Conservation Referral List

This list is meant as a starting point for institutions and individuals seeking contractors for conservation and/or preservation services in the Central (Upstate) New York region.

Listings represented here are not to be construed as endorsements. The American Institute for Conservation has an excellent guide to selecting a conservator. AIC also has a form for selecting a conservator by specialty and geographic area. Note, the form only lists those conservators who are Professional Associates of AIC, a designation which is awarded to those conservators with a higher degree of training and professionalism.

Local - Syracuse, NY area.

Meyer Bookbinding
35 Market Street
Auburn, NY 13021
(315) 258·3930
Email: info@meyerbookbinding.net
Web: http://www.meyerbookbinding.com/

• Book binder in Auburn. Also restores Bibles and other books.
• Smyth & Side Sewing; Perfect Binding; Hard & Soft Covers; Leather Bindings; Gold Stamping / Edge Guilding

Peter Verheyen
Preservation and Digital Access Librarian
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Library
Syracuse, NY 13244
Phone: (315) 443-9756
Email: pdverhey@syr.edu

• Professional Associate - American Institute for Conservation
• Advanced level conservation treatment options; consultancies, education and training; surveys; disaster assistance.
• Book and paper conservation; boxmaking, edition and general, fine and presentation binding.
• See resume for more information
• By appointment only

West Lake Conservators,  Ltd.
PO Box 45
Skaneateles, NY 13152
Phone: (315)685-8534  
Fax (315)685-0027
Email: westlakers@compuserve.com
Web:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/westlakers/westlake.htm

• A conservation laboratory for the preservation of paintings, frames, murals, and textiles.
• Susan S. Blakney, Fellow AIC, IIC - Chief Conservator
  Margaret B. Sutton - Associate Conservator, Paintings, Linings
  John Sutton - Associate Conservator, Paintings & Frames
  Regina Lewis-Middleton - Conservation Technician, Textiles & Frames
  Chiara Kuhns - Assistant Conservator, Paintings
  Michelle Phillips - Paper Conservator
  Michael Farrell - Office Manager & Frame Sales

Regional

Brown Conservators (Frank and Michele Brown)
232 Speed Hill Road, Brooktondale, NY 14817
Phone: (607 ) 539-6354
Email: mb72@cornell.edu

• Other Info About Self: Michele Brown is Book Conservator at Cornell University. Frank is a self-employed book conservator.
• Turn-around time is from 1-3 months depending on the project and needs of the client.

• Field of expertise: Book and document restoration, custom binding, custom box-making

Fred A. Jordan
4380 C. R. 37 Livonia, N. Y. 14487
Phone: 716-229-2144
Email: fjordan@eznet.net

• He began full time as a book and paper conservator in 1975. I have studied with, among others, Fleda Myers, a conservation in Ithaca, N. Y. ; Simone LeFilliatre, a French bookbinder; and Bernard Middleton, a British conservator and binder. . Over the years, he has attended workshops on conservation techniques in New York City, Pittsburgh and Rochester, N. Y. His clients include colleges and universities, public libraries, museums and private collectors in several states.
• Leather bindings and restorations

Jeffrey S. Peachey
150 E. 3rd St., Suite 3E
New York, NY 10009
212-387-7860
Email: peachey@pipeline.com

• Professional Associate - American Institute for Conservation
• Conservation and preservation consultancies, education and training; surveys; disaster assistance.
• Also works out of the Binghampton, NY area.

Andrea Reithmayr
Conservation Lab
Rush Rhees Library
Univ.of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
Phone: 716 275 9291 (w)
Email: andrear@rcl.lib.rochester.edu

• Book Conservator, River Campus Libraries, Univ. of Rochester.
• Cloth & leather rebacking; clamshell boxes; design binding; gold finishing and gilding.
• By appointment only

Elsewhere

Barbara B. Blumenthal
39 Chapel Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: 413-586-0492
Email: bblument@library.smith.edu

• Apprenticeship with Arno Werner; have also worked for more than 20 years as parti-time assistant in the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College (for most of that time with Ruth Mortimer as Curator); will send brochure or provide quotes on request, free of charge; my training has also included letterpress printing and calligraphy Pricing information: for traycases, my prices start at $70.00 for a full-cloth case up to 9" height or width; other prices must be quoted on an individual basis (I also don't give quotes over the telephone.)
• Small editions, but I do all types of binding, repairs, rebinding, and protective cases & enclosures.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
264 South 23rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215.545.0613
Fax: 215.735.9313
E-Mail: ccaha@hslc.org
Web: http://www.ccaha.org

• The Conservation Center for Art and Historical Artifacts (CCAHA)is a Philadelphia based regional conservation center.
• Specialization and expertise in conservation of paper-based works of art and artifacts; ability to treat oversize materials, complete large volume of work, and meet client deadlines; full range of preservation services including treatment, on-site consultation, and emergency assistance; newly expanded state-of-the-art laboratory with 24 hour monitored security systems.

Jack & Taff Fitterer
432 Big Brook Rd
Indian Lake, NY 12842
Phone: 518.648.6494
Fax: 208.248.3213
Email: fitterer@acmenet.net
Web: http://www.FittererBookbinding.com

Since 1983, offering a full range of hand bookbinding and restoration services including repair, restoration and rebinding of antiquarian books, books of family significance, edition binding for artists and small presses and design bindings. Also produce slipcases, portfolio, drop-spine and clamshell boxes for books and other items and carry out paper and document repair.

Stephanie Later Book Conservation
355 East 72nd Street
New York, NY 10021
Email: Slaterstudio@aol.com

• Restoration on books, bibles, archival boxes, etc.
  Treatments include Rebacking, recasing, resewing, paper repair, cleaning.
• Custom clamshell boxes, albums and decorative books.
• Two years New York State Conservation Grant at Metropolitan Museum
• Will send resume/biography as requested
  

Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810
Phone: (978) 470-1010
Email: nedcc@nedcc.org
http://www.nedcc.org

• Advanced level conservation treatment options and reformatting; education and training; surveys; disaster assistance
  Turn Around Time: variable.
• Paper and book conservation, including photographs; preservation microfilm and photo-duplication; field services. Advanced level conservation treatment options and reformatting; education and training; surveys; disaster assistance.