EMPLOYMENT_x000d_
1980 - 2016 Independent practice, Alexandria, Va._x000d_
1980- 1984 Paper Conservator, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C._x000d_
1978- 1980 Paper Conservator, Conservation-Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution_x000d_
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EDUCATION_x000d_
1975 - 1978 M.S. in Conservation of Artistic and Historic Objects, Winterthur Museum-University of Delaware, Winterthur, Del._x000d_
1967 - 1972 A.B. in Art History with Departmental Honors, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. _x000d_
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS_x000d_
2016 Yours Respectfully, William Berwick: Paper Conservation in the United States and Western Europe 1800–1935. The Legacy Press, Ann Arbor. 696 pp. Eric Hoffer Book Awards (2017): Short-Listed for Grand Prize and for the Montaigne Medal Finalist (most thought-provoking book of the year), Honorable Mention for Best Reference Book, Finalist for First Horizon Award (best book by a first-time solo author). 2017 Preservation Publication Award/Waldo Gifford Leland Award Nominee, The Society of American Archivists.
2009 “Paper-Based Artifacts and Light: An Introduction,” Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, vol. 2, International Society of Appraisers Education Foundation, San Antonio, Texas._x000d_
2007 “George Washington’s Last Will and Testament: The Manuscript and A Pioneering Restoration,” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Spring 2007, vol. 46 no. 1._x000d_
2007 “George Washington’s Last Will and Testament: Conservation and Rehousing,” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Spring 2007, vol. 46 no. 1._x000d_
2004 “George Washington’s Last Will and Testament: An American Odyssey,” Winterthur Portfolio, University of Chicago Press, vol. 38 no. 4._x000D__x000d_
2004 “The Manuscript as Object: Its Materials and Conservation,” George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French and Indian War, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md., Appendix 1. Conservation of Washington’s only autobiographic manuscript. _x000D__x000d_
2003 “So Tasteful: A Note About Iron Gall Ink,” The Book and Paper Annual, vol.22, American Institute for Conservation, Washington, D.C._x000D__x000d_
2003 "Archival Considerations," The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, 2nd ed., Elaine Hodges, ed., New York, John Wiley & Sons. _x000D__x000d_
1998 “Inpainting/Overpainting Paper Art Using Mixed Dry Pigments and Complementary Colors,” The Book and Paper Annual, vol. 17, Washington, D.C., American Institute for Conservation._x000d_