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2024

NEH Announces $33.8 Million for 260 Humanities Projects Nationwide
National Endowment for the Humanities
Jan 9, 2024

2023

Letters to the Editor: NYC Archives Digitized
Queens Gazette
Nov 22, 2023

Historic audio and visual media are now available online
TheBostonPilot.com
Oct 20, 2023

Curious 200-year-old manuscript of Irish lore found in Scituate. What we know
The Patriot Ledger

Digitizing and Printing the Burgert Brothers Ledger Books: A Case Study in High-Volume Facsimile Production
Expo Time! The International Magazine for Museum Professionals, pp. 76-99
Walker, Harrison D., and Sami Wright
Aug/Sept 2023 Double Issue

Southport’s Pequot Library Receives National Endowment GrantPatch
Sept 22, 2023

Three of Col. John Ashley’s Account Books Are about to Be Conserved for a Look into 1700s Life in South County
The Berkshire Eagle
Aug 11, 2023

Reprinted by permission of American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society. Pattison, Todd, “Conserving A View of West Point and Its Environs, 1782.” American Ancestors vol. 24, no. 2 (summer 2023). For more information about American Ancestors magazine visit AmericanAncestors.org.

The World’s Strangest Librarian, Part 2. – Origins 
Origins. Traceroute Episode 13 –
July 20, 2023

The World’s Strangest Librarian, Part 1. – Origins
Origins. Traceroute Episode 12 –
July 13, 2023

Williams College Making Efforts to Preser Found Documents
iBerkshires.com
July 3, 2023

1760s Proprietors Chart Successfully Restored by Chesterfield Historical Society
Brattleboro Reformer
June 4, 2023

Dig into History: Search the More than 140 Years of Yale Daily News Now Online
Yale Library
May 24, 2023

Boston Public Library Completes Digitization of Bedford's Earliest Record Books
The Bedford Citizen
May 3, 2023

Canton board hires public works foreman, sees restored record book
Sun Journal
Apr 28, 2023

From Makeshift to Mainstay: What Pandemic Adaptations Taught Libraries about Community Needs
American Libraries
Mar 1, 2023

APA Library & Archives Receives Grant To Preserve Unique Collection
Psychiatric News, vol. 58, no. 3, p. 15 (PDF)
Mar 2023

Preserving Pieces of the Past
The Andovers Magazine
Jan 25, 2023

2022

Thank You NEH, and NEDCC! 
The Newsletter of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1–2.
Fall 2022

Object Study
Williams College
Dec 19, 2022

Digitizing and Printing the Burgert Brothers Ledger Books: A Case Study in High-Volume Facsimile Production
Archiving Conference, IS&T Library
Walker, Harrison D., and Sami Wright.
June 6, 2022

Will Be Best Electric Road in the New England States’ - October 27, 1910
Nov 15, 2022

The 2022 IASA Conference in Mexico City: WNYC: New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
WNYC
Nov 3, 2022

SS Central America Treasure Heading to Sale Includes Notes
CoinWorld
Nov 21, 2022

Unexpected Common Triggers of Indoor Allergies
Health Digest, HealthDigest
Nov 11, 2022

Leading Citizens of Columbia County Returns to the Chatham Public Library
HudsonValley360
Nov 9, 2022

Banknotes Surface From Fabled S.S. Central America Sunken Treasure
CoinNews.net, et al. “Coinnews.net.” CoinNews
Nov 4, 2022

California State Library Awards $3.1 Million to Protect Local Cultural Heritage Collections from Disaster
California State Library
Nov 4, 2022

Unique New Jersey $3 Bank Note Surfaces from Fabled S.S. Central America Sunken Treasure
Numismatic News, Numismatic News
Nov 1, 2022

Understanding Antique Wallpaper Restoration
This Old House, Ask This Old House TV
Oct 31, 2022

This Old House.” S21 E5: Wallpaper Restore, Gutter Repairs
Ask This Old House TV
Oct 27, 2022

We the People: Conserving the State of Alabama’s Defining Documents.
Expo Time! The International Magazine for Museum Professionals, pp. 76-81.
Senior Conservator Kathryn Boodle
May/Aug 2022 Double Issue

Featured Collection: The Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection at the Univerity of Missouri-Kansas City
Derek Long, Radio Preservation Task Force
Washington, DC
July 19, 2022

New Hampshire's Revolutionary Treasure
New Hampshire Magazine
Manchester, MA
June 20, 2022

Salem council greenlights restoration work
The Salem News
Salem, MA
June 1, 2022

Gloucester native joins museum as it lands 1779 privateer's letter
Gloucester Daily Times
Gloucester, MA
May 31, 2022 

Custom House lands historic letter written by Newburyport privateer
The Daily News
Newburyport, MA
May 27, 2022

Stamford town clerk looks to restore city's historic books from a vault 'in shambles'
Stamford Advocate
Stamford, CT
May 9, 2022

Canton has first town vital records book professionally restored
Sun Journal
April 17, 2022

Piedmont University Receives Grant to Digitize More than 100 Recordings of Social Activist Lillian E. Smith
Matthew Teutsch, Director of Lillian E. Smith Center, Piedmont University
Demorest, GA
April 14, 2022

Boston City Archives Awarded Recordings at Risk Grant
City of Boston
Boston, MA
April 11, 2022

Sound Archives Preserves 1940s Radio Broadcasts
University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries
Kansas City, MO
April 1, 2022

Introducing New NEDCC Preservation Specialist in Western United States
Society of California Archivists Newsletter, page 10
Sacramento, CA
April 1, 2022

Vernon "Dr. Daddy-O" Winslow Broadcast Recordings are Newly Digitized for Online Access
Tulane University Libraries
New Orleans, LA
March 8, 2022

Andover Conservation Center receives $350,000 from NEH
AndoverTownsman
Andover, MA
January 31, 2022

Essentials: What Tapes to Use for Art and Conservation
ARTNews
January 19, 2022

Stamford recognizes, honors city's Indigenous inhabitants: 'Wiping away... tears from both sides'
Westport News
Norwalk, CT
January 4, 2022

2021

Sisters' Online Memories Open Window to History, Their Lives
Indiana Gazette
Indiana, PA
October 21, 2021

Moseley Map Restoration is Complete
Chowan Herald
Edenton, NC
September 30, 2021

Hatchets, hoes, and mirrors: Deed shows how colonists bought Stamford
Stamford Advocate
Stamford, CT
July 23, 2021

Hamilton French, Mary. "Honoring the Past While Preparing for the Future: Conservation of a 15th Century Manuscript" Expo Time! The International Magazine for Museum Professionals, pp. 65–72., https://doi.org/https://www.museumaktuell.de/index.php?site=expoTime&TM=5&lang=DE.
Apr/Jun 2021 Double Issue

IRENE audio preservation at the Northeast Document Conservation Center: Developing workflows and standards for preservation projects that use innovative technology
By Julia Hawkins and Bryce Roe
Journal of Digital Media Management, Vol. 9, 3 pg. 262-278
©Henry Stewart Publications 2047-1300 (2021)

Video - Conservation Treatment of an 1850s Town Record Book
Insider Magazine - Refurbished
April 2021

Video - Conservation Treatment of the Rhode Island State Archives' 1777 Declaration of Independence
RI State Archives - YouTube
April 2021

How A 90-Year-Old Photograph Is Professionally Conserved 
Insider Magazine - Refurbished
February 2021

Huber, Terra. "Conservation Treatment and Digitization of Posters for the Exhibition 'Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris'" Expo Time! The International Magazine for Museum Professionals, pp. 52-59., https://doi.org/https://www.museumaktuell.de/index.php?site=expoTime&TM=5&lang=DE.
Dec 2020/Jan 2021 Double Issue

2020

NEDCC with Preservation Specialist Sean Ferguson
South Carolina State Library - LibraryVoicesSC Podcast, Episode 131
December 22, 2020

Vermont Jazz Center Swings On
The Commons
Windham County, VT
November 25, 2020

300 Years and one fire later, Billerica's deed has a makeover
Wicked Local Billerica
August 6, 2020

Be My Guests 
Featuring the Guest Book of Red Roof, Gloucester, MA, recently conserved and digitized at NEDCC
Historic New England Magazine, Voll. 20, No. 3, Page 12
Winter 2020

Hatchets, Hoes, and Mirrors: Deed Shows How Colonists Bought Stamford
City Races to Save Original 1640 Deed Founding Stamford
Stamford Advocate
Stamford, CT
July 23, 2020

Secretary Gorbea Announces New Home for State Archives, Preserving Rhode Island
EINPressWire
Washington, DC
July 14, 2020

How SC preserved some of its most important documents
The Post and Courier
Charleston, SC
May 24, 2020

Local archivists urge residents to help document COVID-19
Mountain Express
Ashville, NC
May 1, 2020

NEDCC to Participate in NEH Held in Trust: A National Convening on Conservation and Preservation
April 16, 2020

Dozens of Historic Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Available Online
(Conserved and Digitized by NEDCC)
Smithsonian Magazine
February 12, 2020

After a Facelift, Oregon's 1857 Constitution on Display at Capitol
Salem Reporter, Salem, OR
February 4, 2020

Grants Help Preserve Archives at Oakland University
C&G Newspapers Online
January 29, 2020

Using the Past to Inform the Future: An Interview with SWE Archivist Troy Eller English
Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers
January 28, 2020

7 Massachusetts projects awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grants
Boston Globe 
January 17, 2020

2019
Preserving South Carolina's State Constitutions
South Carolina Department of Archives and History blog
November 29, 2019

OU Libraries Awarded Grants to Preserve Archives and Special Collections
Oakland University News
November 18, 2019
Rochester, MI

We the People Exhibition - Conservation Treatment at NEDCC of the State's Founding Documents
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Video - YouTube 
November 2019

Monique Fischer Discusses Care and Preservation of Photographic Materials
Snap Shots, Photographic Historical Society of New England
November, 2019

Preserving the Past - Andover group that protects historic artifacts gets 30K from state
Andover Townsman
October 24, 2019

Oregon's Original Constitution Coming to Baker City This Month
Baker City Herald, Oregon
September 3, 2019

We the People: Alabama's Defining Documents
Alabama Public Radio
July 5, 2019

Alabama's Constitutions Now in Huntsville, On Display for the First Time
WAFF48 TV News
June 26, 2019

Future Exhibits Travel Back in Time - Alabama Constitutions on Display at Huntsville Museums of Art
The Redstone Rocket
Decatur, AL
May 29, 2019

Learning Through Listening: Susan Harjo's "Seeing Red" Radio Shows Preserved
Albuquerque Journal
Santa Fe, NM
May 19, 2019

The Language of Flowers: 19th Century Literary Genre Offered Opportunities for Women Writers of Natural History
Biodiversity Heritage Library
April 2019

MSU Digitizes Endangered Citizens Council Radio Tapes
Jackson Free Press
Jackson, Mississippi
April 11, 2019

MFA Boston and Boston Public Library Organize Exhibition of Rarely Seen Works by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
ArtFix Daily
April 3, 2019

A Documented Look Into Marist's Past
Marist Circle
Poughkeepsie, NY
March 15, 2019

Important Piece of American History is Being Brought to Plymouth England 
The Second Pierce Patent, dating back to 1621, is one of the most important documents in Anglo-American history
PlymouthLive (UK)
February 26, 2019

Emergency Preparedness in the Arts: A Team Approach
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
February 15, 2019

2018

Protecting Paperbacks: A Primer
Book and Paper Fairs Blog
December 20, 2018

Sisters of Charity Archivist Cataloging History at Seton Hill
TribLive
Greensburg, PA
November 1, 2018

Time Capsule Discovered in Swampscott
NBC10 Boston TV
August 10, 2018

In Swampscott, 124-year-old- Time Capsule Unearthed
Wicked Local Marblehead
August 7, 2018

Preserving a Hidden History: NEDCC Photograph Conservation Training for Central and Eastern European Professionals 
IIC News in Conservation, Issue 67, p. 14
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
August 2018

Rare Stanley Brothers Disc One Step Closer to Restoration
Bluegrass Today
July 31, 2018

Manchester Attic Home to 'Lost' Navajo Treaty
Gloucester MA Times
July 31, 2018

Disc Delivered to NEDCC!  and   Scotty is on his Way to NEDCC!  
Videos about NEDCC's Work on the Rare Stanley Brothers Transcription Disc 
Birthplace of Country Music Museum Blog
July 2018

I Can Hear You! 1938 Indigenous Recordings Preserved in Ontario Museum
CTV News Canada
July 5, 2018

Recording Rediscovery Brings Past to Life
Western University News, Ontario Canada
June 7, 2018

Westford Man Helps Preserve History of First Parish and of the Community
Wicked Local Westford
June 29, 2018

Grant Supports 240 Hours of Folk Song Digitization for the World Music Archives
Wesleyan University, News @ Wesleyan
June 8, 2018

Tape is Ruining Priceless Art. This New Gel Can Fix It.
National Geographic
May 23, 2018

Historic Photos Examined - Photograph Conservator Looks Over Margaret Bourke-White Works  
The Times-News, Lafayette, Lanett, Valley, West Point
April 13, 29018

Vote to Preserve Rare Stanley Brothers Record
Bluegrass Today
January 16, 2018

Middleboro World War 2 posters owned by local American Legion reviewed at Northeast Document Conservation Center
South Coast Today - Middleboro, MA
January 13, 2018

2017

Document Conservation Center Wins $28K Grant
Andover Townsman
November 30, 2017

Oregon Constitution No Longer Tattered, Fading After Months-long Restoration
Oregon Statesman Journal
November 7, 2017

NEDCC's Preservation 101
Rockefeller Archives Digital Team Blog - Bits and Bytes
September 20, 2017

How to Salvage Photographs and Video Ruined in a Flood
Today.com
September 9, 2017

Kennedy Family Collection Nitrate Negatives: A Centennial Digitization Initiative
Archivally Speaking: An Inside Look at the JFK Library Archives
May 3, 2017

Working Against the Clock to Preserve Time-based Media
The Mellon Foundation
March 30, 2017

Saving At-Risk Audiovisual Materials
American Libraries Magazine
March 2017

Westborough Library Thanks 'Scanning Day' Contributors
Westborough MA Patch
February 15, 2017

Document Center Awarded State and Federal Grants
Andover Townsman
February 2, 2017

Conserving Coca-Cola Wall Sign Photography  
Video - Coca-Cola Journey website
February, 1, 2017

From Dustpan to Daguerreotype 
UMass Fiske Center Blog
January 30, 2017

NH's State Library: Started 300 years ago with two books, it's America's oldest such institution
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 29, 2017

2016
Like a Graphaphone Speaker from the Past - 
IRENE Images Wax Cylinder Recordings of the Washington Cornet Band, Circa 1900
E.Missourian.com
December 19, 2016

When an Unplayable Record Preserves a Long-lost Language
The Creators Project 
December 13, 2016

Items Conserved, Loaned for Mount Washington Exhibition 
New Hampshire Historical Society Newsletter 
Fall 2016

Rare Book from Northeastern Archives Selected for 'Illuminated Manuscripts' Display
News @ Northeastern University
Boston, MA
November 15, 2016

After 70-year-old records come to light, technology lets voices of Attu be heard again  
Alaska Dispatch News
October 17, 2016

Saving Horace Trumbauer From 91 Inches of Tape
Preservation Underground - Dispatches from the Duke University Library and Archives
September 27, 2016

Zena's Flyer: A Phone Call Leads to a Discovery for Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall Blog Post
September 19, 2016

Senator L'Italien Tours Andover Document Center
Andover Townsman
Andover, MA
June 16, 2016

A Sonic Boom - IRENE Ends a Century of Silence
American Way Magazine, Page 81
American Airlines
April 2016

Church's Photographic Mural Has a Unique Family Story
Andover Townsman
April 14, 2016

Rescuing the Logbooks of 19th Century Whaling Ships
Hyperallergic
March 22, 2016

One Man's Junk is the Texas General Land Office's Treasure: Conserving a Donated Map
Texas GLO
January 7, 2016

2015

Conlon Photos Become Truly Timeless
Donor Support Extends Shelf Life of Charles Conlon's Images of Baseball's Earliest Heroes
National Baseball Hall of Fame
December, 2, 2015

Time Savers
Northshore Magazine
December, 2015

Archdiocesan Archive Begins to Repair Sacramental Registers
Echoes
October 30, 2015

Andover Document Center Awarded State Grant
Andover Townsman
October 8, 2015

New Cache of Vassariana - Glass Plate Negative Collection Discovered
Vassar College Hub
September, 2015

Restored Whaling Logbooks Return to the Martha's Vineyard Museum, Explained
Martha's Vineyard Times
September 16, 2015

To Hear History: High-Tech Project Will Restore Recorded Native Americans Voices
UC Berkeley - Cal Alumni Association Magazine
August 27, 2015

The North American Indian - Restoration
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
July 23, 2015

Ghostly Voices from Thomas Edison's Talking Dolls Can Now Be Heard!
New York Times
Monday, May 4, 2015

Bryn Mawr College Receives Funding to Restore Major Japanese Artwork
Bryn Mawr "In the News"
Monday, April 13, 2015

South Carolina's Oldest Historical Document Conserved
Associated Press
Sunday, March 29, 2015

2014

At Harvard, Technology Resurrects Long-Silent Voices of Poets
WBUR / NPR Radio Story
Friday, November 28, 2014

Sagamore Hill's Original Wallpaper Hung - Restoration on Pace for July Opening
Newsday
Nassau, Long Island, NY
November 6, 2014

Technology Brings Grandfather's Voice, War Stories Back to Life for San Francisco Man
NBC TV News - Bay Area Proud
San Francisco, CA
October, 2014

Now what?!! Smart Solutions for Life's Little Disasters
Real Simple Magazine
September, 2014

Happy Birthday, Boston. Here's the city's oldest document
Boston Globe
Boston, MA
September 19, 2014

2013

Negatives Prove Positive Donation
New Hampshire Sunday News
Manchester, NH
December 21, 2013

Berkeley Lab’s Carl Haber: A genius in our midst
Berkeleyside
Berkeley, CA
December 16, 2013

Nichols House Museum Awarded Prestigious Grant
Beacon Hill Times
Boston, MA
September 17, 2013

Original Wilbraham Charter to be Put on Display at Old Meeting House
MassLive.com
June 13, 2013

Hingham 1665 Town Deed to be Preserved
Hingham (MA) Journal
June 6, 2013

Alexander Graham Bell Speaks, and 2013 Hears His Voice
Reuters UK
April 29, 2013

NEDCC to Help Preserve Historic Recordings
Andover Townsman
January 24, 2013

Edgar Allen Poe Daguerreotype Treated at NEDCC
Brown University – Digital Production Services, Curio
January 17, 2013

2012

The Work Is Underway: Carnegie Hall's Digital Archives Project
Carnegie Hall blog
December 21, 2012

Adopt-an-Artifact: Help Preserve Nashua NH History
Nashua Telegraph
December 1, 2012

Carnegie Hall's Archives Begins Digitizing
Carnegie Hall blog
October 12, 2012

Preserver of Photos, Document Earns New State Grant
Andover Townsman
October 11, 2012

Adopt-an-Artifact Program Benefits Nashua Historical Society
Nashua, NH Telegraph
October 11, 2012

How to: Store Boxes of Papers in the Attic
Washington Post
February 8, 2012

2011

Mayor Menino Announces Lincoln Sketch Hung in Historic Faneuil Hall
June 22, 2011

Ask Martha: Cookbooks Damaged by Water
Martha Stewart Living
December 2011

Historical Societies Protect Local Culture from Natural Disasters
Mystic River Historical Society and the Ebenezer Avery House Ready their Disaster Plans
Stonington-Mystic Patch
Mystic, CT
November 17, 2011

International Visitors Learn to Preserve History
Andover Townsman
Andover, MA
October 20, 2011

The Hunt for Hemingway
Vanity Fair
October 2011

UNCOVERING THE PAST
Conservation of a Time Capsule Found in Derry, Northern Ireland
By Kristi Westberg, NEDCC Assistant Book Conservator
ICON News - The Magazine of the Institute of Conservation
London, England
September, 2011

Saving Scrapbooks from the Scrap Heap
New York Times
New York
August 5, 2011

US Expert Lauds Cuban Professionalism
Cubaheadlines
Havana, Cuba
June 20, 2011

Restoring History
The Emporia Gazette
Emporia, Kansas
June 15, 2011

Local Man Seeks to Lessen Impact of Disasters on Cultural Artifacts
Hamilton-Wenham Patch
Wenham, MA
June 12, 2011

Curators, conservators pore over treasure trove of neighborhood photos
Staten Island Advance
Staten Island, NY
April 28, 2011

Grant Helps Restore Damaged Barnum Circus Posters
Connecticut Post
Bridgeport, CT
April 24, 2011

Book Squad 911 – When your library's underwater, who you gonna call?
Boston Phoenix
Boston, MA
March 16, 2011

NEMA blogs about a recent visit to NEDCC
New England Museum Association blog
March 17, 2011

Conservators Preserve Ancient Documents for Future Generations
Cabinet Press
Nashua, NH
March 17, 2011

A Museum Isn't Rebuilt Every Minute
New York Times – Art and Design
New York
February 17, 2011

Preservation Survey Being Conducted at the Archives
Royal Gazette Online
Hamilton, Bermuda
February 17, 2011

Community Preservation Grant Activity
Orleans Historical Society website
Orleans, MA
January 2011

Rejuvenation Center — Business conserves documents, keepsakes
The Nashua Telegraph
Nashua, NH
Sunday, January 16, 2011

2010

Bermudian Archivist Elected to Caribbean Board
BERNEWS – Bermuda's Multimedia News & Culture Magazine
Hamilton, Bermuda
December 9, 2010

Document restoration takes patience, artistry
Boston Globe
Boston, MA
November 4, 2010

Pride and Penmanship: 
Methuen Preserves Priceless Link to Robert Frost
Boston Globe
Boston, MA
November 4, 2010

Lincoln Archives — Saving Vital Records
The Lincoln Journal
Lincoln, MA
October 14, 2010

Connecting to Collections: A Report to the Nation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
NEDCC's dPlan™ is mentioned on page 32 in the story
about Rhode Island's Connecting to Collections disaster-planning initiative.
October 2010

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
receives grant to have 15 historic maps conserved
State Journal Register
Springfield, IL
September 30, 2010

Uncovered: American War of Circus Posters
The Art Newspaper
London
Issue 215 July–August 2010
(Article was picked up by
The Huffington Post
August 10, 2010)

Andover nonprofit is helping preserve Hemingway work
Lawrence Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, MA
May 24, 2010

Big Top on Posters
The New York Times
Antiques
May 13, 2010