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Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York
MAY 2002 MEETING NOTICE

From Boats to Beaks: A Tour of the Binnenwater and Boathouse Restoration
in Prospect Park.

Join Julie Moffat, Rachel Keegan and Amy Peck for a tour of the
Binnenwater restoration project in Prospect Park ending with a reception
in the newly restored Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse  the
first urban Audubon Center in the country.  An exhibition  curated by
Rachel Keegan - documenting the history of the Boathouse will be available
for viewing.  We will begin the tour in front of the Picnic House in
Prospect Park and walk through the restored Ravine, the Binnenwater
project and end up at the Boathouse.  If time permits we will also walk by
a rustic arbor (from the Park's original design) that is in the midst of
being rebuilt according to historic photographs. If you would like to
bring binoculars you may even see the hawks in addition to the many other
birds that make Prospect Park their home.

The Archives' goal is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to the
public, free of charge, those records which promote an understanding and
appreciation of the restoration and preservation of this historic
Park.  Literally every restoration project completed in Prospect Park
since 1990 has relied heavily upon the use of historic photos and
plans.  This tour will explain the innovative role the Archives plays in
the reconstruction/restoration process.  The Prospect Park Archives are an
invaluable tool to Prospect Park's landscape architects, engineers,
architects, and historic preservationists, and serve to enhance the
quality of current and future restoration projects.  In addition, the
collections have important historical research value for outside landscape
architects, urban planners, architects, historians, as well as writers,
filmmakers, scholars, and the general public.

Julie Moffat was the Archivist/Historian for the Prospect Park Alliance
from 1999 through the beginning of May 2002.  Prior to this position, Ms.
Moffat worked for five years as the archivist for the Brooklyn Collection
of the Brooklyn Public Library.  Ms. Moffat has also worked as a
researcher and writer for the International Center of Photography and as a
curatorial assistant for the Public Art Fund Inc.  She holds a Master's
degree in Art History and Museum Studies from the City University of New
York and an undergraduate degree in Art History from McGill University
(Montreal, Canada.)  In 1998 she attended, on scholarship, the Modern
Archives Institute in Washington, D.C.  Julie is now working for the
Winthrop Group as a consultant.

Rachel Keegan joined the Archives staff at the Prospect Park Alliance as
Assistant Archivist/Records Manager in 2001.  Her primary responsibility
has been to establish a records management program for the Park.  Ms.
Keegan received a Master of Science in Library and Information Science
with a concentration in Archival Management and a Master of Arts in
History from Simmons College.  Prior to this position she worked as
archivist at the Schlesinger Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections in Boston,
Massachusetts; and the American Jewish Historical Society in Manhattan,
New York.

Amy Peck, a part-time assistant at the Prospect Park Archives since fall
2000, catalogues images for the archive's database, handles research
requests and provides photo documentation of the Park.  With a
professional background in book publishing, Amy was the Periodicals
Manager at the American Bible Society Library and has a B.A. in English
from Oberlin College.

DATE:   Wednesday May 15th, 2002

TIME:   6:00 pm  tour.  Reception following the tour.
PLACE:  The Picnic House, Prospect Park

        DIRECTIONS:     By subway: Take the 2, 3 to Grand Army
Plaza.  Walk along Plaza Street  West to Prospect Park West PPW);
continue along PPW to the Litchfield Villa (between 4th and
5th        Streets.) Or take the F to 7th Avenue Station at 9th
Street.  Walk along 9th Street to Prospect         Park West turn left
and walk down to the Litchfield Villa.  By LIRR: To the Flatbush
Avenue     Station.  Follow directions above.   Once you reach the
Litchfield Villa turn into the parking  lot and continue walking straight
into the Park across the main drive until you see the Picnic  House,
which is a red brick building. We will be meeting outside of the Picnic House.

FEE:            ART Members $3.  Non-members $5.
RSVP:      By Monday May 13th Mindy Gordon, gordonm@mail.rockefeller.edu
or telephone (914) 366-6350.  Please remember hosting a meeting represents
a financial and meeting space commitment on the part of our hosts.  Please
be reasonably sure you can attend the meeting before responding.

For additional information and a map of Prospect Park please
visit:  http://www.prospectpark.org

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