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Historic Preservation

Archives, Libraries, and Museums Associations, Organizations, and Institutes Background Biographical Resources Databases and Indexes Discussion Lists

Internet Guides Journals Maps Pictorial Resources Statistical Resources

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Below are archives, libraries and museums for historic preservation. For a more extensive list, see History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums.

• Built in America: Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (American Memory, Library of Congress)

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection

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Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

Below are associations and organizations in historic preservation. For a more extensive list, see History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
  Promotes the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of the nation's historic resources, and advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy.

• Historic American Building Survey / Historic American Engineering Record

• Kress Foundation
  Devotes its resources to advancing the history, conservation, and enjoyment of the vast heritage of European art, architecture, and archaeology from antiquity to the 19th century.

• National Parks Service
  • Cultural Resources Mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  • Heritage Preservation Services
  • Historic Preservation Planning Program

• National Register of Historic Places

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
  Nonprofit historic preservation group serving Allegheny County.

• Society for Historical Archeology

• Society for Industrial Archeology

• UNESCO World Heritage

• World Monuments Fund
  Plays leadership role in the rescue and preservation of imperiled works of art and architecture.

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Background

Sometimes you may need some information to get more familiar with your topic. Below are some materials that can provide background on topics in environmental history. Additional resources are listed at History: Background.

• Bucher, Ward, ed. Dictionary of Building Preservation. New York: Preservation Press, J. Wiley, c1996.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 720.3 D5542

• Irwin, J. Kirk. Historic Preservation Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 720.288 I72H

• Maddex, Diane, ed. Built in the U.S.A.: American Buildings from Airports to Zoos. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, c1985.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 720.973 E93

• Savage, Beth L., ed. African American Historic Places. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, c1994.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 720.973 A258

• Society for Industrial Archeology. Three Rivers Chapter. Guidebook to the Pittsburgh Region. Pittsburgh: Society for Industrial Archeology, Three Rivers Chapter, 1993.
  HUNT STACKS-4 720.974886 S67G

• Trinder, Barrie Stuart. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Industrial Archaeology. Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell, 1992.
  HUNT REF-1 T37 .B55 1992

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Biographical Resources

See the resources listed at History: Biographical Resources.

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Databases and Indexes

• America: History and Life (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1964-present (updated monthly)

• Art Abstracts (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1984-present (updated weekly).

• Art Index Retrospective (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1929-1984.

• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s)-present (updated weekly).

• Historical Abstracts (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1967-present (updated monthly)

If full text links for journal articles are not provided, click on to see retrieval options. This is only for journal article citations, and may not be available in all databases. Otherwise, use Cameo to see if materials are in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. If they aren't, you can use the Interlibrary Loan options to either borrow or obtain a photocopy of the material.

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Discussion Lists

For additional resources, see History: Discussion Lists.

• American Association for State and Local History

• H-Communal-Societies
  Study and Preservation of Historic Communal Sites

• H-Public

• H-Stained-Glass

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Internet Guides

For additional resources, see History: Internet Guides.

• IA on the Web: Links to other web sites (Society for Industrial Archeology)

• Preservation Resources A to Z (Universtiy Libraries, University of Maryland)

• PreserveNet: Links (Cornell University)

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Journals

Below are major journals in historic preservation. Use Cameo to search for other journal titles in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, or use the databases listed above to find journal articles on particular topics. History: Journals.

• Forum Journal: the Journal of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
  Print: 1999-present.
  Current issue in FINE ARTS, earlier HUNT JOUR-3
  Continues:
  Historic Preservation Forum: the Journal of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
  Print: 1991-98
  HUNT JOUR-3
  Continues:
  Preservation Forum
  Print: 1988-90
  HUNT JOUR-3

• Forum News: a Newsletter of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
  Kept 2 years
  current issue in FINE ARTS, earlier HUNT JOUR-3

• IA
  Print: 1977-present.
  HUNT JOUR-3

• Preservation
  Print: 1996-present.
  Current issue in FINE ARTS, earlier HUNT JOUR-3.
  Continues:
  Historic Preservation
  Print: 1949-75 (microfilm), 1976-96.
  HUNT JOUR-3

• Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter
  Print: 1976-present.
  HUNT JOUR-3

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Maps

See also History: Maps, especially Urban History: Maps.

• Historic American Building Survey [Washington, D.C.]: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1974.
  HUNT MFILM-3 720.288 H6731H

• Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company Industrial Site Maps: 1894-1954. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1991.
  HUNT MFICHE-3 338.0973 M294

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Martin Aurand, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries)

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Pictorial Resources

For additional resources, see History: Pictorial Resources.

• Digital Archive of American Architecture (Jeffery Howe, Boston College)
  Nearly 1,500 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings)

• Digital Archive of European Architecture (Jeffery Howe, Boston College)

• Highsmith, Carol M. and Ted Landphair. America Restored. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, c1994.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 720.973 H63A

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Statistical Resources

See the resources listed at History: Statistical Resources.

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         See also: Architecture Research Guide (Martin Aurand, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries)