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Historic preservation

Here are entered works on identifying and preserving historically important architecture, buildings, sites, and other cultural property.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

• Cultural property -- Protection

• Historic preservation -- Data processing
• Historic preservation -- Documentation
• Historic preservation -- Florida
• Historic preservation -- Germany
• Historic preservation -- North Carolina
• Historic preservation -- Oceania
• Historic preservation -- Study and teaching
• Historic preservation -- Technological innovations
• Historic preservation -- United States
• Historic preservation -- Virginia
• Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
• Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
• Sacred space -- Conservation and restoration

• Preservation, Historic
• Preservationism (Historic preservation)

• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu

• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu

• Florida History and the Arts (full serial archives)
• Florida Heritage (partial serial archives)

• Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2008), ed. by Gavriel David Rosenfeld and Paul B. Jaskot (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wright Brothers National Memorial: Historic Resource Study, by William R. Chapman and Jill K. Hanson (PDF files at National Park Service)

• Pacific Island Heritage: Archaeology, Identity and Community (2011), ed. by Jolie Liston, Geoffrey R. Clark, and Dwight Alexander
  • PDF with commentary at ANU E Press
  • page images at JSTOR

• Landmarks of a New Generation: User's Manual (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1997), by Mahasti Ziai Afshar (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Remote Capture: Digitising Documentary Heritage in Challenging Locations (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2018), ed. by Jody Butterworth, Andrew Pearson, Patrick Sutherland, and Adam Farquhar (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• History in Urban Places: The Historic Districts of the United States (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1998), by D. A. Hamer (PDF at Ohio State)

• 1997 Preservation Technology and Training Grants: Spring Call for Proposals, by National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Preservation News (partial serial archives)
• Historic Preservation News (partial serial archives)

• Battling for Manassas: The Fifty-Year Preservation Struggle at Manassas National Battlefield Park (1998), by Joan M. Zenzen (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)

• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu

• A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments (Washington: Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division, 1984), ed. by Anne E. Grimmer (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1992), by Homer A. Thompson, illust. by Alison Frantz (page images at Google)

• The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1997), ed. by Marta De la Torre (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Preservation News (partial serial archives)

• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu

• The Future of Asia's Past: Preservation of the Architectural Heritage of Asia (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1995), ed. by Miguel Angel Corzo (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conservation and Policy (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1993), ed. by Margaret G. H. Mac Lean (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Passé, Présent et Futur des Palais et Sites Royaux d'Abomey (in French; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1999) (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Of the Past, For the Future: Integrating Archaeology and Conservation (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c2006), ed. by Neville Agnew and Janet Bridgland (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1997), ed. by Marta De la Torre (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conservation and Policy (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1993), ed. by Margaret G. H. Mac Lean (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Keepers of the Treasures: Protecting Historic Properties and Cultural Traditions on Indian Lands (Washington: National Park Service, 1990), by Patricia L. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Submerged Cultural Resources Study: USS Arizona Memorial and Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark, ed. by Daniel J. Lenihan (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)

• Valley Forge: Making and Remaking a National Symbol, by Lorett Treese (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)

• History Under Siege: A Guide to America's Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields (annual report; subtitle may vary in different years; 2001-), by Civil War Trust (U.S.) (partial serial archives)

• Architectural and Urban Conservation in the Islamic World (1990), ed. by Abu H. Imamuddin and Karen R. Longeteig (PDF at archnet.org)

• Sacred Heritage: Monastic Archaeology, Identities, Beliefs (Cambridge, UK et al.: Cambridge University Press, 2020), by Roberta Gilchrist (HTML and PDF files at Cambridge University Press)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Challenging the Dichotomy: The Licit and the Illicit in Archaeological and Heritage Discourses (originally published 2016; open access edition Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2020), ed. by Les W. Field, Cristóbal Gnecco, and Joe Watkins (PDF with commentary at Arizona)
• Between Two Earthquakes: Cultural Property in Seismic Zones (Rome: ICCROM; Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1987), by Bernard M. Feilden (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2015), ed. by Maja Kominko (multiple formats with audio and commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu
• The Nature of Conservation: A Race Against Time (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1986), by Philip R. Ward (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Oxygen-Free Museum Cases, ed. by Shin Maekawa (PDF and page images at getty.edu and Google)

• The Future of Asia's Past: Preservation of the Architectural Heritage of Asia (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1995), ed. by Miguel Angel Corzo (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conservation and Policy (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1993), ed. by Margaret G. H. Mac Lean (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Passé, Présent et Futur des Palais et Sites Royaux d'Abomey (in French; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1999) (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Of the Past, For the Future: Integrating Archaeology and Conservation (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c2006), ed. by Neville Agnew and Janet Bridgland (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2010), ed. by Neville Agnew (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1997), ed. by Marta De la Torre (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific: Conservation and Policy (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1993), ed. by Margaret G. H. Mac Lean (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c1999), ed. by Valerie Dorge and Sharon L. Jones (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Pacific Island Heritage: Archaeology, Identity and Community (2011), ed. by Jolie Liston, Geoffrey R. Clark, and Dwight Alexander
  • PDF with commentary at ANU E Press
  • page images at JSTOR

• International Journal of Intangible Heritage (2006-) (full serial archives)
• SCIRES-IT: Scientific Research and Information Technology (in Italian and English; 2011-) (full serial archives)

• A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture (Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press, c2004), by Will Fellows (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.