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Volume 33 (2008)

Jean Tetrault
Fire Risk Assessment for Collections in Museums
Abstract         Document

Bonnie MacLean, Ewa Dziadowiec and Roumen Kirinkov
Conservation of the Chinese Temple Painting, the Paradise of Maitreya, from the Bishop White Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum
Abstract          Document

Natalie Boruvka
The Development of Foxing Stains on Samples of Book
Paper after Accelerated Aging
Abstract          Document


 

Volume 32 (2007)

Amber Tarnowskia, Xiang Zhang, Christopher McNamara, Scot T. Martin, and Ralph Mitchell
Biodeterioration and Performance of Anti-graffiti Coatings on Sandstone and Marble
Abstract      Document

P. Jane Sirois, Catherine Stewart, Kate Helwig, Elizabeth Moffatt, and Kris M. Legate
A Technical Study of the Materials and Methods Used by David B. Milne in his Oil
Paintings
Abstract       Document

Elizabeth A. Moffatt, Sandra Webster-Cook, and Marie-Claude Corbeil
The Painting Materials and Techniques of Cornelius Krieghoff
Abstract       Document

Jennifer Poulin
Identification of Indigo and its Degradation Products on a Silk Textile Fragment
Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Abstract       Document



Volume 31 (2006)

Lyndsie Selwyn and Vasilike Argyropoulos
Chlorine Determination in Archeological Wrought Iron by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis
Abstract       Document 

Sue Warren
Issues Related to the Conservation of a 19th Century Swell-body Sleigh
Abstract       Document 

Heather Dumka
The Re-Treatment of an Inuit Bead Skin Parka
Abstract       Document


 

Volume 30 (2005)

André Bergeron* et Louis Gagnon
Réminiscences du temps des bisons : la restauration des pétroglyphes de Bromptonville
Abstract       Document 

Signe Vahur, Kristina Virro and Ivo Leito
Web-based Infrared Spectral Databases Relevant to Conservation
Abstract       Document 

Lyndsie Selwyn
Health and Safety Concerns Relating to Lead and Lead Compounds in Conservation
Abstract      Document


 

Volume 29 (2004)

R.L. Barclay
A Decision-making Protocol for the Use of Historic Musical Instruments
Abtract        Document

Linda Owen, Rebecca Ploeger and Alison Murray
The Effects of Water Exposure on Surface Characteristics of Acrylic Emulsion Paints
Abstract      Document

Cathy Mathias, Elizabeth Moffatt and Alison Murray
Technical Analysis of Textile Remains from a 17th Century English Plantation at Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Abstract      Document

Kate Helwig and Marie-Chantale Poisson
A Study of Painting Materials from the Studio of Yves Gaucher
Abstract      Document


 

Volume 28 (2003)

Maria Trojan-Bedynski*, Frida Kalbfleisch, Season Tse and P. Jane Sirois
The Use of Simmering Water in the Treatment of a Nineteenth Century Sketchbook of Iron Gall Ink Drawings by James G. Mackay
Abstract    Document

Hildegard Heine
Treatment of an Inuit Waterfowl Foot Skin Bag from Arctic Québec
Abstract 

Janice M. Passafiume
Setting the Stage at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres: Conservation of the Butterfly Scenery Flats
Abstract     Document

Kyla Ubbink and Roberta Partridge
Preserving Letterpress Copybooks
Abstract     Document 


Volume 27 (2002)

Laszlo Cser
Some Lining Techniques Using BEVA Solution and BEVA Gel; Notes from the Bench
Abstract     Document 

Heather Place Beerling
The History and Conservation of a Halkett Inflatable Rubber Boat
Abstract 

Marie-Claude Corbei*, Kate Helwig, Claude Belleau, Yanick Rainville et Karen Lawford
Une étude des matériaux et des techniques de Jean Dallaire
Abstract      Document

Sarah Spafford-Ricci,* Tara Fraser,* and Monica Smith**
A Comprehensive Conservation Survey of the Vancouver Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Abstract      Document 


Volume 26 (2001)

Vanda Vitali*, Peter Gale**, and Ursula M. Franklin***
Conservation of the Punic Collection at the Museum of Carthage. Part III – Transfer of Museological Technologies: Establishment of a Conservation-centred Didactic Gallery
Abstract      Document 

Patrick Albert. André Bergeron et Bernard Vallée
Le traitement d’une porte de cabine découverte lors de la fouille du Lady Sherbrooke
Abstract 

Amandina Anastassiades
The Conservation of Moosehair Embroidered Birch Bark Souvenirs
Abstract 

Kate Helwig
Materials Analysis of a Japanned Long Case Clock
Abstract       Document 


Volume 25 (2000)

Marie-Claude Corbeil, Elizabeth A. Moffatt, P. Jane Sirois, and Kris M. Legate
The Materials and Techniques of Tom Thomson
Abstract      Document 

Charles G. Costain
Evaluation of Storage Solutions for Archaeological Iron
Abstract       Document

David J. Hanington
Conservation Treatment of The Mi'kmaq Prayer Book
Abstract      Document 

Anita Henry
A Paintings Conservation Project in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa – Project Management at Work
Abstract       Document

Vanda Vitali and Ursula M. Franklin
Conservation of the Punic Collection at the Museum of Carthage. Part II – Transfer of Conservation Technology: Establishment of a Salvage Conservation Laboratory
Abstract        Document


Volume 24 (1999)

Katherine J. Andrew
Conservation of the Whitby Saurians – Large Scale, on Site Geological Conservation in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Abstract       Document 

Carole Dignard* and Gaelen Gordon
Metal Ion Catalysed Oxidation of Skin: Treatment of the Fur Trim and Collar on a Velvet Cape
Abstract       Document 

Kate Helwig and Debra Daly Hartin
A Starch-based Ground Layer on a Painting Attributed to Louis Dulongpré
Abstract       Document 

Vanda Vitali and Ursula M. Franklin
Conservation of the Punic Collection at the Museum of Carthage. Part I – Mapping the Collection: Methodology, Classification, and Assessment
Abstract       Document 


Volume 23 (1998)

Mary Devine,
The Acquisition, Management, and Conservation of Industrial Objects at Parks Canada
Abstract

Daniela Kolbach,
A Note on the Use of Vacuum Clamping to Treat Damaged Parquetry on a Bombe Writing Desk
Abstract      Document


Eleonora Nagy,
A Reversible Structural Fill of Decreasing Compressive Strength for a Large, Decayed Wooden Sculpture
Abstract

Marie-Christine Papillon, Nathalie Balcar, Clothilde Gross and Georges Brunel,
L'utilisation de la chromatographie en phase gazeuse couplée à la spectrométrie de masse à trappe d'ions pour la mise en évidence de colophane à l'état de trace
Abstract

Bruno Pouliot,
A Story of Past and Present Power: The Blessing of Two Wampum Belts from the McCord Museum of Canadian History
Abstract      Document


Volume 22 (1997)

André Bergeron,
Chapman à jamais — Le traitement de conservation d'une inscription de 1759
Abstract

Marie-Claude Corbeil, Elizabeth A. Moffatt et David Miller,
Les matériaux d'Alfred Pellan
Abstract       Document

Anne MacKay,
Treatment of a Painted Plaster Sculpture: The Bard by Emanuel Hahn
Abstract

Elizabeth A. Moffatt, P. Jane Sirois, and Judi Miller,
Analysis of the Paints Used to Decorate Northern Plains Hide Artifacts during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Abstract       Document

Ian N.M. Wainwright, Henry Sears, and Stefan Michalski,
Design of a Rock Art Protective Structure at Petroglyphs
Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Abstract

Colleen Day
A Technical Note on the Treatment of Tin Plate:
The Five Percent Solution
Abstract        Document


Journal of the International Institute for Conservation — Canadian Group

Vol. 21 (1996)

Michael O'Malley,
The Conservation of a Three-Way Painting
Abstract     Document

Denise Allard,
Histoire de cas d'un tableau changeant en papier
Abstract 

John R. Gayer,
The Analysis and Treatment of Two Portraits Attributed to Paul Kane (1810-1871)
Abstract 

Jane L. Down,
Epoxy Resin Adhesives: Report on Shear Strength Retention on Glass Substrates
Abstract      Document


Vol. 20 (1995)

Louise A. Fox and Clifford Cook,
The Slow Drying of a Wood Section from the S.S. Beaver
Abstract

Maria Bedynski,
The Use of Enzymes in the Conservation Treatment of a Seventeenth-century Wall Map of America
Abstract

André Bergeron, Yves Chrétien et Robert Larocque,
À la frontière de l'archéologie et de la conservation — La fouille d'une sépulture amérindienne du XVIIe siècle
Abstract

Nancy E. Binnie, Lyndsie S. Selwyn, Carl Schlichting, and Deborah A. Rennie-Bisaillion,
Corrosion Protection of Outdoor Iron Artifacts using Commercial Rust Converters
Abstract

Claude Payer,
Étude comparative d'une série d'anges adorateurs attribués à François-Noël Levasseur
Abstract


Vol. 19 (1994)

Elizabeth A. Moffatt and David Miller,
Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Analysis of Selected Paintings from the Parisian Period of Paul-Émile Borduas
Abstract

Cathy Mathias,
A Conservation Strategy for a Seventeenth Century Archaeological Site at Ferryland, Newfoundland
Abstract

Barbara A. Ramsay-Jolicœur,
Accreditation in Conservation: Towards Professional Status
Abstract 

Laura Wardlaw and Tara Grant,
Treatment of Archaeological Baleen Artifacts at the Canadian Conservation Institute.
Abstract 


Vol. 18 (1993)

Marion H. Barclay,
A Conservator's Thoughts Regarding Policy and Travelling Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada
Abstract

Robert H. Glew, Stephen L. Williams, Michael D. Stroz, and Asish K. Saha,
Electrophoretic Analysis of the Effect of Selected Fumigants on Collagenase-protease Digestibility of Skin Proteins
Abstract

Ian N.M. Wainwright, Stan Frydryn, Rollo H. Myers, and P. (Tom) Sawyer,
The Examination and Replication of a Tsimshian Stone Mask from the North Pacific Coast
Abstract


Vol. 17 (1992)

Karen M. Colby,
A Suggested Exhibition Policy for Works of Art on Paper
Abstract 

Krysia E. Spirydowicz,
The Conservation of Archaeological Terracottas from Roccagloriosa
Abstract 

Jean Tétreault,
La mesure de l'acidité des produits volatils
Abstract 


Vol. 16 (1991)

Lyndsie S. Selwyn, Charles G. Costain,
Evaluation of Silver-Cleaning Products
Abstract 

Heather Dumka,
The Conservation Treatment of Three Gutskin Parkas
Abstract 

George Prytulak,
The Treatment of Rusted Machinery in Preparation for Surface Coating
Abstract 

Carole Dignard, Carl Schlichting,
La réparation d'un panier au moyen d'un support temporaire et de torsades de papier
Abstract         Document


Vol. 15 (1990)

Marie-Claude Corbeil,
Application de la spectrométrie de fluorescence des rayons X à l'étude des photographies peintes
Abstract 

Helen McKay,
A Sealed Frame-Case for a Painting
Abstract

Lyndsie S. Selwyn,
Historical Silver: Storage, Display and Tarnish Removal
Abstract

Martha Segal and Charlotte Newton,
The Conservation of Archaeological Skin Artifacts from the Canadian Arctic
Abstract



Vol. 14 (1989)

Jan Vuori, Martha Segal & Charlotte Newton,
Development of Archaeological Textile Mounts at the Canadian Conservation Institute
Abstract

France Rémillard,
Adhésifs à base de résines époxy: étude de solubilisation
Abstract

Robert L. Barclay,
An Improved Method for Solvent Extraction of Oil from a Whale Bone Sculpture
Abstract

Marion Barclay
Some Thoughts on Conservation and Contemporary Art the National Gallery of Canada
Abstract


Vol. 13 (1988)

Marion Barclay & Richard Gagnier,
Is Time Up for Time and Mrs. Tiber?
Abstract 

Robert L. Barclay,
A Handling Device for Large Wooden Objects
Abstract 

Helen D. Burgess,
Practical Considerations for Conservation Bleaching
Abstract 

Ewa Smithwick, Frédéric Villot and Eugène Delacroix:
A 19th Century Cleaning Controversy
Abstract 


Vol. 12 (1987)

Charlotte L. Newton,
Chemical Cleaning of Wet Leather
Abstract 

Barbara F. Schweger & Nancy Kerr,
Textiles Collected during the Temporary Exhumation of a Crew Member from the Third Franklin Expedition: Findings and Analysis
Abstract 

Mark Gilberg,
The Storage of Archaeological Iron in Deoxygenated Aqueous Solutions
Abstract 

Judith A. Logan & Gregory S. Young,
"A Message in a Bottle": The Conservation of a Waterlogged Parchment Document
Abstract 

Paul J. Marcon,
Controlling the Environment Within a New Storage and Display Facility for the Governor General's Carriage
Abstract 

David W. Grattan, Wilf Bokman & Clifford Cook,
Scientific Examination of Totem Poles at Ninstints World Heritage Site
Abstract 



Vol. 10 & 11 (1985/1986)

Vanda Vitali, Jane Darcovich & Wendell Williams,
X-Radiography Study of a Chinese Kuei Vessel in the Krannert Art Museum Collection
Abstract

Ian N.M. Wainwright & Jane L. Down,
Slatechuck Creek Argillite: Its Structure, Composition and Dimensional Stability
Abstract

David Hillman,
A Short History of Early Consumer Plastics
Abstract

Marilyn E. Laver & Ian N.M. Wainwright,
A Positioning Carriage for Stereomicroscopy and X-Ray Spectrometry
Abstract

Robert Waller, Fred Hartwick, Sylvie Marcil & Melinda Walker,
A Wet-Peening Adapter for Air-Abrasive Machines.
Abstract


Vol. 8 & 9 (1983/1984)

Christopher Sergeant & Joseph Halmy,
A Re-examination of Vapour Phase Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching of Works of Art on Paper
Abstract 

Stan Frydryn & David W. Grattan,
The Conservation of a Rare World War I Stamp Cancellation Device: Coping with the Deterioration of Rubber
Abstract 

Sandra Lougheed, Janet Mason & Jan Vuori,
Repair of Tears in Fur Skin Garments
Abstract 

Mark R.Gilberg & John H.A. Grant,
The Conservation of a Birch Bark Scroll: A Case Study
Abstract 


Vol. 7, Nos. 1 & 2 (Spring 1982)

Miriam Clavir,
An Initial Approach to the Stabilization of Rubber from Archaeological Sites and in Museum Collections
Abstract 


Walter C. McCrone,
The Microscopical Identification of Artist's Pigments
Abstract 

Raymond H. Lafontaine,
Humidistatically Controlled Heating: A New Approach to Relative Humidity Control in Museums Closed for the Winter Season
Abstract 

Mark Gilberg,
Douglas Leechman: Canada's First Conservation Scientist
Abstract 

Barbara Keyser,
Time and Mrs. Tiber and Food Technology.
Abstract 


Vol. 6, Nos. 1 & 2 (Spring 1981)

R.L. Barclay,
The Conservation Treatment of an Eighteenth Century English Fire Engine
Abstract 

N.T. Adair and G.S. Young,
The Analysis of Watercolour Pigments from Audubon's The Birds of America Vol. 1
Abstract 

J.K. Hawley, E.A. Kawai and C. Sergeant,
The Removal of Rust Stains from Arctic Tin Can Labels Using Sodium Hydrosulfite
Abstract 

M.A. Keyserlingk,
Treatment of an Early 18th Century Cope
Abstract 

C.J. Feniak,
Treatment of a Parasol Using a Reductive Bleach
Abstract


Vol. 5, Nos. 1 & 2 (Spring 1980)

M. Ruggles,
The History of Conservation in Canada: Developments to the Early 1970's
Abstract

M.S. Gates,
The Dawson City Film Find: A Major Cooperative Film Conservation Project
Abstract

B.W. Keyser,
A Method of Treating Oil Paintings on Paper Mounted on Plywood: Two Examples by Emily Carr
Abstract

G. deW. Rogers and C.G. Costain,
Contamination of a Collection by a Demineralizer/Aerosol Humidifier System
Abstract

R. Ravindra, J.E. Dawson and R.H. Lafontaine,
The Storage of Untreated Waterlogged Wood
Abstract


Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1979)

K.N. Burn and G.D. Schuyler,
Applications of Infrared Thermography in Locating and Identifying Building Faults
Abstract

H.D. Burgess and J.F. Hanlan,
Degradation of Cellulose in Conservation Bleaching Treatments
Abstract

R. Heimann and U.M. Franklin,
Archaeo-thermometry: The Assessment of Firing Temperatures of Ancient Ceramics
Abstract

R.H. Lafontaine,
The Use of a Stabilizing Wax to Protect Brass and Bronze Artifacts
Abstract


Vol. 4, No. 1 (Autumn 1978)

N. Demirdache-Riad,
Conservation of an Eighteenth Century Polychrome Relief: A Royal Coat of Arms of France
Abstract

R.H. Lafontaine,
The Lightfastness of Felt-Tip Pens
Abstract

D.W. Grattan,
The Oxidative Degradation of Organic Material and Its Importance in Deterioration of Artifacts
Abstract

P.J. Legris,
Joining a Curved Panel Using an Improved Gluing Jig
Abstract

J.A. Wright and J.F. Hanlan,
Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) as an Aid in Removal of Stains from Textile and Ceramic Materials
Abstract

R.L. Barclay,
Reproducing the Paper Lining of a Seventeenth Century Lace Box.
Abstract



Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring 1978)

U. M. Franklin and M. Gervers,
The Technical Analysis of Coinage from the Medieval Rock-Cut Church at Gurat, France
Abstract

R.H. Lafontaine,
The Effect of Inhibitors on the Removability of Aged Ketone Resin N (BASF) Film
Abstract

G.J. Matthews,
The Mounting for Display of a Batik by Leah Quamaluk
Abstract


E.T. Leventhal and M. Thompson,
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy as an Analytical Tool in Archaeological Chemistry
Abstract

R.G.V. Hancock,
Some Aspects of the Analysis of Ancient Artifacts by Neutron Activation
Abstract

E.B. Banning and L.A. Pavlish,
A New Method of Radiocarbon Dating: Atom-Counting
Abstract

M.E. Laver and R.S. Williams,
The Use of a Diamond Cell Microsampling Device for Infrared Spectrophotometric Analysis of Art and Archaeological Materials.
Abstract


Vol. 3, No. 1 (Autumn 1977)

Robert L. Barclay,
Conservation of an 18th Century Harp Soundboard: Puncture Damage
Abstract

June B. Bramall,
Conservation of an Abused Painting: Portrait of a Young Lady by G. Gerhard
Abstract

Barbara W. Keyser,
Conservation of an Oversized Painting: Slim Jim by Rowland Lee
Abstract

James K. Welsh,
Modifications to a Convectron Mark II Vacuum Hot Table
Abstract

Thomas G. Stone,
Conservation of Two Athapaskan Caribou Hide Robes: Ballpoint Ink Removal
Abstract

John H.A. Grant,
Conservation of an Inuit Sealskin Float: Reformation Around Meteorological Balloons
Abstract

B. Ann Krahn,
Conservation of Two Whale's Bone Fittings: Reconstruction and Support
Abstract

Charles A.E. Brandt,
Conservation of a 1780/81 Atlantic Neptune
Abstract


Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn 1976)

Charles G. Costain, James F. Hanlan, Gary W. Vanloon,
The Analysis of Selected Staffordshire Earthenwares
Abstract

Mary-Lou E. Florian,
Fungicide Treatment of Eskimo Skin and Fur Artifacts
Abstract

Marilia C. Gomes,
The Conservation of a Beaded Belt
Abstract

Joseph Halmy,
Use of the Low Pressure Cold Lining Table in the Conservation of a Large Severely Damaged Lithograph
Abstract

Rustin S. Levenson,
Techniques in Serial Sculpture in the 19th Century
Abstract

Stewart A. Meese,
Contemporary Art – Conservation and Reconstruction
Abstract

George deW. Rogers
The Ideal of the Ideal Environment
Abstract

Mervyn Ruggles,
New Concepts of Lining – A Summary of Present Trends
Abstract