Executive Committee Liaison: Rodney Robinson

Chair: Chad Nelson (D)

Members: Dan DiMucci (E), Tom Borellis (W), Lisa Kunst Vavro (W), Nancy Minnich (E), and Wil Burkhart (C).

Purpose:

The Historic Preservation Committee is responsible for identifying historic landscapes within Pennsylvania and Delaware, developing strategies for implementing preservation policies for appropriate landscapes, and development of educational programs related to historic landscapes.

Tasks:

The Historic Preservation Committee has been charged by the Chapter Executive Committee to perform the following tasks:

Short Term:

• Try to reactivate the committee; recruit committee members.

Long Term:

• Identify historic landscapes.

• Coordinate previous and any new efforts towards identifying historic landscapes with the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) created by ASLA, the National Park Serv-ice and the Library of Congress.

• Determine if any work of the committee would be appropriate for a Chapter Initiatives Program grant.

• Coordinate or document the archiving of the historical works of landscape architects.

Committee Representation:

Members should include one member from each Section with specific knowledge or interest in historic landscapes or historic preservation.

Notes:

• Bill Menke has developed an historic places inventory he began back in the 1980's.
• Chatham University is researching the history of landscape architecture and planning projects in western Pennsylvania and offers courses in these subjects.
• ASLA Western Section has archived records at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Penn State University has archived the professional effects of A.E. Bye.
• Temple University has archived the professional effects of James Bush-Brown at its Am-bler Campus.
• The works of Robert Pierson could potentially be archived.