1993 (no. 1)
US/ICOMOS ANNUAL MEETING AND 1992 ANNUAL REPORT ** FROM THE PRESIDENT, Terry B. Morton On January 16, 1993, the US/ICOMOS Annual Meeting brought to Washington, DC, nearly 80 members. As in past years, sessions were held at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives. Travelling long distances to attend were participants from California, Michigan, Florida and New Mexico. Sessions began with a report from Elliott Carroll, one of five ICOMOS vice presidents, who reported on ICOMOS activities and future directions. Mr. Carroll recently attended the Bureau and Advisory Committee meetings in Sydney, Australia. Ann Webster Smith, a former ICOMOS vice president who has been advising the ICOMOS Secretariat on the 1993 General Assembly, gave a slide presentation on Sri Lanka, site of the 1993 General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Members who plan to attend this meeting should contact US/ICOMOS. Registration information is also available from US/ICOMOS. The minutes of the 1991 annual meeting, printed in the January 1992 US/ICOMOS Newsletter, were adopted, and Mary Dierickx presented the treasurer's report, which was also adopted. US/ICOMOS Trustees William R. Chapman and Margaret G.H. MacLean were elected for second two-year terms. Chester Liebs and Robert C. Heyder were elected to their first two-year terms. Mr. Heyder, new to the US/ICOMOS Board, is Superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park, a World Heritage Site in Colorado. Departing Board member Hugh Miller was complemented for his many contributions during his ten years of Board service. A panel discussion followed on cultural heritage subjects meriting specific attention by the new administration. The panel, chaired by Board Secretary Eric Hertfelder, consisted of: Barbara Timken, US/ICOMOS World Heritage Projects; Loretta P. Neumann, President of CEHP; Arlene K. Fleming, Cultural Resource Management Consultant; and Edward Echeverria, World Bank Consultant. Several US/ICOMOS members reported on projects that they had undertaken for US/ICOMOS. Stephen N. Dennis visited the Academia Istropolitana in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, as a guest lecturer. Mr. Dennis spoke at this newly created institute for one week on U.S. historic preservation legislation. Gustavo Araoz, Jr., reported on the Congreso Interamericano de Restauracion, Santo Domingo '92. Blaine Cliver highlighted information from the World Heritage Committee meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Elizabeth Barthold and John Monroe spoke on their experiences as participants in the US/ICOMOS International Summer Intern Program. During the afternoon session international presentations were made by: Constance Ramirez (The Cold War: A Global Context); George Scheffer (The Bahamas Program of the 1992 Preservation Institute: Caribbean); Ronald Lee Fleming (Franchises: The Need for Advocacy); Cherilyn Widell (Historic Preservation Practices in Japan); and Iris Miller (Issues in Visitor Control: Petra and Jerash, Jordan). Reports on US/ICOMOS specialized committees were presented by Ricardo Elia, Chairman of the US/ICOMOS Archaeological Heritage Management Committee, and Nora Mitchell, Chairman of the Historic Landscapes Committee. Mr. Elia discussed the charter meeting of the ICOMOS Underwater Archaeology Committee, held in November in Sydney. Ms. Mitchell discussed the new cultural landscape and transportation corridors criteria being developed for potential World Heritage sites. The day concluded with meetings of the US/ICOMOS specialized committees. 1992 IN REVIEW: A SUMMARY REPORT TO THE MEMBERS ** ICOMOS RELATIONSHIPS Highlights of US/ICOMOS support to ICOMOS in 1992: - Dues and Subvention: Provided 1992 annual dues of $12,364.00 and a $10,000.00 subvention to ICOMOS. - Official Representation: U.S. ICOMOS Vice President attended 4 ICOMOS Bureau meetings (2 in Paris, 1 each in Budapest and Sydney) and US/ICOMOS Chairman attended 1 Advisory Committee meeting (Sydney). - International Committees: Continued to serve as the secretariat for the ICOMOS International Committee on Cultural Tourism. Recommended appointment of qualified US/ICOMOS members as corresponding members of ICOMOS Committees. - Documentation Centre: Provided a U.S. summer intern for 12 weeks to assist the ICOMOS Documentation Centre with the World Heritage documentation. Continued to make donations of US/ICOMOS publications. - Newsletter: Provided news items for ICOMOS INFORMATION. Wrote, edited, printed and mailed 9 monthly and 2 special editions of the US/ICOMOS Newsletter to all ICOMOS national committees. Special editions included an issue for the ICOMOS International Committee on Cultural Tourism and an issue on the World Heritage Convention. - Visit of Secretary-General: Hosted the ICOMOS Secretary-General during his January visit to the United States. ** PUBLICATIONS - Intern Report: Published the annual report for the 1992 International Summer Intern Programs. - Occasional Papers: Published Number 2, The Historic Forest: A Resource for Historic Preservation and Number 3, Wood as a Building Material: Principles Governing Its Use in Historic Preservation, both by Hiroshi Daifuku. - Asian Publication: Published with American Express and the World Monuments Fund Trails to Tropical Treasures, a publication on the architectural heritage of the 6 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The publication is being distributed by American Express as part of its contribution to "Visit ASEAN." ** WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION - World Heritage Committee Meeting: US/ICOMOS, through World Heritage-related funds provided by the Congress, supported the 20th anniversary December meeting of the Committee in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Prepared special exhibit on US/ICOMOS programs and projects involving the World Heritage Convention and a special information folder on the convention and list. US/ICOMOS Chairman, President and 9 members attended. - Training Conference: Served as a cosponsor for the "Historic Transportation Corridors as Cultural Landscapes" conference in Louisiana. Part of this conference was devoted to development of criteria for the consideration of transportation corridors as cultural landscapes nominated to the World Heritage List. US/ICOMOS President presented the banquet speech on "The World Heritage." - School Curriculum: Circulated for classroom testing and evaluation a model curriculum package for the 6-8th grades, "Wonders of the World: Places on the World Heritage List." - Cultural Nominations: ICOMOS Vice President represented the U.S. on a working group to review all cultural sites nominated in 1992 to the World Heritage List. - Prototype Debt-for-Culture Swap: Submitted a foundation proposal for the preservation of elements within the Historic Centre of Quito, Ecuador, a World Heritage Site, through the purchase of commercial Ecuadorian debt. - International Conventions in War: Shared the Board of Trustee's resolution on Dubrovnik, Croatia, with national and international leadership and organizations. - Thematic Nomination Studies: Supported joint meetings with Mexico over the potential nominations of living Indian cultural sites to the World Heritage List. - Federal Interagency Panel on the World Heritage Convention: Participated as an observer in its meetings. - Paris UNESCO/ICOMOS Documentation Centre: US/ICOMOS summer intern reviewed original World Heritage site nomination files for the creation of a computerized data base on site nominations. ** 1992 US/ICOMOS INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM In 1992, US/ICOMOS accepted 35 interns into the International Summer Intern Programs. Participants are assigned to 12-week practical, working internships. In the U.S., foreign interns were assigned to summer field teams of the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) all over the country, and to other National Park Service offices, from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia to the Presidio of San Francisco. Exchanges continued with the United Kingdom, Poland, Israel and Lithuania. In those countries, U.S. interns worked on a variety of different projects, such as the stabilization and integration of archaeological remains in an urban streetscape; development of reuse and development schemes for a local historic buildings trust; and the compilation of a technical annotated bibliography from several computerized databases. US/ICOMOS, with the Office of International Affairs, National Park Service, again sponsored a special internship in Paris at the ICOMOS Documentation Centre, to assist with the organization and classification of the World Heritage site nomination files. More countries were represented in 1992 than in any year in the past. Interns were selected from 18 ICOMOS countries: Argentina, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Syria, United Kingdom and the United States. Countries participating for the first time were: Bulgaria, People's Republic of China, Croatia, Guatemala, Italy and Mexico. US/ICOMOS also maintained 5 international interns from Lithuania, Russia, United Kingdom and Mexico, who remained in the United States on extended work programs requested by the National Park Service. Another intern from the United Kingdom remained in the U.S. for 6 months as a Volunteer in the Parks at Fort Davis National Historic Site, TX; Buffalo National River, AR; and the Southwest Regional Office, Santa Fe, NM. A great deal of fundraising must be done for 1993 and the years after. 1992 was the last year of several multi-year grants that have supported program and administrative expenses. Grants are being solicited from previous sponsors, and many other foundations will be approached for the first time. The total annual budget for the International Summer Intern Programs is approximately $220,000. Members are urged to support the program by responding to the annual Valentine Appeal in February. ** EDUCATION AND TRAINING - Student Fellowships: Secured 4 fellowships from Samuel H. Kress Foundation for United States preservationists to attend annual courses at the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) in Rome, Italy; also fellowships for 2 other Americans to attend special ICCROM courses in stone and paper conservation. National Trust National Conference: Planned and conducted the annual US/ICOMOS breakfast and an international preservation session, featuring multi-culturalism in the Caribbean's preservation programs, at the 1992 Annual Preservation Conference of the National Trust in Miami. - International Lectures: US/ICOMOS and the National Park Service sponsored a guest lecturer at the Academia Istropolitana in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Stephen N. Dennis, Executive Director, National Center for Preservation Law, lectured at this newly created institute for one week on U.S. historic preservation legislation. - U.S. Lectures: Sponsored a program on historic preservation in Ghana at a monthly meeting of the International Cultural Assistance Network (ICAN) in Washington. The staff lectured at graduate and undergraduate university programs. - Short Courses Abroad: Updated and distributed, as a newsletter insert, a 1992 edition of "Short Courses Abroad in Historic Preservation." - Visitor Information Services: Met with 30 foreign visitors to the U.S. who were interested in various aspects of historic preservation practices in the United States and the programs of US/ICOMOS. Many of these are referrals from U.S. government agencies and other international visitor organizations in Washington, DC. - Professional Exchange: Developed and submitted to USIA a program proposal to expand the existing intern program into a short-term, international, professional exchange program between public and private organizations in the U.S. and abroad. ** INTERNATIONAL PRESERVATION PROJECTS - Korcula, Croatia: Continued Phase II Restoration of Arneri Palace. Project work has been slowed because of continuing civil war. - Central Region, Ghana: Signed a 5-year project contract in April to administer the historic preservation project component of three 15th-19th century forts on the World Heritage List. Assisted Smithsonian Institution in planning and conduct of technical orientation and training session for two Ghanaian project architects in the United States. - Pacific Asia Region: Under the sponsorship of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), conducting a regional survey to determine the level of national government support for historic monuments and site preservation in the 38 government members of PATA. ** INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA AND SEMINARS - South Asia and the Pacific: The Getty Conservation Institute published summary proceedings from the 15-country regional symposium, "The Protection of Cultural Property in Tropical Environments in South Asia and the Pacific," held in Hawaii in September 1991 under the sponsorship of USIA. Developed and submitted a proposed amendment to USIA to provide specialized follow-up advisory services to two participating countries. Middle East and North Africa: Developed and submitted a proposed amendment to our 1991 USIA project, "Patrimony and Cultural Heritage," to conduct an 11-country, 1-week long symposium for 22 senior government historic preservation professionals from the Middle East. The symposium is proposed for Cairo, Egypt, in 1993. - Caribbean, Central and South America: Conducted a 2-week seminar/study tour in April on the administration of urban historic districts. The program allowed 10 senior government officials and academics from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Paraguay, Mexico and Suriname to visit historic districts in the southeastern U.S. - Bombay, India: Conducted a 2-week follow-up technical site visit to Bombay and Pune, India, by 2 US/ICOMOS representatives (1 trustee and 1 fellow) to advise on architectural inventory and survey methods and the implementation of legislation for historic districts. This is a continuation of "Patrimony and Cultural Heritage," the 1990 USIA-supported US/ICOMOS seminar/study tour to the U.S. - Egypt, Jordan & Yemen: 1 US/ICOMOS staff and 1 member participated in an October USIA WorldNet television seminar with professional practitioners and government officials. - Belize: Represented by a US/ICOMOS trustee at an international seminar on the carrying capacity of natural and cultural tourism sites. ** INTERNATIONAL AWARDS PROGRAM - Caribbean: Conducted the third year of the 1990-1992 American Express Preservation Awards Program for the Caribbean. Distributed announcements to 33 eligible countries and processed 63 nominations from 19 countries. 7 winning awards, including two $10,000 cash awards, presented at the Caribbean Tourism Organization's Annual Conference in Nassau. ** ICOMOS INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES - 1993 General Assembly: Robertson E. Collins, Chairman of the Cultural Tourism Committee, attended the July planning meeting in Sri Lanka for the 10th ICOMOS General Assembly. Ann Webster Smith attended November planning meeting in Sri Lanka. - International Meetings: Charles R. McGimsey, III, attended the February Archaeological Heritage Management Committee meeting in Paris, France. Ricardo Elia attended the charter meeting of the Underwater Archaeology Committee in November in Australia. - Publications: The Cultural Tourism Committee, for which US/ICOMOS serves as the international secretariat, assembled and circulated the first working draft of "Tourism at World Heritage Cultural Sites: A Site Manager's Handbook." ** US/ICOMOS SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES - Meetings: Archaeological Heritage Management, Earthen Architecture, Historic Landscapes, Historic Towns and Training met during the US/ICOMOS annual meeting. - Charter: The Historic Towns Committee produced, and the US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees adopted, The United States Edition of the ICOMOS Charter on Historic Towns and Urban Areas. - Directory: The Historic Landscapes Committee produced and published, in cooperation with the National Park Service, the first edition of Historic Landscape Directory. - Newsletter The Earthen Architecture Committee planned and wrote the text of the 20-page-July US/ICOMOS Report/Newsletter. - Financial Support: Provided the first limited budgetary support to the U.S. committees to assist them in committee mailings, printing and representation. ** ADMINISTRATION - Annual Meeting: Conducted the 1991 Annual Meeting in January 1992 attended by 80 members. - Board of Trustees: US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees met 3 times in 1992: January, May and September. - Mission Statement: US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees adopted an organizational "Mission Statement." - Employee Benefits: Instituted employee group dental plan. ** VOLUNTEERS The programs and activities of US/ICOMOS would not be possible without the sustained support of the dedicated ICOMOS international officer, ICOMOS committee chairman, Board of Trustees, Fellows and Specialized Committee Chairpersons. At the Annual Meeting the staff and Board of US/ICOMOS was pleased to present long-time US/ICOMOS member and volunteer Barbara Timken the following US/ICOMOS Service Citation: "Barbara was a highly supportive member in our 1987 hosting of the 8th ICOMOS General Assembly in Washington, DC. "Following the General Assembly, she assumed a leadership role, representing the U.S., in following up on a resolution passed at that General Assembly related to youth and heritage education. She participated in the planning for the first Youth and Heritage Education Conference held in Paris, France, in 1989. She exercised a leading role in developing a significant and important U.S. representation at that conference of experienced individuals in youth and heritage education from throughout the U.S. "Most recently, she volunteered her time and talents to refining and expanding the US/ICOMOS prototype middle-school World Heritage curriculum project. Her personal presentations of this project before World Heritage-related meetings has brought the project to the attention of senior foreign and national officials, resulting in greater attention and interest in this significant program. "Barbara also made a significant contribution to the compilation of the just-produced US/ICOMOS information packet on the World Heritage Convention, which was distributed and well received at the November 1992 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Santa Fe, N.M. We wish to take special note of the volunteer services of the following individuals who have enriched our 1992 programs: Dorothy Carroll, Hiroshi Daifuku, M. Burton McVernon, Robert Stipe, Gustavo Araoz, William Chapman, Robertson Collins, Stephen Dennis, Edward Echeverria, John Fowler, Roy Graham, Tom Richards and Ann Webster Smith. ** FINANCIAL SUPPORT US/ICOMOS extends its appreciation for program financial support in 1992 to: US/ICOMOS individual and institutional members; Congress and federal agencies; U.S. Congress, House of Representatives and Senate; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service: Alaska Regional Office, Denver Service Center, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, Independence National Historical Park, Office of International Affairs, Preservation Assistance Division, Presidio Planning Team, Southwest Regional Office; U.S. Department of State, International Organization Affairs; U.S. Information Agency, Office of Citizen Exchanges; National Science Foundation and National Research Council. We also thank the following corporations, foundations and private organizations: American Express Company Philanthropic Program, American Friends of English Heritage, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Historic Boston, Inc., The Kosciuszko Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Marpat Foundation, Montauk Foundation, The Open Society Fund-Lithuania, The Royal Oak Foundation, L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation and the Soros Foundation-Russia. ** IN-KIND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN 1992 US/ICOMOS international programs conducted within the U.S. were facilitated by generous support from the following public and private organizations: In Mobile, Alabama: Old Dauphin Way Neighborhood Association; Oakleigh Garden Historic District Society; East Church Street Development Association; Historic Mobile Preservation Society; Mobile Historic Development Commission. In the District of Columbia: American Institute of Architects Foundation; U.S. Commission on Fine Arts; Library of Congress; National Park Service; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Office of the Architect of the Capitol; Smithsonian Institution; White House. In Athens, Georgia: School of Environmental Design, University of Georgia. In Savannah, Georgia: Downtown Neighborhood Association; Historic Savannah Foundation; Massey School; Metropolitan Planning Commission; Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah Housing Services Corporation. In Thomasville, Georgia: Thomasville Landmarks; Thomasville Main Street Program; Thomasville Cultural Center. In New Orleans, Louisiana: Council of International Visitors; Historic District Landmark Commission; Operation Comeback; Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans; Vieux Carre Commission. In Natchitoches, Louisiana: Northwestern State University. In Annapolis, Maryland: Historic Annapolis, Inc. ln Beaufort, South Carolina: Board of Architectural Review; Historic Beaufort Foundation; Main Street Program. In Charleston, South Carolina: Historic Charleston Foundation; Preservation Society of Charleston. In San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio Conservation Society. In Waterford, Virginia: Waterford Foundation. In Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, NPS. ** OUR INTERNATIONAL NETWORK IN 1992 US/ICOMOS was involved in programs with the following international organizations and countries in 1992: Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC; Caribbean Tourism Organization, New York, NY; Central Region Development and Economic Commission, Cape Coast, Ghana; Ghana Monuments and Museum Board, Cape Coast, Ghana; City of Korcula, Croatia; International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Rome, Italy; International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC; Midwestern Universities Consortium for International Activities, Columbus, OH; Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), San Francisco, CA; Unesco, Physical Heritage Division, Paris, France; U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC; World Bank, Environmental Office, Washington, DC; World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, Paris, France; World Monuments Fund, New York, NY. ============================================================== ATTENTION MEMBERS! US/ICOMOS is trying to raise assistance grants to help members attend the ICOMOS 10th General Assembly in Sri Lanka. The meeting will take place from July 30 to August 4. Arrival would need to be July 29 and departure August 5. Members are invited to send in a request for an application to US/ICOMOS. Deadline: April 9, 1993. ===============================================================