TheASHP University of Oregon Associated ournal Students of Historic Preservation Volume 7, Number 2 Winter, 1995 Students Produce CRM Students Assess National Historic Lodge Index, Thematic Issue by Amanda Welsh by Matt Meacham Members of the Historic Preservation Program have been involved in two projects related to the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service publication Cultural Resource Manage- ment (CRM) this past year. In February of 1994, students began indexing all the articles published from 1978 to 1994. In te Fall of 1994, the CRM editor and publisher invited the University of O regon HP Program to guest edit and provide articles for a thematic issue of the CRM. The focus of this issue would be upon projects in which the U of 0 has played a crucial role. In its 19 year history, the CRM has had only one other issue edited by guests; and the - - Oregon is the first University to be The main lodge at Silver Falls State Park, site ofD on Feting 's fall Preservation Technology course. invited to both edit and prepare a thematic issue. Students in Don Peting's Preservation Technology course were granted the unique · opportunity of placing classroom learning into practical, firsthand experience Following last summer's Partnerships through the surveying and assessment of a National Register property. The Oregon Conference, the editor of the CRM State Park Service came to the University of Oregon's Historic Preservation called the HP Program to discuss the Program with the need for a condition assessment of the main lodge at Silver Falls possibility of creating a thematic issue State Park. The class, comprised of historic preservation, architecture and interior based upon work presented at the architecture students, visited the lodge last January, compiling their findings into a conference, and upon projects the written report. Th~ Park Service will be using the assessment report to seek funding University has supported to manage from the state legislature for an extensive summer restoration of the lodge. cultural resources. The confere!}ce (which was held in Portland, Oregon The park, located twenty-six miles east of Salem, has a long history preceding its 1933 during the last week of July) was · dedication. The current day-use area was once the small logging town of Silver Falls entitled Forging Preservation Partner- City. Marion County citizens used the falls and surrounding wilderness as a recre- ships: Principles and Practice. It was ational area for fifty years before it became a state park. Today, some of the many ~oonsored by the National Park Service, popular amenities Silver Falls State Park offers include hiking, biking, and horseback e USDA Forest Service, the Univer- riding trails, fishing, sightseeing, conference facilities, campsites and lodging. The sity of Oregon, the Oregon State main lodge, built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, sits overlooking the Historic Preservation Office, the breathtaking South Falls, at the head of the Trail of Ten Falls. Originally designed as Oregon Parks and Recreation Depart- a restaurant, the lodge is built of local timber and stone in the Cascadian style. Its ment, the Oregon Department of myrtlewood fur.n ishings are the work of Margery Hoffman Smith, who also designed (Please see Index, page 4) (Please see Lodge, page 5) THE ASHP JOURNAL Page 2 peP resident at Large Dave Pi,nyer As you may have guessed from the last just can't see anyone wanting to preserve And speaking of anti-HP, it seems a issue of the ASHPj ournal, I travel the 1-5 one. Well, maybe one, but that's it, and couple of members of Ya rnhill County's corridor quite a bit. And along this hide it way in the back of the Smithsonian historic review board open each session corridor there are several pre-fab home warehouse. by apologizing for having to do design manufacturers, so I'm used to seeing review and explaining that they only groups of homes up on blocks. What I'm And speaking of the State, the legislature review design changes because the state not used to seeing is a cluster of sixty-year- just approved our special assessment · makes them do it. Hey, they just allowed old homes up on blocks. But that's just program. Yea! No wait, that's not good a wrap-around second story porch to be what's planted up at the north end of because we now have owner consent. Boo! added on to an 1869 Classic Revival that Salem - a group of seven or eight cottages, Yes, the absurd has happened- Oregon, was home to Sidney Smith, convener of up on piers, resting in a mud.hole next to first in the nation with a special assessment our first territorial convention. They feel 99E. It looks like a used house lot! Later program in 1975, is now the first state to design rev.iew for listed properties should info gathering revealed they were displacees have owner conse;t. A little history: the be done by the owners and that big from the site of the new state archives special assessment program in Oregon is a government needn't interfere. Talk building. Actually, it looks like the houses 15-year freeze on the assessed value of a about taking a step backwards - that might be waiting for foundations and that listed house. This allows a homeowner to attitude negates 29 years of progress since they're going to become a little subdivision freeze the assessed value of his/ her home, the National Historic Preservation Act. - no doubt to be arranged around a cul- fix the place up, and then enjoy paying How did they get appointed to the review de-sac to add further disgrace. I wonder if taxes at the low assessed value for 15 years. board? The Yamhill County Board of their owners got to come up the road with Well, it was an experimental program up for Commissioners, that's how. And which their homes ... ? · review at the end of 1993. It looked like it county commission sued our state was going to be renewed by the legislature government for owner consent back in And speaking of double-wides, are we but at the last minute a rider was tacked on 1993? You guessed it - Yamhill. What's really going to have to be advocates for to provide owner consent before listing. going on up there? Drop in and ask the( ?reserving pre-fabs some day? I mean, are Fortunately our governor vetoed it. How- - I know our student group is planning to we going to have district nominations for ever, just a few weeks ago it was reversed by take a field trip northward to see local trailer parks? Talk about total integrity, a two-thirds legislative vote, and voila, we government in action. these parks won't have any secondary now have a special assessment program resources - nothing dares to build in their (yea!) and owner consent (boo!). Even the I hope for a more positive column next territory. Hopefully, they'll all just National Park Service is mad at us over this issue. Preservation Week is coming up - disintegrate or get swept away by tornadoes one. Seems that if we go ahead with owner that always seems to warm my preserva- - just kidding. I'm sure this conversation consent,they might just yank o~ state's tion cockles. Meanwhile; thanks for has happened during every generation - federal preservation funding. Ouch! Read 1940s kids couldn't wait to get rid of their Ken Guzowski's article further on in this parents' Richardsonian and An Deco, issue for more government happenings in and now I want to demolish mobiles. I Oregon's confused world of preservation. cX:'~ pe Editor Notes ... . .. George Bleekman III Welcome to the Winter issue of the ASHP Journal , and we hope lighting design in Oregon as a way of raising money to hdp our ·yau enjoy reading it! As this Journal is our only way of communicat- program. Thcso mugs arc available by sending S 5 plus $ 4 shipping ing with many of you, we strive to do our best at publishing it, and it and handling per mug to: is a labor that we truly enjoy. Y ct the cost of printing and mailing ASHPMugs the Journal represents a substantial portion of our yearly budget. In EMU, Suite 4 order to hdp cover our costs, we arc offering the second edition of 1228 University of Oregon our fund-raising coffee mugs. These mugs feature two of Frederick Eugene, OR 97403-1228 Charles Baker's lighting designs adapted from original Baker drawings by HP student Karin Link. •••• ·• ••••• ♦ • ♦ ••••••• ASHP Journal is a publication of the Associated Students of Histori~ Baker, who studied under Oregon architect Ellis Lawrence, had lighting Preservation (ASHP); Suite 4, EMU; University of Oregon; Eugene, commissions as varied as Timberline Lodge, the Pittock Mansion and OR 97403. Phop.c (503) 346-0726 and e-mail ashp@orcgon. the University of Oregon. His career spanned over seventy years, from uoregon.cdu. We actively seek articles, news, and reports rdated to the era of gas lighting to the era of fluorescent lighting. It is appropriate the discipline of historic preservation. Submissions should be sent to that we feature Baker and his contributions to the history of George Bleekman, editor, care of the address above. ' THE ASHP JOURNAL Page 3 lJ of O Preservation Program Offers Preservation Field School by David Pinyerd This year's Oregon Preservation Field School will be centered around the Peter French Round Barn at Barton Lake Ranch in Hamey County, Oregon. The field school consists of three two-week courses to be held from June 12th through July 23, 1995. Using the nearby Malheur Field Station as a base, the field school will take advantage of its unique location in Oregon's Great Basin region to provide educational workshops in vernacular architecture, historic archaeology, folklore, cultural geography, preservation of rural landscapes, and site interpretation. The first course will be Masonry and The Petn- French Round &m in Hamey County, site of this summn-'s U of O preservation field school. Wood Technology and will be held from June 12th through 25th. The course will communities and projects dealing with the and Recreation Department, Oregon State be a mix of classroom and hands-on interpretation of the Peter French Round Historic Preservation Office, Oregon training using the on-going restoration of Barn within a new sta~e park. Historical Society, U.S. Forest Service, the Peter French Round Barn (1884) as a and National Park Service. -ze study. This unique barn is listed on You will receive four quarter credit hou~ he National Register and is constructed of for each two-week session you attend The principal faculty for the field school juniper, yellow pine and lava rock (see (either undergraduate or graduate) from will be Lisa Sasser, Assistant Chief picture). Preservation professionals from the Historic Preservation Program, Historical Architect for the National the National Park Service and U .S. Forest School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Park Service; Leland Roth, professor of Service will conduct training workshops in University of Oregon. T he program is Art History at the U of O specializing in masonry repair and wood systems stabiliza- accredited by the Western Association of architectural history; Donald Peting, tion and repair. Schools and Colleges. You may pick Director of the Historic Preservation which session or sessions that you want to Program, Associate Dean of the School of T he second course deals with Historic Site attend. We will provide transportation to Architecture and Allied Arts, and Issues and will be held from June 26th and from Eugene at the beginning and end associate professor at the U of O; John through July 9th. Seminars deal~g with of each session. Platz, founder and leader of the Heritage vernacular architecture, historic archaeol- Structures team for Region Six of the U .S. ogy, ~d rural landscapes will be the· focus Here's what it would cost you to attend Forest Service; Howard Davis, associate of this course. Emphasis will be on the according to how long you're staying and professor in Architecture at the U of 0 places, landscapes and spaces of the whether you're taking the courses for specializing in vernacular studies; and O regon high desert region. The field graduate or undergraduate credit: David Brauner, associate professor of school is located at the foot of the Steens Anthropology at Oregon State University Mountain within the Malheur National Weeks # of specializing in archaeology. Additional Wildlife Refuge. There will be extensive Attend Credits Undergrad Grad guest lecturers will be brought in for one field trips and a hands-on archaeology 2 4 $ 686 $ 858 and two day sessions. component to this course. 4 8 1372 1716 6 12 2058 2574 For applications and further information The third course is Preservation Theory about the field school, please contact: and Interpretation and runs from July 10th The costs include all lodging, meals, Historic Preservation Program, School of through July 23rd. This course will consist transportation, class materials, and Architecture and Allied Arts, 5233 f seminars investigating historic context, entrance fees. University ofO regon, Eugene, Oregon J!te interpretation, folklore, and cultural 97403-5233. Telephone: (503) 346-2077. geography. Emphasis will be on the people This preservation field school is Fax: (503) 346-3626. E-mail: jdfoster@ behind the places, landscapes and spaces of sponsored by the Historic Preservation aaa.uoregon.edu. the high desert region. There will be program at the University of O regon, in several field trips to the surrounding collaboration with the Oregon State Parks THE ASHP JOURNAL Page 4 (From Index,page 1) ( Transportation, the Bureau of Land application to use the database; a version of the Index is substantially and functionally Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, application with limited functionality would be complete. All the articles_f rom 1978 through the National Trust for Historic Preserva- included with the Index database. Aher 1994 have been entered and can be listed in a tion and the US Army Corps of Engineers. receiving two full complements of the CRM, variety of formats, including by subject, The conference brought together members we started work on entering data, ano author, date or many combinations of those of all those organizations, as well as people designing and testing the database. formats. The Index as currently configured from rdated disciplines and professions. can be utilized immediatdy to generate listings The project had several phases which overlapped by author, date, etc. The ability to search by In early October, the editor and publisher of and influenced each other: keyword is important enough that it should the CRM came to the University of Oregon • the definition of the data, not be abandoned, but should be approached todiscuss the proposed thematic issu.e, and • the functionality of the database, deliberatdy -even to the point of finishing it review progress on the Index. After reviewing • entering the data, when more resources and expertise arc the Index, Ron Greenberg"(editor) and Bill • layout and presentation of the available. Freeman (publisher) met with HP Program data, Director Don Peting and other University • proofing the entered data and The Index was shipped to National Park Service faculty and students, and reached consensus • testing and confirming the functionality. on February 22, 1995. The means and schedule upon the theme, scope and production of publication and distribution are currently concerns of the thematic issue. Despite the complexity of the task and being negotiated. The Index will be distributed constrained resources {most critically computing in a static form {printed) this summer, and Over Christmas break, the issue began to take power, time and people available), most of the hopefully, distributed in an interactive electronic on form and substance. Formal letters of tasks were accomplished; some tasks have been format sometime in the next year. invitation were sent to prospective authors, deferred, and notes made on how to accomplish and the project described. In January, the HP them when resources become available. The CRM Index was compiled and designed Program offered a va{iable credit class for by members of the Historic Preservation students to investigate issues related to the As noted in the overview bdow, the way the Program at the University of Oregon. CRM projects, and support the production of data was perceived and entered changed over Participants included: Jennifer Barnes, the thematic issue. Students chose authors or ,.time. Another issue was the human factor of Christine Curran, Janice Catlin, Julie Foster, subject areas,and offered assistance in perception and judgment: while most articles Erin Hanafin, Karin Link, Man Meacham, ( preparing the articles. In early February, clearly fit into definite subject areas,different Rebecca Ossa, Chris Ottaway, Don Pcting, authors responding to the invitation began participants entering data and assigning the Dave Pinycrd, Suzanne SanRomani, Michelle submitting abstracts and outlines for their subjects might perceive an article differently and Schmittcr, Amanda Welsh, Richa Wilson, and articles. Full drafts of the articles are now quite reasonably assign other or additional Ed Yarbrough. arriving, and the first drafts of the thematic subjects to an article. This issue was resolved by issue will ~ compiled in early March. Ron using a standard (and limited) list of subjects, Greeenberg and Bill Freeman will return to and having the subject entries reviewed by at Overview of Index Eugene in April to review the issue, and leasftwo other perso~. The database contains the information publication is slated for early summer 1995. about the articles in the CRM Bulletin. Resolving the subject issue was fairly straightfor- The database is extendible - other catego- When first conceived, the Index was ward, but the problem of determining ~d ries of information (such as authors bio- envisioned as being a comprehensive assigning keyword for a given article was much graphic data, address, photography etc.) document, listing all articles, reviews and more complex. The problem with assigning can be added to the records. The layout of news items by subject and keyword in keywords has two major components: information in "the main database file can . addition to the expected author / article title / • does the article actually contain the appropri be changed to accommodate new catego- location references. Originally we only ate kcyword(s)- or can the article be more ries of information. For instance, the file . considered simply listing the data in a static accuratdy represented by keywords not found in the article; and . initially contained only space for only one word processing document, but quickly realized that entry of the data into a database • what is the best process for searching and author per article; the layout of the data- would make it possible to eventually determining the appropriate keyword(s}- base was reconfigured to accommodate distribute the Index as an dectronic, visually scanning the article and assigning multiple authors. Subsequent records then interactive standalone document. The Index words; or automating the process as much as had the capability to list either single or could even be formatted for inclusion on possible· scanning the article into text files multiple authors. The layouts listed above ·a cademic library databases such as First and performing searches for keywords. represent different ways of configuring Search, the Expanded Academic Index (which and displaying the data according to a indexes about 1500 journals), or CARL Given the complexities of determining key- gfven category; other configurations are UnCover (indexes about 14000 journals). words, we decided to concentrate on the more also possible.T he database can be used on basic and achievable tasks of simply getting the computers supporting either the Microsoh Given the advantages of entering the data articles entered, subjects assigned, and the Windows or Apple Macintosh interfaces. into a database, we chose Claris Filemaker Pro entries checked for accuracy. That task is Data can be exported to other applications, for it's ease of use and cross-platform complete. such as other databases, word processors compatibility. Filemaker also has the ability to or deskt.op publishing/page layout pro- distribute the Index in a "run-timcn format, Despite the current absence of keywords and grams. where a user would not need to have the references to sources other than articles, the THE ASHP JOURNAL Page 5 ~From Lodge,page 1} Oregon's Land Use Laws Under Fire the interiors of Timberline Lodge. by Ken Guzowski The opportunity to study and assess the lodge, Oregon has invested 20 years and millions of dollars in making their unique land use considered one of the Jewels of the State Parks system, came about through Henry Kunowski at laws a success. However, Oregon's land use laws are once again under fire. Bills have the State Historic Preservation Office. In what is been introduced to weaken, if not undermine, LCDC's (Land Conservation and considered to be a "win-win• situation·, the class Development Commission) authority, by weakening farmland protection standards and was able to study up-close t he effects of wear and attempting to undermine growth management laws. An important bill to watch is Senate moisture over time, supplementing their coursework that focused on historic wood and metal Bill 305, which would require taxpayers to compensate developers for complying with architectural detailing. In return, the State gained ' laws t hat protect historic, wildlife and natural resources. T his bill is part of a batch of the efforu of twenty-five probing minds with fresh changes that the new Republican controlled Legislature want to make to a Land-use points of view examining in-depth all aspects of the lodge. The students arrived on a beautiful J~u- system that critics regard as out of control. · ary Saturday and divided into teams of three or four. Areas of concentration include the structure, The Historic Preservation community in Oregon is working to uphold Governor foundation, roof, interior, site, mechanial system, Robert's veto of House bill 2124, w hich passed in the 1993 Legislative session. This bill and walls and windows of the lodge. intended to continue the long established Oregon Special Assessment Program, a 15 year Some of the more ~rious problems facing the lodge property tax freeze, for historic properties. In the final hours opponents to the bill arc caused by the same elements it has come to be attached an owner consent clause that would have made it mandatory for owners of known and loved for, namely its style of architec- historic properties to consent to any inventories, local nominations and district protec- ture and setting. The Cascai:lian detailing, with iu emphasis on heavy timber construction, dictates t ion, which normally requires 51 % of the owners to consent to the designation. HB exposed log rafter tails, as well as other situat ions 2124 is before the Senate at this writing, and we are all waiting to see what the future in which end grain is accessible to heavy mo1nure. holds for owner consent, and a very successful historic preservation incentive. This can be very damaging, for the lodge is con- stantly subjected to moisture, both by the rain and the humidity created by the waterfall. Shading Preservation in Eugene has always been based on a strong education program where by the lu ge conifers prevents sunlight from drying owners of historic properties ge~erally agree to the designation and subsequent protec- out these elements. ( tion measures. Since losing the O regon Special Assessment Program we have seen a Other problems reported on by the students were declining in National Register listings, proving that this program is essential to an related to the absence of t he original yankee gut· effective cultural resource protection program. O regon preservationists continue with tcrs and the lack of drainage along t.hc foundation their mission and are submitting a creative and substant~al historic preservation incentive walls. Presentations were given by the team dur- package that should go before the Legislature in March of 1995. T his package will ing class time to State Parks employees Paul Lucas and Jack Wiles, who are responsible for the cue of include financial incentives for historic residential and commercial properties, and the lodge. Each team's area o( study became its provid_e an incentive for appropriate seismic retrofit. Let us hope that GovernorJ ohn own section in the heavily illustrated final report, K.itzhaber continues to remain a staunch advocate of environmental and historic protec• which was edited , compiled, and printed by stu· dents Paul Falsetto and Dave Pinyerd . tion measures in O regon. Historic Preservation W e e k This year's National Historic Preservation Week is scheduled to run from May 13th through May 21st . T he theme this year is "Real People, Real Places, Real History." The National Trust will print a list of Preservation W eek activit ies occurring around the country in the May/June issue of Historic Preservation. For our local readers, here is a preview of Eugene and Springfield activities: E.F. Lawrence tour May 13 11-12:30p McArthur Court tour May 13 12:30-1:30p Maude Ke'rns An Center's building centennial May 13 1-5p Pioneer Cemetery Association's 65th anniversary May 13 2-4p East Skinner Butte historic district tour May 14 12-4p Shelton-McMurphey open house May 14 12-4p Blair historic district tour May 14 1-4p Rehab Right workshop May20 10-lp WOW Hall dance May 20 Sp Mulkey·C emetery tour May 20 1-3p Dorris Ranch t our May 21 1-3p Washburne historic district tour May 21 l :30-3p WOW Hall tour · May 21 2-4p Event dates and times are subject to change. More events have yet to be scheduled. Watch for Preservation_W eek posters in your neighborhood. THE ASHP JOURNAL Page 6 The Reviewer's Comer ( The Countryside Ideal: Anglo-American Images ofL andscape Michael Bunce, 1994. Published by Routledge Press, London. 232 pp., photographs, illustrations, maps. £ nduring anti-urban sentiment and country was explicitly differentiated attempt to replicate the lifestyle of positive anributes traditionally from urban life. This separation and the landed gentry. With their associated with rural life play an the attendant socio-economic upheavals version of the country life estab- important role in English and American inspired nostalgic notions of rural life as lished in historic areas, exurbanites culture. In The Countryside Ideal · exemplified by Romanticism. In use preservation to protect their Michael Bunce argues that, while the contrast to the pressures of urban life, gentrified communities. Agricul- idealization of rural life has been present the countryside arose in'the arts and in tural areas become bedroom communi- in every stage of urbanization, it has the landscape as a utopian alternative ties as the countryside is commodified reached an unprecedented scale in for an affluent and mobile middle-class and land acquires market value for its contemporary Anglo-American society. that sought to distinguish itself from amenity rather than use value. This shift is evident in our settlement the urban poor. panems, planning policies, recreational Bunce's book is not a polemic against activities and popular media. Bunce's The nostalgia for rural life that in- gentrifiers but an explanation of the book provides a concise synthesis of creased with early modem urbanization conflicts that arise from our idealization relevant scholarship and a well reasoned has persisted, generating myths and of the countryside. As we strive to interdisciplinary approach to our cultural preferences that profoundly appropriate rural areas for residential idealization of the countryside. impact our perception and treatment of and recreational use we undermine both contemporary urban and rural land- the countryside we idealize and the city Important early works by Leo Marx and scapes. Through this continuing we fear. The very groups that are Raymond Williams emphasized the process of idealization and myth- positioned to direct urban growth and prevalence of rural imagery in W estem making the countryside has become "a protect the countryside, such as preser- literature and philosophy. Bunce, on symbolic landscape because it conveys vationists, environmentalists and the other hand, argues that the country- meanings which speak of the very planners, are also under the romantic side ideal has "grown beyond its cultttral associations which urbanism and sway of the countryside ideal. In and philosophical origins into the modernism have broken, and which our describing the power of this popular realms of popular and tangible expres- nostalgia drives us to restore." Attempts myth, Bunce shifts the emphasis from a sion in actual landscapes and living to restore these associations were evident discussion of policy decisions that shape spaces." To explain this phenomenon in trends such as Ebenezer Howard's our cities to the cultural images and he focuses on the relationships between Garden Cities, the Parks Movement and belief systems that shape our judgment. popular perceptions of the countryside the continual waves of suburbanization His argument is critical at a time when and their implications for contemporary which began in the nineteenth century. suburbanization is expanding through- landscapes. They are further exemplified in the out the country and popular trends in widespread use of rural or natural planning attempt to reform these Following Yi-Fu Tuan, Bunce states that imagery in marketing and the media. patterns. The Countryside Ideal helps at any given point in history intense The countryside has become both a elucidate how Americans mediate the urbanization is reflected by an increased commodity which is packaged for sale contradiction between the notion of nostalgia for the countryside. However, in the form of "country (i.e., subur- ideal life in the country and the reality it is in the modem city, especially ban) lifestyles" and an image which is that results from widespread low-density among the middle-class of Victorian used to market products and publica- development and outdoor recreation. It England, that the countryside begins to t10ns. also.challenges preservationists, environ- acquire its idealized status. This mentalists and planners to consider that phenomenon was not simply a senti- Likewise the ideal is apparent in English they are also direc:ted by the same mental reaction but "an ideal which. . . and American attempts to preserve the popular rhetoric and myths that drive emerged from the very nature of countryside. In the United St~tes such suburbanization. modem urbanism itself." The modem preservation is generally concerned with city intensified the separation between the retention of a romanticized rural Jonathan Smith country and city. By clearly defining lifestyle. As in Victorian England, it is the city as the seat of industrial produc- commen for upper-middle class urban- tion, commerce and government, the ites move to outlying areas in. an THE ASHP JOURNAL Page 7 Field Schools Scholarship assistance available for minority stu· work on a variety of behind-the-scenes and public An interuive field school based at Casull dents. For more information and application, con· service proJccts. Internship dates arc July 5-Au- Henllys Iron Age fort, Wales, and the maior Early tact Ed Hood, Archeology Field School, Old gust 25, and include a $3,200 supcnd. To apply Christian and medieval mo nastic complex of Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, send a letter describing your interest in the pro- Clonmacnoise, Ireland, will take place from July Sturbridge, MA 01566; 508/347-3362, ext. 300. gram, a curriculum vitae or resume, o ne letter of 8-August 19, 1995. Work will coruist of training in Deadline is May 22. recommendation from a current or recent profes- basic excavation and recording, including drawing The University of Florida College of Ar- sor, and the name, address and telephone number plans and elevations, at the Iron Age site. At chitecture offers two summer sessions in preserva- of a second reference to: Dr. Martin L. Levm, Clopmacnoise, surface and geophysical surveys will tion. The first, Analysis of Tropical Cities, May Associate Librarian £or Admmistration, American be undertaken, also recording of monuments, 28-Junc 28, will study preservation and urban de- Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth St., in- cluding gravestones. T uition/ fccs-ca. S 1450, liv- sign in Cartagena de lnruas, Colombia. During Philadelphia, PA 19106; phone: 215/ 440-3400. ing expenses-ca. $750. For more information, the course, participants will analyze the evolution Deadline is April 28. contact Dr. Harold My'lum, Director, Castell of the city wall, the street, the square and the city The Histonc Preservation Management Hcnllys Field School, Department of Archaeol- block using analytical skctch1Dg, mapping tech- Division of the Kansas City Planning and Devel- ogy, University of York, Micklegate House, niques, photography, video and archival research. opment Department is offering a summer intern- M1cklegatc, York Y0I tJZ, England. Information Applicants should have advanced t ra1Ding ID ar- ship dealing with all aspects of the office work, also available on World Wide Web: http:// chitecture and related disciplines, such· as preser- including city-wide preservation planning, surveys, www .york.ac . u k / depts/ arch / staff/ sites / vation, archeology, history, or cultural geography. and Section I 06 review. Stan and finish dates arc hcmf1eld.htm The second session, July 4th-Aug 11, will take place flexible; intcrruhip will last 8-10 weeks. Salary will The Society for the Preservation of New in the greater Caribbean Basin and focus on his- be based upon education and experience. Dead- England Antiquities presents a six-week fidd school toric preservation. Participants will use the Latin line is April 20. Send curriculum vitae and letter at the I Stb-ccntury Casey Farm, on the western Amencan Collection at the University of Florida of interest to Elizabeth Rosin, Historic Preserva- shore of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The in Gainesville to support research projects, and tion Management Division, City Planning and De- field school will concentrate on locating and cx- receive hands-on experience with documentation velopment Department, 26th Floor, City Hall, 414 posi ng the site of an African-American farm techniques, research methods and electronic East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2795; laborer's house dating to the late 18th and early archive construction using World Wide Web. This phone: 816/ 274-2555; fax: 816/ 274-1840. . 19th centuries. This program is designed for un- course is based at the College of Architecture, and Camp Santanoni, in the Adirondack dergraduate aJ1d graduate students and others is open to ,students in architecture, planning, land· Mountains, is seeking a summer mtcrn to educate ID· tcrcsted in improving their skills in field archeol- scape architecture, construction, interior design, the public about the camp's architectural and his- ogy; no previous archeological experience is ncc- fine ans, Latin American studies, and other preser- torical significance and drum up further support e!iSary. Program fee is $975, housing arrangements vation-related disciplines. Graduate and continu- for its preservation. Responsibilities will include will be available. Academic . credit (up_t o six se- mg education credits arc available for both courses. meeting and greeting hikers and participating ID mester hours) is offered through Rhode Island Col- For information, contact William L. Tilson, Di- the rcstorauon process. Housing will be in a rusuc lege for an additional fee. For information write: rector, Preservation Institute: Caribbean 331 cabin a 4.7-rnilc hike from Newcomb, NY; appli- Archeological Fidd School, Society for the Preser- ARCH, College of Architecture, Univer~ity of cant must be in good physical and mental condi- vation of New England Antiquities, 141 Cambridge Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5701; 904/ 392-4836; tion to handle an extended period in the wilder- Street, Boston, MA 02114; 617/ 227-3956, or con- e-mail: wtropic@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu ness, frequent contact with the public during the tact Ann-Eliza Lewis at ael@crsa,bu.edu day, and isolation each evening. Internship dates The University of Alaska Fairbanks will are June '28-Scptember 4 and include a Sl,500 sti- conduct two successive field schools in historic Internships pend and $500 for food and livmg expenses. Apply archeology this coming summer: May JO-July 7 to: Steven Engelhart, Executive Director, Summer internships in archeology arc (first summer session), and July 10-August 18 (sec- Adirond~ck Architectural Heritage, 1759 Mam available at The Hermitage for two or five week ond summer session). Both sessions will concen- Street, Keeseville, NY 12944; phone: 518/ 834-sessions. Two week sessions arc intended for ad- trate on the abandoned mining townsitc of 9328. Deadline is April 15. vanced undergraduates and graduate students with Coldfoot , Alaska, which was intensively occupied interests in history, African-American studies, folk- around the turn of the century, and sporadically lore and geography; no archeological experience thereafter. Coldfoot is located above the Arctic is necessary. Two-week intc.rru will receive room, Conferences, Symposia Circle, along the ·Koyukuk River. A total of 6 board and a $400 stipend. Session dates arc J unc The Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of the credit hours (upper undergraduate level) are of- 16-July I; July 16-26;july JO-August 12. Five week National Park Service and Nauonal institute for fered per sessjon. Cont.act: Dr. S. Craig Gerlach sessions require some experience in archeology. the Co11scrvation of Cultural Property will con- or Robin Mills, Attn.: Historic Archeology Field Fieldwork will focus on slave dwelling sites in rwo duct a series of seven workshops throughout the School, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Depart- diffcrcn1 areas of the property, and will include United States on the care of monuments and ment of Archeology, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7720; both excavation and lab work. These internships outdoor sculpture. During two and one-half days 907/ 474-7288. Deadline is May 1. provide room, board and a $1000 stipend. Session of classroom lectures, informal discussions, instruc- The Old Sturbridge Village Field School dates arc May 28-July I; July 9-August 12. Applica- tional videotapes and field trips, a faculty of na- in Historical Archeology will be held June 14-J.uly tion is by letter, and should include a summary of tionally recognized expcns will provide practical 28, 1995. Six weeks of the field school will be education and research experience and a statement information on the long-term care of these re- devoted t~ the excavation and study of the Rob- detailing your interest in the program. Indicate if sources. Sessions will bt held in: Portland, OR, ert Croud family homesite in the Leadmine neigh- you are applying for a two- or five-week internship April 22-24; Tallahassee, FL, March 9-11; Kansas borhood of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Trus sum- and include a first and second session preference. City, MO, May 18-20; Portland, ME, June 1-3; mer, attention will be on the house, barn founda- A letter of recommendation, to be sent separately, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 14-16; Philadelphia, PA, tion, outbuildings, and other components of the is also required. Deadline is April 10. Contact: October 12-14; Oklahoma City, OK, November site: Research within the neighborhood will pro- Dr. Larry McKee, The Hermitage, 4580 Rachel's 2-4. Cost is $75. For further information, contact vide information about the everyday world of its Lane, Hermitage, TN 37076. Dennis Montagna, National Park Scrvice-Mid- African-American, Native American, Irish and The American Philosophical Library in Atlantic Region, 142 South Third Street, Philadel- Yankee inhabitants. Basic fce-$995; local hous- Philadelphia is offering summer 1Dternships for phia, PA 19106; 215/ 597-5824; fax 215/ 597-6599. ing will be available at an extra cost. Up to eight graduate students interested in public history, cul- semester hours of credit may be earned through tural institutions, archives, historical societies or Tufts University for an additional fee of $465. special collcctio11s research libraries. Interns will LostEuge_n~e_ ___________ ( This rambling old house, once located on the corner of University Street and 14th Avenue, has an un- usual history for a residential structure. Originally a single family borne, it housed bed space for the campus infirmary back in the days when faculty wives tended to the sick as if the students were their own children. In response to financially needy Depression-era students, the house became home to the first women's housing cooperative on campus in 1936, and was dubbed "Uni House" by its thirty- some residents. The house was an overwhelmingly popular living alternative, and favored for its refined Queen Anne architectural features. In 1950, the residence was demolished to make way for the Erb Memorial Union. Although the house's architectural features may not be particularly note~orthy and there was no campaign to save it-in fact, the women who lived there were all too pleased to move into a place with adequate shower facilities and a structurally sound back porch-its varied past and enviable position in the heart of campus may have made it a landmark, had it survived. Instead, very little information remains to document the house or its ~istory and it is already all but forgotten. Erin Hanafin ( University of Oregon Nonprofit Organization ASHP U.S. Postage EMU,Suite4 PAID. 1228 University of Oregon Eugene, OR Eugene, OR 97403-1228 Permit No. 63