advanced co mposices molding, CAD operacions, robocic CNC plug building and co mposices restoracion pracrices. IYRS also offers a conrinuing educacion program, which includes courses in woodwo rking, onboard sys rems insrallarion and mainrenance, coarings applicarion, and boatbuilding. (IYRS, 449 Thames Street, Newport, RI 02840; Ph. 401 848-5777; www.iyrs.o rg) •.. The Connecticut River Museum in Essex, CT, suffered a major fire at approximately 9PM on 11 August. 1h anks to the prompt response by che local volunteer fire departments fro m Essex and surrounding towns, che historic building, exhibics, and artifaccs we re saved. Currenrly, rhe museum is wo rking to repair che historic 1878 Sceamboac Warehouse building and dock from fi re, smoke, and wacer damage. The museum's firsc Boor escaped mosc of ch e damage and has been open to che public since shordy after che fire. The second and chird Boors
had to be gutted, but repairs are nearly complete and chose Boors will open after the 1h anksgiving holiday. Making che best ouc of a difficult situacion, che museum took the opporcunicy to return che historic building's inrerior to ics original co nfiguracion. D onacions towa rds chis effort are especially welcome. Checks should be made payable to "Connecticuc River Museum Fire Fund" and mailed to Conneccicuc River Museum, 67 M ain Screec, Essex, CT 06426. C redic card donations can be made online ac www.ccrivermuseum.org. The National Park Service HABS/HAER Heritage Documentation Program is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship and the HAER Maritime Documenta-
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tion Internship. The Tompkins Fellowship, a joinr program of che Sociecy of Archiceccural Hisrorians (SAH) and che Historic American Building Survey (HABS) , provides a $ 10,000 scipend fo r a 12-week HABS proj ecc during che summer. The Fellow will eich er conduce research on a nacionally significanr building or sice and prepare a wriccen history to become pan of che permanent H ABS collection, or conduct research on a particular topic relating to archi tectural history in support of future HABS proj ects. Fellows will be stationed in the field working in conjunction with a HABS measureddrawings team or in the HABS Washington, D C office. Applications must be subm itted by 1 February. (For detailed info rmation and to download application fo rms, visit: www.nps.gov/history/hdp/ jobs/tompkins .htm). The H AER Maritime Documentation Inrern will receive a $7, 000 stipend and will work with a Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) team for 12 weeks in the summer. Applicanrs musr be stud ying architecture, engineering, or history and be inreresced in maricime The preservacion. maricime inrernship is co-sponsored by HAER and che ¡, ci Council of American M aricime Museums. The applicacion deadline is 8 February 2011. Applicacion derails and conract inform aci on are available at www.nps. gov/ history/hdp /jobs/maricime.hcm. To access the HABS Co llection ac che Library of Congress, visic http ://memory.lac.gov/ amm em /co ll ec ci o ns/ h abs h ae r/ index. html. ... Maritime archaeologist and historian James P. Delgado has taken the helm of NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program as director, effective September 15th. D elgado had been the president and CEO of the Insticuce of Naucical Archaeology since 2006 and before chac served as executive director of the Vancouver Maririme Museum for 15 years. H e is rhe auchor of more chan 30 books and articles and is che fo rmer hosr of "The Sea
Hunters," a Nacional Geographic Channel celevision series . 1h e Maritime H eritage Program was created in 2002 as an iniciative of N OAA's Nacional M arine Sanctuaries Program to preserve, scudy, and promoce che maritime herirage resources wirhin che N M S system. The US has des-
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ignaced 14 marine prorecced areas rhac encompass more rhan 150,000 square miles of marine and Greac Lakes waters fro m Washington Stare to che Florida Keys, and from Lake Huron to American Samoa. (http:I I san ccuaries . n oaa.govImari rime/) . . . In honor of the l 50th anniversary of the Civil War in 2011, NOAA has posted online a special collection of historical maps, charts, and documents prepared by the US Coast Survey during the war years. "Chaning a More Perfecr U nion" contains approximacely 400 documents, available free from NOAA's Office of Coasc Survey websice. In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson escablished che Survey of che Coasc to produce che naucical charts necessary for mari cime safecy, defense, and che establishmenr of national boundari es. By 1861 , che Coasc Survey was rhe governmenc's leading scie nrific age ncy, chan ing coas rlines and determining land elevacions for the nacion. (www. n a u cica lchan s. no a a. govI hi story I C ivilWa r. ) . . . The Noble Maritime Collection on Staten Island, NY, recently unveiled several works of art and historic maritime artifacts and furnishings from the Sailors' Snug Harbor Collection. The 200-piece colleccion belonging to che Sailors' Snug H arbor Trusr was moved to rhe No ble Maririme Collecrion in June 2010 to further encourage rhe public's undersranding of the history of rhe mariners' (con tinued on page 48)
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