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Below are links to useful technical information, web sites and information about available grants.
Grants Available for Disaster Assistance
 Emergency Historical Resource Development Program grants (PDF)
- emergency grants are part of the State Historical Society of Iowa's Historical Resource Development Program.
The next round of Historic Sites Preservation Grant Program applications are due mid-September.
Funding information for artists and arts organizations: Iowa Arts Council
AmeriCorps State Supplemental Competition: The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service (ICVS) is making approximately $350,000 in funding available for distribution in supplemental competition for the planning and/or development of transformative projects in geographical areas impacted by the disaster. To apply, you must submit a concept paper to the ICVS by 3:00 p.m. August 20, 2008. Access the concept paper instructions at http://www.volunteeriowa.org/americorps/funding.html.
Technical Assistance
Treatment of Flood-Damaged Older and Historic Buildings. You can download the PDF for free from the Preservation Books web site at: 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 the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
Save Your Treasures (PDF) A publication of Heritage Emergency National Task Force www.heritageemergency.org
American Institute for Conservation--Collections Emergency Response Team (AIC-CERT)
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.
SHSI Contacts for technical assistance
Archaeology: Doug Jones; doug.jones@iowa.gov; (515) 281-4358 or 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 or 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, Jane Meggers, jane-meggers@uiowa.edu; (319) 335-3921
Photographs: Becki Plunkett; becki.plunkett@iowa.gov: (515) 281-8976
Web sites for additional technical assistance
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; www.achp.gov
American Institute for Conservation http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/disaster/index.html
American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter; http://www.aiaiowa.org/
Conserve O Grams; http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
Association of Iowa Archaeologists; http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/aia/index.html
Conservation Online, Disaster Preparedness and Response;
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/
Historic Preservation Consultants Working in Iowa; http://www.iowahistory.org/preservation/national_register/nr-consultants-list.htm
http://www.iowahistory.org/preservation/consultants/index.html
Iowa Archeological Society; http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/IAS/iashome.htm
Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance; http://www.iowapreservation.org/
Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management; http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/
Iowa Museum Association; http://www.iowamuseums.org/
Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium; http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/stuhrr/icpc/
Main Street Iowa; http://www.iowalifechanging.com/community/mainstreetiowa/
Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; http://www.preservationnation.org/about-us/regional-offices/midwest/
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training; http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/
National Park Service; www.nps.gov
National Register of Historic Places and the National Register Information System database; http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/
National Trust for Historic Preservation; www.nthp.org
Northeast Document Conservation Center; http://www.nedcc.org/home.php
Office of the State Archaeologist; http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/
Preservation Briefs and Preservation Tech Notes; http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/publications.htm
PreserveNet; http://www.preservenet.cornell.edu/index.cfm
State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iasapc/
State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) grants; http://www.iowahistory.org/grants/index.html
Disaster Recovery Vendors
(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
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