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Graves and Gravestones in the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Rebecca Prado, Ashley Pitt, and Katie Kimbrough

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

The Union Campground Cemetery, located in the woods of northern Greene County, Missouri, was in use from 1840 to 1920.  The cemetery fell into disuse after 1920, but it was rediscovered in 1992 by descendants of the people buried there; it is now maintained by the Union Campground Cemetery Association, and the cemetery continues to be visited by the descendants as well as … [Read more...] about Graves and Gravestones in the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Rebecca Prado, Ashley Pitt, and Katie Kimbrough

Filed Under: 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 19th century, american midwest culture, conservation, gravestones

Hand-Thrown Lid: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Sabrina Osment

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

  This hand-thrown lid for a stoneware crockery vessel was excavated from Bonniebrook, the estate of American illustrator, cartoonist, artist, writer, and suffragette Rose O’Neill, who is best-known for her invention of the Kewpie doll character.  Several years after O’Neill’s death in 1944, her house at Bonniebrook burned to the ground, and curious local people … [Read more...] about Hand-Thrown Lid: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Sabrina Osment

Filed Under: 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: american midwest culture, bonniebrook collection, ceramics, conservation, early 20th century, late 19th century, late 20th century, stoneware

Gravestones in the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched by Paige Whitcomb and Tana Redman

August, 2020 by Sarah Teel

The Union Campground Cemetery was established and used from the 1840 through 1920.  After the last burial, the cemetery was gradually forgotten and fell into neglect until it was rediscovered in 1992 by the founders of the Union Campground Cemetery Association, an organization that is dedicated to restoring and preserving the cemetery. As with most cemeteries, gravestones in … [Read more...] about Gravestones in the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched by Paige Whitcomb and Tana Redman

Filed Under: 2015 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: american midwest culture, conservation, gravestone, headstone, union campground cemetery

Oil Painting Series by Howard Garrison: Researched and Conserved by Jessica Brenneke

April, 2016 by Amanda Horned

BEFORE CONSERVATION   An Ozarks native of Christian County, Howard Garrison was a colorful character. He is remembered most as a bootlegger and as a businessman, perhaps most importantly as the first owner of the Ozarks landmark known as the Riverside Inn, which he designed, built, and decorated after purchasing five acres of land along Finley Creek. However, as … [Read more...] about Oil Painting Series by Howard Garrison: Researched and Conserved by Jessica Brenneke

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, american midwest culture, christian county museum, howard garrison, oil painting

Gravestones at the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Allison Robbins, Megan Kell, and Amanda Horned

March, 2016 by Amanda Horned

Rural or “garden” cemeteries such as the Union Campground Cemetery were established in the early 19th century and continue to be used in the United States today. Stone and concrete grave markers, including headstones, footstones, and sometimes side rails or box tombs, are used in such cemeteries, the result of long-held traditions for marking graves that began in the European … [Read more...] about Gravestones at the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Allison Robbins, Megan Kell, and Amanda Horned

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: american midwest culture, gravestone, headstone, union campground cemetery

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