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The University of Mary Washington’s Department of Historic Preservation is pleased to announce that our Fall 2017 Newsletter has arrived! Follow this link to see what we have been up to: umwfallnewsletter2017

The Center for Historic Preservation is looking for student aides for the 2017-2018 academic year. Currently three positions are available. Department of Historic Preservation Aide: This student aide position will assist Mrs. Coates in the day to day operation of the department. Duties will include but are not limited to maintaining the equipment library, creating […]

Hello, Everyone! The University of Mary Washington Historic Preservation Department is pleased to announce that our Spring 2017 Newsletter has arrived!  If you’d like to sign up to receive a digital copy, please follow this link:  http://cas.umw.edu/hisp/about/hisp-newsletters/ spring2017newsletter_final   Melissa Parent UMW Historic Preservation Department Student Aide 2016-2017 umw.pres.aide@gmail.com

The National Park service has published a booklet on research opportunities in national parks in the National Capital Region. If you’re interested in academic class projects, thesis or dissertation research, volunteer work, or unpaid internships you can download the booklet here: research_opportunites_for_history_students_2017_digital some of these would be great for those still needing to fulfill your […]

The University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation is happy to announce that submissions for the 2017 Historic Preservation Book Prize are now being accepted. Please follow the link for more information. http://cas.umw.edu/chp/center-projects/book-prize/

Thank you Laura Gilchrist, Prof. Turdean, Prof. Sanford, and Julie Coates for all your work on this semesters newsletter. Spring 2016  

We were happy to see so many UMW alumni and local Fredericksburg preservationists and firms (go Dovetail!) on the resolution of thanks passed by CNEHA for the conference held this past weekend. Special thanks also goes to Professor Sanford for his hard work on the UMW end and of course the help from the UMW student […]

A Closer Look at the Goodwin House: The North Wing of the Mary Washington House Michael G. Spencer While the south wing of the Mary Washington House, the portion in which Mary lived, has received quite a bit of attention over the years, the Goodwin or north wing of the building has remained shrouded in […]

Recent UMW preservation alumna and current Dovetail Cultural Resource Group employee Emily Anderson recently published a story on work being done to document slave related sites in Stafford County, Virginia.  This initiative is sponsored in part by the UMW Center for Historic Preservation. Documenting Our Past: Stafford County’s Slavery Site Project

Checkout a recent article in The King George Journal about Professor Sanford’s archaeology class. The King George Journal_April 22, 2015