NCPTT - "Cemetery Preservation Foundation" - Several topics to read and study on the NPS/NCPTT website

The National Center for Preservation, Technology and Training (NCPTT) has not had its own stand alone website for about a year now.  Its content, however not all of it, has been transitioned over to the National Park Service's website.  

This blog has updated links in the right sidebar to the cemetery preservation articles and blog posts, etc. that go directly to the new updated NPS / NCPTT website. 

Below is the introduction for the "Cemetery Preservation Foundation":

"The following is intended to help support the understanding of methods and practices of preserving the resting place of our ancestors. 

For many these sites are of value for reasons from the historical understanding of our forbearers and the intersection of societal groupings to the objects of art or intangible heritage they contain. The value of preserving these sacred spaces allows us to understand our past and what we value as a society. 

Many sites and people do not know where to start in preserving the resources they manage or cherish especially as the integrity of their physical spaces becomes unstable as time passes. 

These pages are meant to give a foundation to discuss the challenges of preserving our ancestors’ resting places and give direction in formalizing an approach to maintaining or in many cases saving these sites."

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While all of these instructions may not exactly fit a particular cemetery's situation, the information presented can serve as a foundation - meaning basis - and general guide that would apply to most cemeteries, and the grave markers in them, with regard to their needs. 

Categories include.:

SOURCE DOCUMENTS:

Where to Start

• Stopping the Hands of Time: Nine Steps for Cemetery Preservation
• Mourning Glory: Preserving Historic Cemeteries
• Preservation Matters: Post-disaster Care of Cemeteries
• American Institute for Conservation's Code of Ethics
• The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties

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Understanding the Cultural Landscape

• Preservation Matters: Post-disaster Care of Cemeteries
• Mourning Glory: Preserving Historic Cemeteries
• Clippings: Replacing Trees
• GIS Tools for Cemetery Management
• NCPTT Cemetery Survey Form

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Understanding Materials

• Preservation Matters: Post-disaster Care of Cemeteries
• Mourning Glory: Preserving Historic Cemeteries
• Recommendations for Government Issued Grave Markers
• Mortar, the Unsung Hero Of History

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Be sure to check out the "You Might Also Like"with links below to articles.  

One link of interest is the "Preserving Grave Markers in Historic Cemeteries (Preservation Brief #48)

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