These records document the design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's Paper Conservation Laboratory during 1979 and 1980 under the guidance of Konstanze Bachmann, Paper Conservator, and Elaine Evans Dee, Curator of Prints and Drawings. The files contain Dee's February 1975 proposal for the laboratory, and also include floor plans; lists of furnishings, equipment, and supplies; and price quotes. In addition, the records contain budget and cost estimates, correspondence with suppliers and contractors, and floor plan markups.

The records also document the first five years of the New York State Conservation Consultancy (NYSCC). The organization was an outgrowth of a program at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and was funded by grants from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Bachmann was Coordinator of the NYSCC from its inception in 1982 through 1987. The goal of the program was to encourage an awareness of the need for collections conservation in New York museums and historical societies. The program offered lectures and seminars on various aspects of conservation; free conservation surveys; bibliographies and lists of conservators and conservation suppliers; and free bulletins on conservation topics.

Records of the program contain the original NYSCC grant proposal submitted by Bachmann to the NYSCA in February 1981 and grant applications, budgets, grant reviews, and annual reports for each subsequent year through 1987. The files also include mailing lists; seminar information; program correspondence from 1981 to 1987; lists of conservation surveys conducted under NYSCA and NYSCC auspices from 1974 to 1986; and selected survey reports. In addition, the records contain copies of the first twenty NYSCC bulletins, as well as brochures and publicity materials.

Box 1 of 2

Paper Conservation Laboratory proposals, design, and construction records, 1975-1980

• Plans and Layouts
• Laboratory - Layout I
• Barton
• Elaine Dee, March 1986
• Duralab
• Hamilton
• David Fabricators
• Elaine Dee
• Laboratory - Elaine Dee
• Paper Lab - Letters to Farley
• Laboratory - Original Proposal
• Duralab - Farley
• Extra Bid Package
• Laboratory - Plan and Budget (1)
• Cost
• Keewaunee
• Furnishings

Records of the New York State Conservation Consultancy (NYSCC), 1974-1987

• NYSCA Legal
• NYSCA - Bibliographies - Conservation
• Bulletin Printing Dates
• Bulletins - NYSCA, 1986
• NYSCA Address Lists, 1984
• NYSCA Address Lists - Dead
• NYSCA Address Lists - Directory of Historical Societies and Agencies
• NYSCA Address Lists - Gallery Associates of NY State
• NYSCA - Goodbye Letter
• Prototypes for Xerox
• Service Organizations
• NYSCA Correspondence, 1982-1984 (2 folders)
• Correspondence, 1982-1986 (5 folders)
• NYSCA/NYSCC - Grant Applications and Budgets, 1981-1987 (5 folders)
• NYSCA Grant/Contract, 1981-1987 (6 folders)
• NYSCA Fan Letters, 1983-1987 (3 folders)
• Information Series - List of Bulletins
• NYSCC Financial/Grant Review, 1983-1986 (5 folders)
• NYSCC Annual Reports, 1982-1987 (5 folders)
• Past Surveys - Location of Reports

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• List of NYSCA-Funded Surveys in New York
• NYSCA Sample Reports
• NYSCA Surveys, 1974-1986 (8 folders)
• Seminar 1985 - Wyoming
• Seminar 1985 - Watertown
• Seminar Forms
• Seminars - Location List
• NYSCA Seminar - Buffalo Museum
• NYSCA Seminar 1987 - Watertown
• NYSCC Bulletins, Numbers 1-20
• Goodbye Letter
• Brochures
• NYSCA Advertisements
• NYSCA Brochure and Applicaiton, 1983
• NYSCA Brochure and Reminder Letter, 1984
• Brochure Changes, 1985
• NYSCA - Masters of All Printing