LOCAL CONSERVATORS, CONSERVATION FACILITIES

AND OTHER CONSULTANTS

Don't just throw it out! Those precious items that were flooded may be salvagable. Here is a list of Conservators or Conservation Facilities willing to give advice over the phone about salvage of flood damaged materials. Some do offer conservation services for a fee.

Architecture/Historic Buildings

David Arbogast, 701 Eastmoor Dr. Iowa City, IA. 52246 319-351-4601

Books, Libraries, Paper Items

Ivan Hanthorn, Iowa State University Library Preservation Dept. 515-294-8858

Nancy E. Kraft, University of Iowa Libraries, Preservation Dept., 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA 52240, 319-335-5286 nancy-e-kraft@uiowa.edu

Gary Frost, University of Iowa Libraries, Preservation Dept., 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA 52240, 319-335-5908 gary-frost@uiowa.edu

Jane Meggers, State Historical Society Library, Iowa City 319-335-3921

Larry Yerkes, 1622 Muscatine Ave., Iowa City, IA. 52240 319-354-3091

Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, 1326 South 32nd St., Omaha, NE 68105 402-595-1180 (voice) or 402-595-1178 (fax)

Objects

Pete Sixbey, State Historical Society of Iowa, 600 E. Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319, 515-281-4648 (voice), 515-282-0502 (fax), psixbey@max.state.ia.us

Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, 1326 South 32nd St., Omaha, NE 68105 402-595-1180 (voice) or 402-595-1178 (fax)

Upper Midwest Regional Conservation Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN. 55404 612-870-3120 or 612-370-3004(fax)

Paintings

Upper Midwest Regional Conservation Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN. 55404 612-870-3120 or 612-370-3004 (fax)

Photographs

Upper Midwest Regional Conservation Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN. 55404 612-870-3120 or 612-370-3004(fax)

Art Institute of Chicago, Photographic Conservation Dept., 312-443-7252

Textiles

Debra Peek, 1808 Woodland Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309, leave a message at 515-243-7751

American Institute for Conservation offers a referral service for conservators in private practice and regional conservation centers. 202452-9545 or (fax) 202-452-9328.

updated May 27, 2004