Past Meets Future: Saving America's Historic Environments

Abstract

Papers presented at National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference in October 1991. What do we value and want to preserve? -- Where have we been? -- How will preservation adapt to a changing world? -- Which goals and strategies will fulill our visions? -- Which special needs must be met?. Foreword (starting p. 9) -- Acknowledgments (starting p. 11) -- Introduction: Findings and Recommendations (starting p. 15) / Peter H. Brink, H. Grant Dehart -- What Do We Value and Want to Preserve? -- Defining Who 'We' Are (starting p. 27) / Jerry L. Rogers -- A Sense of Time and Place (starting p. 29) / David McCullough -- Forging New Values in Uncommon Times (starting p. 37) / W. Brown Morton III -- Personal Dialogues With Ghosts (starting p. 43) / Peter Neill -- Where Have We Been? -- Janus Never Sleeps (starting p. 51) / William J. Murtagh -- The Early Years (starting p. 59) / Arthur P. Ziegler Jr. -- The States: 25 Years in the Middle (starting p. 65) / H. Bryan Mitchell -- Preservation Practice Comes of Age (starting p. 73) / Michael A. Tomlan -- How Will Preservation Adapt to a Changing World? -- A Larger Umbrella (starting p. 83) / John F. W. Rogers -- Bridging America's Visions (starting p. 85) / Henry G. Cisneros -- Multicultural Building Blocks (starting p. 93) / Antoinette J. Lee -- Caring for Our Communities (starting p. 99) / Kenneth B. Smith -- The Urgency of Urban Preservation (starting p. 105) / Patricia H. Gay -- Managing Growth With Preservation (starting p. 109) / Christopher J. Duerksen -- Which Goals and Strategies Will Fulfill Our Visions? -- Two Views of the Future (starting p. 117) / J. Jackson Walter -- Some Strategies and Goals (starting p. 121) / Randall T. Shepard -- Affecting Public Policy (starting p. 127) / Pamela Plumb -- Charting a Course in the Golden State (starting p. 131) / Douglas P. Wheeler -- Property Rights and Public Benefits (starting p. 137) / Joseph L. Sax -- A New Paradigm for Preservation (starting p. 145) / Tersh Boasberg -- The Power of a Motivating Message (starting p. 153) / Larry Light -- A Global Perspective on American Heritage (starting p. 157) / David Lowenthal -- Which Special Needs Must Be Met? -- New Dimensions for House Museums (starting p. 167) / Neil W. Horstman -- Revisiting Past Rehabilitation Practices (starting p. 175) / E. Blaine Cliver -- Archeology in the Next 25 Years (starting p. 181) / Hester A. Davis -- Keepers of the Native Treasures (starting p. 189) / Dean B. Suagee -- America's Rural Heritage (starting p. 197) / Samuel N. Stokes -- Rethinking Economic Values (starting p. 205) / Donovan D. Rypkema -- When the Present Becomes the Past (starting p. 213) / Richard Longstreth -- Emerging Computer Technology (starting p. 227) / Jeanne Mansell Strong -- Tangible Texts for Heritage Education (starting p. 233) / Kathleen A. Hunter -- Notes (starting p. 240) -- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (starting p. 254) -- Sponsors (starting p. 276) -- Contributors (starting p. 277) -- Photographs (starting p. 279) -- Index (starting p. 282)