In addition to its ongoing activities, the Alliance periodically
takes on special projects. In the past, members of the Alliance
have worked with the U.S. National Park Service to review The
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic
Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes.
Other past Alliance projects have included conducting training
courses and issuing publications as well as speaking at meetings
of the Society for Historic Archaeology.
Research Query
The Library of American Landscape History (LALH) in Amherst, Mass., is seeking information about landscape architect Warren H. Manning (1860–1938) and landscapes planned or designed by him.
We would be grateful for any of the following:
- information about properties known or believed to be designed or planned by Manning;
- historic preservation professionals, landscape architects, and other interested professionals who would be willing to conduct site surveys or supervise interns (academic affiliation not required);
- prospective student interns interested in gaining site-survey and archival research skills for historic properties.
This information will form the basis for a publicly accessible database on Manning and assist in the preparation of a two-volume, multi-author book on his life and work (projected publication: 2008).
Please contact LALH consulting editor, Jane Roy Brown: jroybrown@lalh.org, 413-549-4860, P.O. Box 1323, Amherst, MA 01004 -1323.
Historic
Landscape Resource Manual
In 1997, the Alliance received a grant to sponsor three Historic
Landscape Workshops. The workshops were held in Memphis, Tennessee,
Omaha, Nebraska, and Salt Lake City, Utah. All were well received.
The
workshops were designed to provide technical training in the
evaluation, registration and treatment of historic landscapes.
The training was geared to staff members of State Historic
Preservation Offices and other state and federal agencies,
statewide organizations, local preservation commissions and
other preservation professionals. Speakers on the program
represented a wide range of disciplines and expertise.
The
Alliance chose to compile a Historic Landscape Resource Manual
from the presentations given at the workshops. The Historic
Landscape Resource Manual is available from the National Center
for Preservation Training and Technology. We urge all interested
parties to obtain a copy and to encourage any agencies or
other interested professionals to do likewise. You can visit
the NCPTT website at www.ncptt.nps.gov
where many other preservation publications are also available.
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