2012-2013: Carrie McNeal
Book Conservation
Carrie McNeal
Education and Selected Past Experience:
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation: M.S., Art Conservation, 2013.
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois: B.A., Art History 2009.
Conservation Projects at: Montefiascone Project, Montefiascone, Viterbo, Italy; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Richard C. Baker Conservation, St. Louis, Missouri; Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.
LC Projects:
Treatment of books in the Library of Congress rare and general collections: board reattachment, rebinding, stabilization, washing and deacidifying; research the effects of the Bookkeeper® mass deacidification process on leather bindings.
2012-2013: Greta Glaser
Photograph Conservation
Greta Glaser
Education and Selected Past Experience:
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation: M.S., Art Conservation, 2013.
College of William and Mary: B.A., Art and Art History, 2009.
Graduate Intern, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Photographs, summer 2012; Graduate Intern, University of Texas Libraries Preservation Services, summer 2011; Conservation Intern, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Paintings Laboratory, 2008-2010.
LC Projects:
Treatment of 19th and 20th century photographs: cased photographs, mounted albumen prints, Pictorialist photographs, panoramas, and albums; research on platinum photographic enlargements; assist with final image material identification of photographs.
2011-2012: Gwenanne Edwards
Paper Conservation
Gwenanne Edwards
Education and Selected Past Experience:
Buffalo State College, State University of New York: M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Study, Art Conservation, 2012.
University of Delaware: B.A., Art Conservation; B.A., Art History, 2008.
Conservation Projects at: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY; Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
LC Projects:
Examination, documentation, and conservation treatment of works on paper from the Library of Congress Special Collections, including: 18th century Hebraic documents in iron gall ink; Japanese woodblock prints; 19th century French architectural drawings; a varnished mezzotint; German WWII poster; late 20th century American illustration.
2010-2011: Beatriz Centeno-Pineiro
Paper Conservation
Beatriz Centeno-Pineiro
Education and Selected Past Experience:
Buffalo State College, State University of New York: M.A. and Advanced Certificate, Art Conservation, 2011.
Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro, Florence, Italy: Certificate of training Master in Conservazione e Restauro. Scholarship granted by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 2003.
Universidad de Puerto Rico, B.A., cum laude, Graphic Arts, 1999.
Conservation Projects at: Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
LC Projects:
Examination, documentation, and conservation treatment of works on paper from the Library of Congress Special Collections, including: American Abstract Expressionist prints, Japanese woodblock prints, iron gall ink manuscripts, oversized maps, theater designs, 18th century Hebraic documents from Venice, ephemera and Lincolniana from the Rare Book division.
2010-2011: Alisha Chipman
Photograph Conservation
Alisha Chipman
Education and Selected Past Experience:
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation: M.S., Art Conservation, 2011.
Hunter College: M.A., Art History, 2008.
University of Nevada Las Vegas: B.A., Art History; B.A., Fine Art, 2003.
Community College of Southern Nevada: Associate of Applied Science, Commercial Photography, 1999.
Conservation Projects at: Paul Messier LLC, Boston, MA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
LC Projects:
Treatment of 19th and 20th century photographs: cased photographs, lantern slides, mounted albumen prints, Pictorialist photographs, panoramas and albums; assist in the unglided daguerreotype research project; survey and assessment of cellulose acetate and nitrate negative collections.
2010-2011: Evan Knight
Book Conservation
Evan Knight
Education and Selected Past Experience:
The University of Texas at Austin: M.S., Information Studies with Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation of Library and Archival Materials.
Washington University in St Louis: B.S., Business Administration.
Conservation Projects at: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming; Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin; Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin; Von Mises Library, Universidad Fransisco Marroquín, Guatemala.
LC Projects:
Examination, documentation, conservation treatment, and housing of bound materials from the Library of Congress Special Collections, including, an 18th century volume from the Law Division, special collection items from the Music Division, and 20th century materials from the Veterans History Project.
2010: Jordan Brough
Preservation Research and Testing Division
Jordan Brough
Education and Selected Past Experience:
United States Secret Service, Forensic Automation Branch, Contractor.
George Washington University, Masters of Forensic Science.
University of Utah, B.S., Art Direction.
Cincinnati State College, coursework in chemistry and biology.
Presentations include: Workshops on forensic document examination; demonstrations of instruments; talks on forensic issues of obliterated and indented writing.
LC Projects:
In the Preservation Research and Testing Division: examination of Library documents;assessment of the capacity of various imaging systems to determine the long-term changes in historic inks and the benefits of a range of preservation treatments; development of further applications for the Image Xpert system in the Library's Optical laboratory.
2008-2009: Emily Rainwater
Book Conservation
Emily Rainwater
Education and Selected Past Experience:
The University of Texas at Austin: M.S., Information Studies with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation of Library and Archival Materials.
The University of Texas at Austin: B.A., Ancient History and Classical Civilizations.
Conservation projects at: Recoleta Library and San Francisco Library, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru; Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin; Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
LC Projects:
- 2010: Develop didactic materials for the American Library Association's Preservation Week.
- 2009: Conservation and housing of items from the Rare Books & Special Collections, African & Middle Eastern, and Manuscript divisions; exhibition preparation; emergency response and recovery.
2007-2008: Tonia Grafakos
Book Conservation
Tonia Grafakos
Education and Selected Past Experience:
The University of Texas at Austin: M.S., Information Studies with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation of Library and Archival Materials.
University of Massachusetts Amherst: B.A., English and History.
Conservation projects at: The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Austin, TX; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX; Pinos y Sarriera Archives Internship, Vilassar de Dalt, Spain; Gulf Coast Recovery Project, Jackson, MS.
LC Projects:
- Conservation and housing of books from the Rare Books & Special Collections, Law, African & Middle Eastern, Geography & Maps, Asian, and Music Divisions.
- Research project on paint consolidation of illuminated manuscripts.
2006-2007: Andrea Knowlton
Book Conservation
Andrea Knowlton
Education and Selected Past Experience:
The University of Texas at Austin: M.S., Information Studies with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation of Library and Archival Materials.
The University of Texas at Austin: B.A., French, with minor in English Literature.
Conservation projects at: Center for American History, Austin, TX; Pinos y Sarriera Archives, Vilassar de Dalt, Spain; Carrabba Conservation, Austin, TX; Salisbury House, Des Moines, IA.
LC Projects:
- Conservation of books from the Rare Books & Special Collections Division.
- Survey, treat, and house the Hebrew miniature book collection in the African & Middle East Division.
- Research corrosion products on metal furniture on medieval and Renaissance books to develop conservation treatment protocols for such composite materials.
2005-2006: Sophie Lewincamp
Paper Conservation
Sophie Lewincamp
Education and Selected Past Experience:
University of Canberra, Australia: B.S., Applied Science, Conservation of Cultural Materials, 2004.
National Library of Australia, Canberra: 3-month professional practice.
Conservation projects at: National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia; Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
LC Projects:
Examination and conservation of special collection items, including:
- Washing and lining of an early 19th century Chinese Scroll map
- Washing, mending, and inpainting of a Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph
- Conservation of a parchment document and an illuminated manuscript
- Mending and re-housing a Virginia Bull Run Civil War map
- Research project on the consolidation of Indian Paintings on mica
