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HomeMy WebLinkAboutYell Historic Preservation BdYELLOWSTONE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD PO BOX 1178 BILLINGS MT 59103 tZ MEMORANDUM TO: Bud Johnson, Mayor, City of Laurel FROM: John Walsh, Historic Preservatio fficer Yellowstone Historic Preservatio Board SUBJECT: Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board Members DATE: January 4, 2002 The Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board recommends that Ann Ferguson and Anne Foster be appointed to the Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board, representing the City of Billings, the City of Laurel, Yellowstone County and the Crow Tribe in Yellowstone County. Miss Ferguson has just completed her second 2-year term on the Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board and has applied for an additional 2-year term. Ann is a member of the Yellowstone Historic Society and has a home business, Montana Lineage Search, specializing in Montana family research. Anne Foster is currently the Director for the Huntley Project Museum and has more than seven years professional experience in the museum field. The Joint Resolution between the City of Billings, the City of Laurel, Yellowstone County, and the Crow Tribe for the Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board requires that five (5) of the nine (9) members on the Board be appointed jointly by the four governing bodies - Billings, Laurel, Yellowstone County, and the Crow Tribe. It also requires that three of these five joint positions have professional expertise in the disciplines of history, planning, archeology, architectural history or other historic preservation-related discipline such as cultural geography or cultural anthropology, or own a historic property, serve on a local Preservation Board, or serve on the Laurel or Yellowstone County Planning Board. Both Miss Ferguson and Miss Foster meet this requirement. Your prompt review and consideration of this recommendation is appreciated. A copy of the applications of Miss Ferguson and Miss'Foster are attached. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 657-8286. ?a. w.tio?w File: do\Word D0csVohn\YHP13113oard appointment recommendation 010402 BOARD APP. LIGATION FORM. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA -Ai" Ij 6EiQrsyS0 N HOMEPHONE: y4lo-2YrP- ADDRESS: ??? L .eev is v L _ WORK PHONE- CITY.- f?/wgS?J ESTATE- ?/TZIp: urn/0? BUSINESS OR JOB: R1 /i reap - BOARD OR COMMISSION. APPLIED FOR: ?? ??? lam! r?eJ AP Please describe your experience or background that you believe quardies you.for service on this Board or Commission (attach additional sheets ff needed): Why do you wish to serve on this Board or Commission? OFFICE USE ONLY: APPOINTED: YES_ NO- DATE TERM EXPIRATION DATE: DEC 9 p 2001 (Circle one) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT TERRA NO: Additional Information that you feel is pertinat (attach.addiflonal sheets If needed): Return application to: Board of County Commissioners P,O. Box 35000 Billings, MT 59107=5000 YELLOWSTONE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD P.O. Box 1178 Billings, MT 59103 (406) 657-8280 TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE Please complete the following and return it to the appropriate governmental entity you are applying to: City of Billings City Administrator's Office 210 North 27th Street Billings, MT 59101 NAME: AM FERGUSCN Yellowstone Countv County Commissioners' Office County Courthouse - 4th Floor Billings, MT 59101 ADDRESS: 17 King Arthur Dr., Billings MT 59105 TELEPHONE: 406-256-3643 Home rpslMnnfana cf? lneage ?. r OCCUPATION: R Describe your experience and/or background, including arty past preservation experience which you believe qualifies you for service on this Board. (Attach additional pages if necessary.) Supported effort to save Billings old Chamber of Commerce building Bid to restore historic building in Helena Member of: Yellowstone Historical Society, Y81 tone Corral of Westerners, Eastr Montana Pioneers Societ Yellowstone Genealogy Forum MSU-Bozeman BS degree with major in history to do Montana family research n opy o a memorandum briefly explaining the purpose of the Board is attached. You should be cautioned that if a subject is presented for discussion to the Board where a member has a conflict of interest, that Board member should excuse oneself from that discussion and abstain from voting. If appointed to serve on this Board, you are appointd for two years. If you miss nass three {3) consecutive meetings without an excuse, you may be removed from the Board. This Board meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 12:00 noon on Fourth Floor of the Pannly Library, 510 North Broadway. Signature ' .mow.. ..?.?aa Ill, "1;0 I BOARD APPLICATION FORM Nov 1 5 2001 YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA NAME: A nm 1-DS74.,f- HOMEPHONE: Oc)b -55-95 ADDRESS: & L/43 07 ea Sr -WORK PHONE: 3y9 - dS a3 CITY: _W dr6("1'0 STATE: mT zIP: Sri C/0 8 f BUSINESS OR JOB: Y J I f e BOARD OR COMMISSION APPLIED FOR: W i slim G -Pt -42 w'y?ol fdyi Please describe your experience or background that you believe qualifies you for service on this- Board or Commission (attach additional sheets if needed): Why do you wish to serve on this Board or Commission? Additional information that is pertinent (attach additional sheets if needed): Return application to: Board of County Commissioners P.O. Box 35000 Billings, MT 59107-5000 OFFICE USE ONLY: APPOINTED: YES NO TERM EXPIRATION DATE: ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT TERM NO: (Circle one) . ANNE L. FOSTER 2483 2°d St., Worden MT 59088 (406) 220-5595 annelfoster@yahoo.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture, Huntley, Montana Museum Director (Aug. 2001-present) • Responsible for all aspects of managing museum with twelve historic buildings on 10.4 acres. • Writing policies, procedures, manuals, and forms pertaining to collection management, preservation, exhibition, marketing, fundraising, membership, and educational programs. • Training and supervising students and volunteers. • Arranging, preserving, and cataloguing collections of archival materials, photographs, and artifacts. • Researching, writing, designing and mounting exhibits. • Conceptualizing, organiziag,-and hosting public programs, including a lecture series, workshops, children's classes, and a summer camp. • Wrote successful $43,415 grant to complete construction and famish new Museum Center. • Researching, writing, and publishing historical and professional articles and archival finding aids • Researching, writing, and presenting professional papers, workshops, and public lectures. Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana Traveling Archivist (Sept 2000-July 2001; eleven-month grant appointment) • Consulted with local museums, historical societies, organizations, and government offices regarding the creation and management of archrival repositories. • Wrote policies, procedures, manuals, and forms pertaining to collection management, preservation; records managemen? and research. ' • Trained and supervising staff; studens, and volunteers. • Made recommendations concerning facility design, donation and accessioning procedures, and collections management including storage standards, preservation techniques, cataloging methods, registration software, security measures, researcher access, records retention, and exhibition. • Developed guidelines and policies for digital imaging conversion project, scanned documents, indexed contents, and created metadata records. • Arranged, preserved, described, and cataloged collections of personal papers, organizational records, and business archives related to local history and Montana. • Researched, wrote, and published historical and professional articles and archival finding aids. • Researched, wrote, and presented workshops, and public lectures. Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College NHPRC Fellow in Archival Administration (Sept 1999-Sept. 2000; one-year award) • Researched and designed a management model for operating the new, 38,500 square foot repository: assessed the Center's current operations, drafted job descriptions, booked traveling exhibit, conducted a best practice survey, and compiled and analyzed researcher,. collection, and websrte statistics. • Researched and made recommendations concerning security, access, and preservation needs in the building's design and construction. • Conducted detailed assessment of Center's reference services, including visitors' survey and statistical analysis, and reported results. 3 Resume of Anne L. Foster • Trained and supervised six student workers and seven Elderhostel volunteers. • Co-authored grant applications that resulted in more than $12,000 awarded; wrote narrative reports. • Researched and made recommendations for acquiring legal title to the Center's undocumented collections and abandoned loans. • Arranged, preserved, described, and cataloged collections. • Taught components of two: college-level courses, Archival Theory and Practice and Oral History, supervised ipracticum classes, and assisted with evaluation and grading. • Researched, wrote, and published articles, reports, archival finding aids and forms, and news releases. • Researched, wrote, and presented professional papas and public lectures. Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona Assistant Archivist (Sept 1996-Aug. 1999) • Created, organized, and managed the Northern Arizona Conference of Historical Organizations (NACHOI), an opportunity for new or developing historical societies to receive professional training and for emerging scholars to present research papers. • Organized and managed special events, programs, and lectures. • Appraised, acquired, and served as donor liaison for manuscript collections. • Trained and supervised one technical sta$ one student intern; and ten volunteers. • Provided reference services and supervised research room; answered written, electronic, and telephone research requests • Arranged, preserved, described, and catalogued collections. • . Taught archives component of museum studies course at Presdott College. • Co-edited-weekly historical series, "Days Past," in Prescott's newspaper, The Daily Cormier:. • Researched, wrote, and published historical and professional articles, archival finding aids and forms, exhibit text, and news releases. • Researched, wrote, and presented professional papas and public lectures. • Contributed to the Museum's educational mission and ministration: Sharlot Hall Award Committee, chair (1997-1999); Rose Garden Committee, chair (1998- 1999); member (1996-1999), Accessions Committee (1996-1999); Living History Group (1997-1999); Blue Rose Historical Theater (1998-1999); Exhibits Committee (1996-1998); Search Committee-Curator of Anthropology (1997-1998); Publications Committee (1996- 1994- Archives and Manuscripts Department, University of Maryland at College Park Program Analyst (Jan. 1996 to Aug. 1996) and Graduate Assistant (Feb. 1995 to Dec. 1995) • Conceptualized and mounted exhibit: "Love for the Black and Gold: the Lacrosse Legacy of Jack Faber" • Trained and supervised two student workers, six volunteers, and one intern. • Provided reference services as part of the Maryland Room services team; answered written and telephone research requests. • Arranged, preserved, and described collections; wrote finding aids. 2 Resume of Anne L. Foster EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION: Academy of Certified Archivists, Albany, New York Certified Archivist, 2000 UniwmskyofMaryland, College Park, Maryland M.L.S. with an archives concentration, 1995 Montana State Univwsdy, Bozeman, Montana B.A. with Highest Honors, major in history with a minor in political science, 1992 MSU and chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence for the Dept of History and Philosophy, 1992. CONTINUING EDUCATION: "Photograph Identification and Preservation," Montana History Conference, October 2000. "Management in Archives," Society ofAmerican Archivists, August 2000 (0.5 CEU). "Paper Conservation," Colorado-Wyoming Museum Association, August 2000. "Paintings Conservation," Colorado-Wyoming Museum Association, August 2000. "Introduction to Digitization," Colorado Digitization Project, April 2000. "Business Administration 437: Marketing and Management of Services," Fort Lewis College, Winter 2000 (4 credits). "Business Administration 301: Organizational Behavior," Fort Lewis College, Fall 1999 (4 credits). "Web Page Design," workshop, Center for histructional Technology, Fort Lewis College, November 1999. "Basic Cataloging Workshop," Arizona Dept of Library, Archives, and Public Records, August 1999. "History 555: Comparative Women's History," Arizona State University, Fall 1998 (3 grad. credits). "Digitization & Arizona Archives," Arizona Papa and Photography Conservation Group, Nov. 1998. "Disaster Recovery," Arizona PaperNand Photography Conservation Group, May 1998. "Fabricating Exhibit Reproductions," Arizona Paper and Photo. Conservation Group, Nov. 1997. "Grant Writing," Arizona Humanities Council, March 1997. "Photo Identification and Houses with Siegfmid Rempel," Arizona Paper and Photography Conservation Group, October 1996. GRANTS WRITTEN: - • $43,415 from Montana Department of Commercelrravel Montana (August 2001) to complete conslruction,.fiumsh; and install exhibits in the Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture's new Museum Center. • Peer reviewer, National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). • $10,000 from the Colorado Digitization Project (December 1999) for the Center of Southwest Studies to participate as a Primary Partner in the two-year $499,999 grant that the Colorado Digitization Project (CDP) received from the hvstitute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) (co-authored, with Todd Ellison). • $2,372 from the Colorado State Historic Fund (October 1999) to fund a Historic Structure Assessment of the College's Fiesta Omnibus (co-authored, with Todd Ellison). • $3,000 from the Arizona Humanities Council (May 1999) for the Stinson Pioneer Museum in Snowflake, Arizona, to collect and preserve archival collections. Served as Humanities Scholar. Resume of Anne L. Foster PUBLICATIONS: Articles written: Museum Musings, Yellowstone County News (Huntley, Mont). "Rahl," October 19, 2001. With Katlue Otto. "Montana's Traveling Archivist Project" In Annotations: Newsletter of the National Archives and Records Administration, Spring 2001. -The Right Kind of a Girl': Pauline M. O'Neill." In Rough Writings: Perspectives on Buckey OWet14 Pauline M OWeill, and Roosevelt's Rough Riders, compiled by Janet Lovelady, 32-47. Prescott, AZ: Sharlot Hall Museum Press, 1998. With Lauren Brown and Timothy Mahoney. "Treasures ofthe United Brotherhood ofCarpenters and Joiners of America: Memorabilia and Historical Records at the University of Maryland." Labor's Heritage 9, no. I (Summer 1997): 46-59. "[Subject Index to ConservatioNews, volume 1, Number 1(May 1981)- Volume 16, Number 2 (June 1996)]." ConservatioNews 16, no. 2: 1-15. "A Good, Sensible Woman: Ellen Trent Story." In Women ofMoutana Essays, 1981-1985, edited by Diane Sands. Missoula, Montana: Moving Press, 1986. Special contributor, Days Past series, The Llady Courier (Prescott, Ariz.) j "The Truth Behind Ladies Night on Whiskey Row," September 2, 2001 "Victorian weddings flowers, ice cream and a roundup," March 18, 2001 "Another Prescott Tradition may be `the World's Oldest'," June 25, 2000. "Prescott was Slow to Adopt Mother's Day," May 14, 2000 "'Ladies of the Garden': a Celebration of Women," September 2, 1999. Mare Was A Lot More to Pauline O'Neill than Buckey," July 19, 1998. "A Wife's Tribute to Buckey O'Neill," June 21, 1998. "Memorial Garden Honors Arizona's Pioneer Women," March 1, 1998. Introduction, "Sharlot Hall's Words Told of a Bleak Time in Her Life," January 26, 1997. "Take Steps to Preserve Mementos from Effects of Time," January 19, 1997. Exhibitions curated. With Norm Tessma" and others. "1898: Arizona Goes to. War," Sharot Hall museum, 1998. With Norm Tessman and others. "The View from Thumb Butte" Sharlot Hall Museum, 1997. "Women's History Month: Djuna Barnes and Katherine Anne Porter," University of Maryland Libraries, 1996. With Debby Volk. "Love for the Black and Gold: the Lacrosse Legacy of Jack Faber," Maryland Room, University of Maryland Libraries, 1995. 4 Resume of Anne L. Foster PAPERS: Professional papers: "Three's Company: When an Archives, Museum and Library are Under One Roof," Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists, Denver CO, June 2000. "Pauline M. O'Neill in the Arizona Legislature," Arizona Hsistorical Convention, Prescott AZ, April 1999. "Resources for New and Developing Museums: the Northern Arizona Conference of Historical Organizations," Museum Association of Arizona, FlagstaffAZ, April 1998. Pablic presentations: "Preserving Your Family Mementos," Yellowstone GenealogyForum, Billings MT, OcL 2001. Cascade County Historical Society, Great Falls MT, Jan. 2001.. Sons ofthe American Revolution, Prescott AZ, June 1999. Prescott Chapter, Lions International, Prescott AZ, March 1998. Yavapai Chapter, Daughters ofthe American Revolution, Prescott AZ, March 1998. Northern Arizona Genealogy Society, Prescott AZ, September. 1997. Northern Arizona Genealogy Society Winter Workshop, Prescott AZ, January 1997. "Ballgowns in the 18004," Trois Riviere Writers Group, Farmington NM, August 2000. "N'mteenth Century Fashions," Trois Riviere Writers Group; Farmington NK July 2000. "Using the Internet for Genealogy," Prescott Family Mstory Center, Prescott AZ, February 1999. "[Genealogy Records at the] Sharlot Hall Museum," Northern Arizona Genealogy Society, Prescott AZ, September 1997. "Sharlot Hall and the Sharlot Hlail Museum," Lydia Circle Women's Group, United Methodist Church, Prescott AZ, February 1997. PROFESSIONAL AC7rfVITIES: • Museums Association of Montana • Mountain-Plains Museum Association • National Trust for Historic Preservation • Academy of Certified Archivists • Society of American Archivists • The Northwest Archivists, Inc. • Arizona Paper and Photography Conservation Group, board member-membership (1998-1999) • Yavapai Heritage Foundation, board member (1998-19991 publications committee (1998-1999)