Morven park is looking for volunteers to help staff the Morven Park Winmill Carriage Museum in Leesburg, particularly volunteers who would be available one or more Saturdays per month to staff the carriage museum from 12-5. The main duties involved are greeting visitors, checking tickets and providing a brief introduction to the carriages. Training is provided.
If interested, please contact Jana Shafagoj, jshafagoj@morvenpark.org.
Check out these great activities!
We are excited about the start of a new semester. Here is the quick list of courses we are offering as part of the program for the upcoming semester:
HIS 181 – Introduction to Historic Preservation (hybrid course) – Professor Dluger (Thursday nights, Reston center)
HIS 183 – Survey of Museum Practice – Professor Dluger (Monday nights, Loudoun campus)
HIS 190 – Coordinated Internship – Professor Duger
HIS 218 – Introduction to Digital History (online)– Professor Evans
Feel free to reach out to either Professor Dluger (mdluger@nvcc.edu) or Professor Evans (cevans@nvcc.edu) if you have any questions.
The deadline for applying is Friday, August 4th, and they hope to begin the interview process the following week. See the job description.
Saturday, November 11th, 2017 at the Stacy C. Sherwood Conference Center.
See the flyer.
For information on the celebration, see www.fxva.com/275/
Sue Kovach Shuman, one of our students, is an intern with Fairfax 275, and she has been working on a Neighborhood History Project. Check it out!
If you do go to the celebration, please stop by, check out our booth and chat with us.
Hello everyone! Registration is already open for the Fall 2017 semester. Here is the quick list of courses we are offering as part of the program for the upcoming semester:
HIS 181 – Introduction to Historic Preservation (hybrid course) – Professor Dluger (Thursday nights, Reston center)
HIS 183 – Survey of Museum Practice – Professor Dluger (Monday nights, Loudoun campus)
HIS 190 – Coordinated Internship – Professor Duger
HIS 205 — Local History – Professor Bertsch (Tuesday nights, Loudoun campus)
HIS 218 – Introduction to Digital History (online)– Professor Evans
If you are interested in these courses, please sign-up as soon as possible.
Feel free to reach out to either Professor Dluger (mdluger@nvcc.edu) or Professor Evans (cevans@nvcc.edu) if you have any questions.
More details to follow.
Prince William county historic preservation announces summer events. Check out these activities!
Coming this Summer to PWCHPD
June 2nd-4th. See the flyer for information.
10 week course, beginning Tuesday May 23rd with class sessions Tuesday nights on the Loudoun campus (NVCC) and Saturday mornings at area historical sites. Taught by Professor Patrick O’Neill.
Some sites include:
• Chapman’s Mill in Prince William County
• Bristoe Station Battlefield west of Manassas,
• Fairfax County Archaeology Research Lab in Annandale
• Ball-Sellers House in Glen-Carlyn, Robert Ball Sr. Cemetery, in Ballston
Some topics to be covered in the course:
ARCHAEOLOGY
• what is archaeology
• who does archaeology
• why do archaeology
• where to do archaeology
• when to do archaeology
• when not to do archaeology
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
• architectural details and dating
• local, county, state, Federal significance of architectural history
• National Register site evaluation
• Measured drawings and photographs
TECHNIQUES
• use of hand compass – conduct pedestrian surveys and mapping
• laying out grids – artifact collecting and excavation
• GIS – finding and comparing sites and locations
• LIDAR technology – finding sites
• land parcel maps (deeds/patents) – finding sites and buildings
• USGS topographic maps – locating and mapping sites and landforms
• aerial photographs – finding and mapping sites
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps – finding buildings
• Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) – finding foundations, graves, pits…
• carbon 14 dating – dating charcoal and organic matter
• archaeo-magnetic dating – dating hearths and fired features
• dendrochronology – dating by tree ring data