Heritage Documentation as a Preservation Tool

This webinar presents an overview of heritage documentation and its role in protecting, preserving and sharing historic and cultural resources.

Subject matter experts present a variety of documentation tools and methods from simple to complex, and their potential uses, including Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)/Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS); research, mapping, laser scanning and more. Illustrative case studies of local projects will provide real life examples of heritage documentation for preservation, interpretation and access, and planning and conservation purposes.

The webinar was created by Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, in partnership with the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service.

Presenters:
Scott Keyes is the Chief of the Heritage Documentation Programs and acting Chief of the Historic American Landscapes Survey at the National Park Service.

Jay Sturdevant is an archaeologist and the Integrated Resources Program Manager for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Honouliuli National Historic site.

Lilia Merrin is a a Cultural Research Specialist, Field Assistant and Alakaʻi with Nohopapa Hawai‘i and the Program Coordinator, and Communications Officer for the non-profit Huliauapaʻa.

Matt McDermott, an archaeologist, is a Project Manager / Principal Investigator at Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i.

Elaine Jackson-Retondo, Ph.D. Region Preservation Partnerships and History Programs Manager, Interior Regions 8, 9, 10 and 12 in the National Park Service Pacific West Regional Office.

Kiersten Faulkner is the chief executive of Historic Hawai‘i Foundation.