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ALHFAM BULLETIN
ALHFAM is accepting materials for the upcoming editions of the ALHFAM Bulletin. Take a look below at the menu of future edition topics. Please contact me with your submission ideas for articles and reviews. Not every article or review needs to be "on topic" in each edition. please contact Katie Boardman with your submission.
Winter 2014: Working with Livestock Articles, photo essays and reviews about historic and contemporary care, training and use of farm animals in public museums and sites. Share information on research, selection, breeding, housing, record keeping, health, safety, equipment and program case studies. What are good sources for training, help and equipment? Submission deadline: on or before November 22, 2013. Spring 2014: Up and Coming Share your concerns, questions, experiences, tips of the trade and musings on working in museums, historic sites, parks and living history. What will future jobs and work look like? How does one make connections and find gainful employment? What makes a good internship? How do you learn new skills, and what skills should you learn? How do you "keep it fresh" and keep up with the times? Contribute your thoughts and resources to this open forum for seasoned and emerging professionals alike. Submission deadline: on or before February 21, 2014. Summer 2014: How to Work with Leather, Fur and Skins Share an article, review or photo essay on historical research, projects, programs, tools, materials and processes in historic methods of working leather, fur or skins. Submission deadline: Pre-Conference on or before June 13, 2014. Post ALHFAM conference deadline: July 18, 2014. Fall 2014: How to Create Historic Textiles and Clothing Share tips, research and project reports on historic textile processes and creating historic clothing and other textiles. Submit an article, photo essay or review on materials, tools, equipment, training and skill transfer, sources or interpretive programs. Care, documentation and preservation of textiles and historic clothing might also be explored. Submission deadline: on or before September 19, 2014. Contact: Katie Boardman katie@CherryValley.com Editor, ALHFAM Bulletin and E-Update PO Box 666 Cooperstown, NY 13326
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