Historic preservation professional qualification standards

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Walter Henry
Stanford University Libraries

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A proposed draft revision of the Secretary of the Interior's "Historic

Preservation Professional Qualification Standards." has been mounted in

Conservation OnLine (CoOL). Comments on the proposed standards are

sought and are due February 14, 1995.

 

The document is available in two forms.  Use a World Wide Web client

such as Mosaic or Lynx to connect to URL

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/misc/secinterior/profqual.html

 

or Gopher to palimpsest.stanford.edu and selet

  Browse by subject

    Historic preservation

 

The disciplines covered in the draft are:

 

    Architectural History

    Architecture

    Conservation

    Cultural Anthropology

    Curation

    Folklore

    Historic Preservation

    Historical Archaeology

    History

    Landscape Architecture

    Land Use/Community Planning

    Prehistoric Archaeology

    Traditional Cultural Property Expertise

 

>From the text:

 

    The Secretary of the Interior is charged with developing standards

    and guidance for the practice of historic preservation under the

    National Historic Preservation Act.  The Secretary has delegated

    this responsibility to the National Park Service.  The "Professional

    Qualification Standards" are one part of the Secretary's "Standards

    and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation."

    ...

    The Secretary of the Interior's "Professional Qualification

    Standards" describe in terms of academic attainment, training, and

    experience minimum professional standards for a number of

    professional disciplines routinely practicing in historic

    preservation today.  These Standards are neither "entry-level" nor

    do they describe qualifications for pre-eminent master professionals

    in the field.  Rather, they describe the minimum education and

    experience which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior,

    qualifies select individuals to produce professionally credible and

    competent work within both the historic preservation arena and in

    the larger public arena nationwide.</p>

 

    Please provide your comments by February 15, 1995 to the

 

        Preservation Planning Branch

        Attention: Susan L. Henry

        Interagency Resources Division

        National Park Service

        PO Box 37127

        Washington, DC 20013-7127

 

        Comments may also be sent by fax (202-343-1836) or Internet

        (sue_henry@nps.gov).  If you have any questions, please contact

        Sue Henry at (202) 343-9514.

 

Walter Henry

Conservation Lab

Stanford University Libraries