped to Repaired
The Ford Center regularly conserves a variety of family documents, many of which have interesting familial and historical connections. In the case of one recent Ford ...
Flowers in the Attic
(Posted June 19, 2019)
The original wallpaper in the attic of Willa Cather's childhood home is an artifact with a rich historical and literary significance. Our ...
Lincoln’s Final Decree
Not every project we work on at the Ford Center has dramatic before and after results. Sometimes, the most important work we do is to stabilize an artifact for its ...
Cleaning Amelia Earhart’s Sporting License
The Conservators at the Ford Center work their magic on a piece of history from the Harry Truman Library: A sporting license given to Amelia Earhart in 1928.
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Introducing Deborah Uhl, Paintings Conservator
Whether it’s bringing community theaters back to life in small town Nebraska or saving opulent rooms in Washington, DC, Conservator Deborah Uhl has a ...
Conservation of A Watercolor Mosaic
The Ford Conservation Center has been conserving a unique painting on paper by celebrated Nebraska artist Gale D. Jones.
Jones was born in Tilden, NE in 1956 and grew ...
Beaten and Battered: Conservation of a Field Drum, War of 1812
The Objects Lab at the Ford Conservation Center has completed treatment of a drum that was used by Moses Littlefield, drum-major of a Boston regiment during the War of ...
Conserving an Artist’s Legacy
The Ford Conservation Center's Painting Lab recently completed the treatment of two oil paintings by Theodosia “Theo” Coie. The paintings date to the early 1900s and had ...
Stabilizing a Book of 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
The Paper Lab at the Ford Conservation Center recently completed treatment on a historic volume of woodblock prints.
“The Painter’s Handbook” was printed in the early ...
Mold or Material Issue?
The Gerald Ford Conservation Center Objects Lab recently completed treatment on a piece of contemporary sculpture that had a unique problem.
“Fish Wish” by artist ...
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