18th Annual Meeting in Richmond, Virginia
May 29 – June 3, 1990

Unpublished presentation abstracts

• Solutions for labeling plastic artefacts
  Helen Coxon and Julia Fenn

• Carbonyl and organic acid pollutants in the museum environment
  Cecily M. Druzik, Dusan Stulik and Frank Preusser

• Parameters of the parylene conformal deposition treatment and their effects on ethnographic materials
  Mary-Lou Florian

• Conservation conducive colloids
  Lisa Goldberg

• Conservation of an Egyptian limestone stela
  Virginia Greene and Tamsen Fuller

• Consolidation of objects in a solvent vapor saturated atmosphere: A new technique for minimizing changes in appearance
  Eric Hansen, Rosa Lowinger and Eileen Sadoff

• The use of cellulose ethers in the treatment of polychromed surfaces
  Pamela Hatchfield

• Conservation of a cast zinc sculpture
  Alexandra Klingelhofer and Gary Blackburn

• The conservation environment at the W. H. Mathers Museum: A long-term path to success
  William P. Lull

• Maritime collections and their unique problems
  David F. Mathieson

• Technical investigation of five ancient marbles
  Maureen Russell Neil

• Updates and enhancements for a multi-task conservation database
  Jim Roberts

• Food irradiators as a method for sterilization for severe mold infestation on archaeological artifacts
  Jim Roberts

• The use of methyl cellulose and paper pulp as a gap-fill for wood objects
  Linda S. Roundhill and Nancy Briggs

• Analysis of the Benin “bronzes” in the National Museum of African Art
  Janet L. Schrenk

• The Inuit skin preparation workshop
  Thomas G. Stone