Below are links to useful technical information, web sites and information about available grants (grants info is forthcoming).
Treatment of Flood-Damaged Older and Historic Buildings
Download the PDF for free from the Preservation Books web site: http://www.preservationbooks.org/Bookstore.asp?Item=1107.
Working with Contractors and Architects - National Trust Resource Center Information Sheet #32 (PDF)
Salvage Operations for Water Damaged Collections
Emergency: If You’re First - (a four-page guide to disaster response and recovery)
Salvage of Water-Damaged Collections: Salvage At A Glance (PDF) - Conserve O Gram is a publication of the National Park Service.
National Flood Insurance Program Floodplain Management Bulletin on Historic Structures (May 2008)
Technical Assistance from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Resources for Returning Homeowners
Technical Assistance from Preservation Iowa
Save Your Treasures (PDF) A publication of Heritage Emergency National Task Force www.heritageemergency.org
The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) is offering free emergency response assistance to cultural organizations. Please help make sure that staff members of collecting institutions know to contact AIC-CERT when a disaster--hurricane, flooding, earthquake, fire--has damaged collections.
Call AIC's 24-hour assistance number at 202.661.8068 for advice by phone.
Call 202.661.8068 to arrange for a team to come to the site to complete damage assessments and help with salvage organization.
While on site and as funds last, AIC-CERT members will develop a list of re-housing supplies needed at the site, as well as have them ordered and delivered--at no cost to the institution. In 2007, AIC received funding from the Institute of Museum & Library Services to support an advanced training program for conservators and other museum professionals that resulted in a force of 60 rapid responders trained to assess damage and initiate salvage of cultural collections after a disaster has occurred. They are ready to assist.
Archaeology
Doug Jones, doug.jones@iowa.gov, (515) 281-4358
Dan Higginbottom, daniel.higginbottom@iowa.gov; (515) 281-8744
Cemeteries
Dan Higginbottom, daniel.higginbottom@iowa.gov, (515) 281-8744
Burials Older than 150 Years
Shirley Schermer, shirley-schermer@uiowa.edu, (319) 384-0740
Standing Structures
Jack Porter, jack.porter@iowa.gov, (515) 242-6152
Paula Mohr, paula.mohr@iowa.gov, (515) 281-6826
Ralph Christian, Ralph.christian@iowa.gov, (515) 281-8697
State Historical Society of Iowa Grants
Kristen Vander Molen, kristen.vandermolen@iowa.gov, (515) 281-4228
Museum Collections
Jerome Thompson, Jerome.thompson@iowa.gov, (515) 281-4221
Pete Sixbey, pete.sixbey@iowa.gov, (515) 281-4648
Local Records
Delpha Musgrave, Delpha.musgrave@iowa.gov, (515) 281-5655
Manuscripts and other paper records
Jeffrey Dawson, jeffrey.dawson@iowa.gov, (515) 281-7801
Photographs
Becki Plunkett, becki.plunkett@iowa.gov, (515) 281-8976
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
American Institute for Conservation
American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter
Association of Iowa Archaeologists
Conservation Online, Disaster Preparedness and Response
Historic Preservation Consultants Working in Iowa
Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium
Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
National Park Service Publications
National Register of Historic Places and the National Register Information System database
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Office of the State Archaeologist
State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries
State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) grants
The State Historical Society of Iowa does not recommend specific vendors and the following does not represent a comprehensive list. The names below simply represent companies that various historical repositories have dealt with successfully.
BMS Cat; www.bmscat.com
Document Reprocessors; www.documentreprocessors.com
Freezedry Specialties, Inc.; www.freezedry.com
Midwest Freeze-Dry Ltd.; www.midwestfreezedryltd.com
