TERRA HUBER

terralynnhuber@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Buffalo State College, State University of New York

2011 2014

Master of Arts, Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation, concentration in Library and Archives Conservation.
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Library and Archives Conservation, 2011-2014.

Tyler School of Art, Temple University

2004 2008

Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude, in Painting and Drawing with minor in Art History.
Studied abroad for a semester in Rome, Italy in 2007.

CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE
Northeast Document Conservation Center
January 2015 - present
Assistant Paper Conservator. Supervised by Michael Lee, Director of Paper and Photograph Conservation.

Individual and batch treatments of archival documents, manuscripts, prints, fine art, maps, oversize materials, bound
materials, daguerreotype cases. In situ treatment of wallpaper. Before and after treatment written and photographic
documentation.
Examining objects, writing treatment proposals and cost estimates, communicating and meeting with clients.
Negotiating treatment priorities and conservation needs with clients, supervisor, fellow conservators, and digitization
specialists to ensure efficient workflow.
Involved in both individual projects and group projects performed with one or more fellow conservators.

Walters Art Museum

November 2014 January 2015
Project Conservator. Supervised by Abigail Quandt, Head of Book and Paper Conservation.

Responsible for the examination and treatment of Flemish manuscripts for the National Endowment for the Humanities
funded digitization and cataloging project "Imaging the Hours: Creating a Digital Resource of Flemish Manuscripts."
Treatments included pigment and ink consolidation, parchment repair, and binding stabilization.
Discussed treatment priorities and conservation needs with supervisor, curator, and digitization specialists to facilitate
workflow and safety of objects.

The Newberry Library

September 2013 August 2014
Advanced Book Conservation Intern. Supervised by Lesa Dowd, Director of Conservation Services.

Treatment of books, flat paper and parchment objects. Prepared materials for digitization, loans and exhibition.
Assisted in set-up of three exhibitions which included bound volumes, flat paper, textiles, and paintings.
Assisted in planning and implementing a disaster salvage workshop for library employees.
Integrated pest management: collect and replace traps, identify insects, tabulate results and create quarterly report.
Constructed custom enclosures: drop-spine boxes, four-flap enclosures, encapsulations with ultrasonic welder, boxes for
three-dimensional objects.

Walters Art Museum

June July 2013
Book Conservation Intern. Supervised by Abigail Quandt, Head of Book and Paper Conservation.

Prepared 20 Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts for inclusion in in-house exhibition Living by the Book: Monks,
Nuns and Their Manuscripts; 6 of these manuscripts were treated.
Treatments included pigment and ink consolidation, parchment and paper repair, binding stabilization, filling losses in
boards and leather.
Strapped books to custom-fitted cradles, placed books in exhibition space, worked with curator on arrangement.
Created false margin mount for parchment incunable fragment.

Boston Athenaeum

May July 2012

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Book Conservation Intern. Supervised by James Reid-Cunningham, Chief Conservator.

Worked with supervisor and curators to design and perform complete treatment on six books, including written and
photographic documentation.
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Participated in group treatment of mold damaged 18 century book.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

June 2010 July 2011
Book Conservation Intern. Supervised by Tara OBrien, Director of Preservation and Conservation
Services.

Treatments included tear repair, guarding, and rebinding used sewn boards binding.
Created clam shell boxes and wraparound cases, scanned spines and created facsimile labels.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

June 2009 July 2011
Conservation Technician Silver Project. Supervised by Melissa Meighan, Conservator of Decorative Arts
and Sculpture. February 2010 March 2011.

Assisted with cleaning the museums American Silver collection in preparation for photography and cataloguing.

Pre-program Volunteer Analytical Lab. Supervised by Beth Price, Senior Scientist for Conservation.
September 2010 July 2011.

Used infrared spectrometer and portable Raman spectrometer to identify materials in spray paints and plastics.
Drew pigment structures in ISIS/Draw and ChemDraw for the Infrared and Raman Users Group website.
Helped to plan and edit the workflow for an updated Infrared and Raman Users Group website.
Traveled to the MFA Boston with Beth Price to collect and organize the data to contribute to the IRUG spectral database.

Laser Technician. Supervised by Melissa Meighan, Conservator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture.
September December 2010.

Helped laser clean south parapet wall of museums main building using a 1000 watt Nd:YAG laser, model name
Lasersystem CL 1000Q.

Conservation Technician Collections Move. Supervised by Sally Malenka, Conservator of Decorative Arts
and Sculpture. June 2009 March 2010.

Assisted with move in the Museums East Asian, silver, and rug and tapestry collections.
Duties included handling, moving, and building custom storage boxes for the artwork.
Participated in the preparation, freezing, and thawing of textiles.

Gallery Maintenance Technician. Supervised by Melissa Meighan, Conservator of Decorative Arts and
Sculpture. October 2009 July 2011.

Responsible for cleaning of vitrines and display furniture; dusting of frames, objects on display, and period rooms;
vacuuming of upholstery and curtains.

PRESENTATIONS

The Treatment of a 16th Century Papal Bull

April 2016

Preservation Week Talk, Brown University Library.

AYear of Conservation at The Newberry

August 2014

The Newberry Colloquium, The Newberry Library.

WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND CONFERENCES

44th annual AIC meeting / 42nd annual CAC conference. May 2016, Montreal, Canada.
Scaleboard Binding: An Early American Survior. With Barbara Korbel, June 2014, The Newberry Library.
Structures for Book Conservation. With Gary Frost, May June 2014, Buffalo State College.
Care and Conservation of Manuscripts, 15th Seminar. April 2014, University of Copenhagen.
Parchment Making Workshop. With Jesse Meyer, March 2014, Pergamena Parchment and Leather.
Re-creating the Medieval Palette. With Cheryl Porter, July August 2013, Montefiascone Conservation Project.
Introduction to Gold Tooling with Egg Glaire. With Sam Feinstein, March 2013, Western New York Book Arts Center.
Parchment Workshop. With Abigail Quandt, January 2013, Buffalo State College.
Introduction to Descriptive Bibliography. WIth Gerard Cloud, January 2013, Columbia University.
Introduction to Paleography. WIth Consuelo Dutschke, January 2013, Columbia University.
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Book Illustration Processes. With Jane Siegel, January 2013, Columbia University.
Historical Book Structures for Conservators. With Chela Metzger and guest instructors Maria Fredericks and Sam
Feinstein, July August 2012, North Bennet Street School.
The History of the Book. With Sidney Berger, June July 2012, Simmons College.
Sixty Sewing Structures. With Betsey Palmer Eldridge, January 2012, Buffalo State College.
39th annual AIC meeting. May June 2011, Philadelphia, PA.
Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition. November 2010, Somerset, NJ.
Restoring Leather Bindings. With Don Rash, July 2010, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

FELLOWSHIPS
BSC Art Conservation Department Library Fellow

August 2012 May 2013

Duties included reshelving books, cataloguing and shelving new acquisitions, assisting in library reorganization,
maintaining order and cleanliness, other tasks as needed.

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Book and Paper Specialty Group, 2006
present.

Guild of Book Workers. 2012 present.

New England Conservation Association. 2016.

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