The Kirklands of Ayr Mount

The Kirklands of Ayr Mount
Author: Jean Bradley Anderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1991
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Descendants of John Kirkland, of Lochfergus, Scotland and his wife Elizabeth Smith, who were married in 1696. Specifically the descendants of John's great-grandson, William Kirkland (1768-1836) who married Margaret Blain Scott (1773-1839) in 1792. William Kirkland had emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1789 arriving and settling in North Carolina. His descendants lived in North Carolina, and elsewhere.

A Graveyard Preservation Primer

A Graveyard Preservation Primer
Author: Lynette Strangstad
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2013-08-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0759122431

A Graveyard Preservation Primer has proven itself to be a time-tested resource for those who are seeking information regarding the protection and preservation of historic graveyards. It was first written to help stewards of early burial grounds responsibly and effectively preserve their graveyards. Much information found in the first edition of the book remains valid today. Still, much has changed in the twenty-five years since its first publication, and the new edition reflects these changes. Attitudes and the understanding of historic graveyards as an important cultural resource have grown and developed over the years. Likewise, changes in treatments have also taken place. Perhaps the most dramatic change in burial ground preservation is in the world of technology. Changes in computers and the way we use them have also changed preservation practices in historic graveyards. Discussion of technological changes in the new edition includes those in mapping, surveying, photography, archaeology, and other areas of evaluation and planning. Consideration is given, too, to maintenance and conservation treatments, including both traditional and newer treatments for stone, concrete, and metals. Metals were not discussed in the earlier editions, and protection and preservation of the landscape as it relates to graveyards is an expanded focus of this book. The historic preservation of cemeteries and burial grounds is an aspect within the discipline of historic preservation that is unknown to many. Those whose responsibility is the care of these historic sites may be unfamiliar with appropriate approaches to such areas as documentation, planning, maintenance, and conservation. Unwitting personnel can do irreparable harm to these important cultural resources. The Primer is an effort to protect historic cultural resources by breaching the gap between maintenance staff, cemetery boards, friends’ groups, and graveyard preservation professionals by offering readily available, responsible information regarding graveyard protection and preservation. It is also designed to assist those who would undertake a preservation project in the reclaiming of a neglected or abandoned historic cemetery. The book is generously illustrated with diagrams and photos illustrating procedures and gravemarker and graveyard forms, styles, and materials. The appendix section is completely updated and expanded, offering a worthwhile resource in itself.

A Sand County Almanac

A Sand County Almanac
Author: Aldo Leopold
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0197500269

First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.

The Virginia Landmarks Register

The Virginia Landmarks Register
Author: Calder Loth
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 650
Release: 1999
Genre: Historic buildings
ISBN: 0813918626

The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.

Roman Art

Roman Art
Author: Nancy Lorraine Thompson
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2007
Genre: Art, Roman
ISBN: 1588392228

A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.

Grave Intentions

Grave Intentions
Author: Christine Van Voorhies
Publisher: Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

This easy-to-read guidebook gives great information on cleaning up a graveyard and tombstones, getting access to gravesites, funding your project, handling threats to graves, and legal issues.