Trained through the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Restoration Workshop, Lynette Strangstad has specialized in graveyard preservation since 1980. She has served as conservator, burial ground consultant, preservation planner, and speaker at sites throughout the United States and is nationally known for her work in burial ground preservation.

Educators and enthusiasts interested in graveyards and graveyard preservation will appreciate this surprisingly comprehensive text. Strangstad makes a convincing case in her opening chapter on the historical, sociological, and artistic value in preserving these early cemeteries. Subsequent chapters offer extensive information and resources for preservation efforts, including organizational, ethical, and conversation issues.

• List of Figures Foreword PrefaceChapter 1Assessing the Problem The Importance of Early GraveyardsA Few DefinitionsChapter 2Organizational Concerns Developing a PlanWorking with VolunteersPublic AwarenessSecurityGraveyards as an Educational ToolA Word about FundingChapter 3Documentation and Research Documenting the GraveyardResearchSurveysSite Management PlanMapping the GraveyardArchaeologyChapter 4Conservation Issues Safety NoteCleaning and Maintaining the SiteLandscapingFinding a Gravemarker Conservation ProfessionalStone in GraveyardsBrick and Stone Box Tombs and VaultsMetalsChapter 5A Question of Ethics Observing RespectMaintaining Historic IntegrityGravestone RubbingRemoval of GravestonesAppendicesA. Sample Gravestone Rubbing Regulations B. Sample Cemetery Survey Forms C. S ample Individual Marker Assessment Form D. Sample Vegetation Survey Form E. Ironwork Assessment Worksheet F. Sample Cemetery Legislation G. Consultants, Conservators, and Carvers Glossary Sources of Additional Information Index About the Author

Trained through the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Restoration Workshop, Lynette Strangstad has specialized in graveyard preservation since 1980. She has served as conservator, burial ground consultant, preservation planner, and speaker at sites throughout the United States and is nationally known for her work in burial ground preservation.

Educators and enthusiasts interested in graveyards and graveyard preservation will appreciate this surprisingly comprehensive text. Strangstad makes a convincing case in her opening chapter on the historical, sociological, and artistic value in preserving these early cemeteries. Subsequent chapters offer extensive information and resources for preservation efforts, including organizational, ethical, and conversation issues.

• List of Figures Foreword PrefaceChapter 1Assessing the Problem The Importance of Early GraveyardsA Few DefinitionsChapter 2Organizational Concerns Developing a PlanWorking with VolunteersPublic AwarenessSecurityGraveyards as an Educational ToolA Word about FundingChapter 3Documentation and Research Documenting the GraveyardResearchSurveysSite Management PlanMapping the GraveyardArchaeologyChapter 4Conservation Issues Safety NoteCleaning and Maintaining the SiteLandscapingFinding a Gravemarker Conservation ProfessionalStone in GraveyardsBrick and Stone Box Tombs and VaultsMetalsChapter 5A Question of Ethics Observing RespectMaintaining Historic IntegrityGravestone RubbingRemoval of GravestonesAppendicesA. Sample Gravestone Rubbing Regulations B. Sample Cemetery Survey Forms C. S ample Individual Marker Assessment Form D. Sample Vegetation Survey Form E. Ironwork Assessment Worksheet F. Sample Cemetery Legislation G. Consultants, Conservators, and Carvers Glossary Sources of Additional Information Index About the Author

Trained through the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Restoration Workshop, Lynette Strangstad has specialized in graveyard preservation since 1980. She has served as conservator, burial ground consultant, preservation planner, and speaker at sites throughout the United States and is nationally known for her work in burial ground preservation.

Educators and enthusiasts interested in graveyards and graveyard preservation will appreciate this surprisingly comprehensive text. Strangstad makes a convincing case in her opening chapter on the historical, sociological, and artistic value in preserving these early cemeteries. Subsequent chapters offer extensive information and resources for preservation efforts, including organizational, ethical, and conversation issues.

• List of Figures Foreword PrefaceChapter 1Assessing the Problem The Importance of Early GraveyardsA Few DefinitionsChapter 2Organizational Concerns Developing a PlanWorking with VolunteersPublic AwarenessSecurityGraveyards as an Educational ToolA Word about FundingChapter 3Documentation and Research Documenting the GraveyardResearchSurveysSite Management PlanMapping the GraveyardArchaeologyChapter 4Conservation Issues Safety NoteCleaning and Maintaining the SiteLandscapingFinding a Gravemarker Conservation ProfessionalStone in GraveyardsBrick and Stone Box Tombs and VaultsMetalsChapter 5A Question of Ethics Observing RespectMaintaining Historic IntegrityGravestone RubbingRemoval of GravestonesAppendicesA. Sample Gravestone Rubbing Regulations B. Sample Cemetery Survey Forms C. S ample Individual Marker Assessment Form D. Sample Vegetation Survey Form E. Ironwork Assessment Worksheet F. Sample Cemetery Legislation G. Consultants, Conservators, and Carvers Glossary Sources of Additional Information Index About the Author