Stewards of memory : the past, present, and future of historic preservation at George Washington's Mount Vernon

Stewards of memory : the past, present, and future of historic preservation at George Washington's Mount Vernon

Past, present, and future of historic preservation at George Washington's Mount Vernon

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018

xxxvii, 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 18 cm.

923.173 W318stew 2018 MB

(OCoLC)1050455447

Contributions from a two-day symposium entitled Unveiling the Past at Mount Vernon: Shinig New Light on the Man by Preserving the Place--p. ix.|"Support provided by the David Bruce Smith Book Fund and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon"--Back cover.|Contents: New history in old buildings : architectural research and public history in the Chesapeake / Carl R. Lounsbury -- "Distinguished by the name of the new room" : reinvestigation and reinterpretation of George Washington's grandest space / Thomas A. Reinhart and Susan P. Schoelwer -- "We have done very little investigation there; there is a great deal yet to do" : the archaeology of George Washington's Mount Vernon / Luke J. Pecoraro -- Mount Vernon's historic building information management system : digital strategies for preservation in the twenty-first century / Robert L. Fink, Thomas A. Reinhart, and Alyson Steele -- Stepping up and saving places : case studies in whole place preservation / George W. McDaniel -- The dangers of preserving while popular : the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association's image of Mount Vernon versus contemporary architecture / Lydia Mattice Brandt -- Saving Mount Vernon, in black and white : toward an alternative history of historic preservation / Scott E. Casper -- Mount Vernon and America's historic house museums : old roles and new responsibilities in the preservation of place / Carter L. Hudgins.|Mount Vernon, despite its importance as the estate of George Washington, is subject to the same threats of time as any property. This book provides a window into the broad scope of preservation work undertaken at the nation's oldest historic house museum over the course of more than 160 years. Placing this work work within the context of America's regional and national preservation efforts ...--Back cover.|Includes bibliographical references and index.|L2021M129

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