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Professional Credentials
Larson Fisher Associates
professional affiliations
• books, articles & catalogs • papers
& presentations
• electronic creations
• exhibits • symposia
& programs
RESUME
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EDUCATION |
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MA |
University of Delaware, Newark DE 1980
Winterthur Fellowship in Early American Culture Studies |
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AB |
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1976
General and Departmental Honors |
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WORK HISTORY |
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1998- |
Principal, Larson Fisher Associates (formerly Neil
Larson & Associates) consulting business specializing in historic
preservation, planning, architecture and museum services |
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1988- |
Researcher, writer and lecturer specializing in
historic architecture, cultural landscapes and material culture |
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2001- |
Adjunct Professor of History and Associate of Hudson
River Valley Institute, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY |
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1994-1998 |
Executive Director, Hudson Valley Study Center, State
University of New York,
New Paltz, NY |
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1994-1998 |
Adjunct Professor of Art History, SUNY, New Paltz, NY |
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1988-1990 |
Curator/Acting Director, Dutchess County Historical
Society, Poughkeepsie, NY |
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1980-1988 |
National Register and Survey Field Worker, New York
State Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation, Albany, NY |
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS |
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Vernacular Architecture Forum,
Washington, D.C.
Annual Meeting
Chair, 1986; Board of Directors, 1989-1992; VAF Award Committee
Chair, 1991-1993; First Vice President, 1997-1999; Nominating
Committee Chair, 1997-1999; Web Site Committee Chair, 1997-1998; Web
Site Administrator, 1998-2001
New York State Council on the Arts,
New York, NY
Museum Program
Grants Review Panel, 1997-2000.
Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen,
Woodstock, NY
Board of Trustees,
1997-present; Byrdcliffe Property Committee; Collections Committee Chair
19th Century. The
Magazine of the Victorian Society in America
Editorial Advisory
Board, 2001-present
1 East 60th Street Historic Foundation
(for the preservation of the Metropolitan Club), N.Y.,N.Y.
Trustee, 1999-present
Dutch Barn Preservation Society,
Rensselaer, NY
Founding Trustee,
1986, Trustee 1998-; Publications Committee, 1990-92; Restoration
Grant Review Committee, 1996-present
SELECT LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITS,
AND PROGRAMS
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Books, Articles & Catalogs |
| 2006 |
Vernacular Architecture in the Hudson Valley. In progress, with a grant from the Architecture, Planning and Design Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. |
| 2006 |
With Thomas Ryan, “Stone, Frame and Log Houses: Reconstructing the Hudson Valley Cultural Landscape from the 1798 Federal Direct Tax,” in Bernard L Herman and Michael Steinitz, eds., A Singular List of All Dwellings, Lands, Lots, Buildings, & Wharves: American Architecture and Landscape at the End of the Eighteenth Century. University of Tennessee Press, pending publication. |
| 2006 |
“Building a Stone House in Ulster County, New York in 1751,” Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History. Cambridge: Construction History Society, 2006, Vol. 2, 1867-1881. |
| 2005 |
"What Makes Modern Historic? - Mid-20th Houses as Historic Resources," paper presented at Preservation 360, preservation conference organized by the Preservation Foundation of Saratoga Springs, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 19, 2005. |
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2002 |
BOOK REVIEW: The President as
Architect: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Top Cottage
(Albany NY: Mt. Ida Press, 2002) by John G. Waite Associates,
Architects in Journal of the Society of
Architectural Historians, vol. 61, no. 2
(June 2002) 260-261. |
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2000 |
The Jonathan Hasbrouck House.
New Paltz, NY: Hasbrouck Family Association, 2000. |
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2000 |
BOOK REVIEW: Morningside
Heights: A History of its Architecture and Development
(NY: Columbia UP, 1998) by Andrew Dolkart in Journal
of the Society of Architectural Historians,
Vol. 59, No. 2 (June 2000) 260-261. |
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2000 |
"Lewis Graham's House in Pine Plains [NY]: A
Revolutionary Log Building." The Hudson
Valley Regional Review. Vol. 12, No. 1
(March 2000) 56-79. |
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1999 |
Planning Digital Projects for Historical Collections.
NY: The New York Public Library, 1999; with support from an
Electronic Doorway Library Services (EDL) Demonstration Project Grant
in Fiscal Year 1998. |
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1997 |
"The Landscape as Historic Evidence: A Review of
the Smithfield Valley's Past." Dutchess
County Historical Society Yearbook.
Poughkeepsie, NY: Dutchess County Historical Society, 1997. |
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1997 |
"Dutch Barns in the Town of New Paltz, 1798." DBPS Newsletter,
Spring 1997. Rensselaer, NY: Dutch Barn Preservation Society. |
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1988 |
"Agrarian Changes: Learning from Barn
Additions," in Dutch Barn Preservation
Society Newsletter, vol. 1 no. 2 (Fall
1988), pp. 1-2. |
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1987 |
"The Dutch Barn, A Functional Perspective,"
in William D .Walters, ed., Pioneer America
Society Transactions, vol. X (1987), pp. 37-41. |
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1986 |
"Dutch Stone Houses of New York State," The
Old House Journal, vol. XIV, no. 5 (June 1986). |
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1986 |
Ethnic and Economic Diversity Reflected in Columbia
County (NY) Vernacular Architecture.
Washington D.C.: Vernacular Architecture Forum, 1986. |
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1986 |
The Masonry Architecture of Ulster County, New
York; An Evolution, 1665 - 1935. Washington
D.C.: Vernacular Architecture Forum, 1986. |
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1981 |
Med Bai Michele Zaccheo, Torrington Connecticut, USA,
catalog for an exhibit of furniture and decorative arts at the
College Art Gallery , State University at New York College at New
Paltz, October 11 - 30, 1981. |
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1981 |
"Portfolio: Michele Zaccheo, "Fine
Woodworking, vol. 31, (November/December
1981), pp. 98-99. |
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Papers and Presentations |
| 2006 |
“Identifying Characteristics of African American Housing After Emancipation, The Story of the Hunterfly Road Houses in Weeksville, Brooklyn,” presented at at “Researching New York: Perspectives on Empire State Architecture,” November 16, 2006. |
| 2006 |
“Post World War II Architecture,” presentation in Hudson Valley Architecture Lecture Series, Life Learning Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, October, 6, 2006. |
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“Keeping Historic Homes Historic, Preserving Historic Fabric in the Repair and Renovation of Old Houses,” seminar for the Hudson Valley Chapter, American Society of Home Inspectors, September 20, 2006. |
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“Building a Stone House in Ulster County, New York in 1751,” paper presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens’ College, Cambridge, England, March 29, 2006. This paper was also presented at “From De Halve Maen to KLM: 400 Years of Dutch-American Exchange” organized by New Netherland Institute, Albany NY, June 10, 2006 and for the Ulster County Historical Society, June 9, 2007. |
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2005 |
"What Makes Modern Historic? - Mid-20th Houses as
Historic Resources," paper presented at Preservation 360,
preservation conference organized by the Preservation Foundation of
Saratoga Springs, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 19, 2005. |
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2003 |
"Wealth & Class in Ulster County Stone House
Architecture," paper presented at Conference on New York State
History, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, June 6, 2003. |
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"Stone Architecture in Ulster County,"
presentation made at a forum on vernacular architecture, New York
Folklore Society, New Paltz, NY, November 9, 2002. |
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2001 |
"Architectural Diversity in the Hudson Valley in
1750," presentation made for interpreter training program at
Philipsburg Manor Historic Site, Historic Hudson valley, Inc.,
Tarrytown, NY, February 20 & 24, 2001. |
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2000 |
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New Information
and Ideas About Worcester's Architecture," presentation made to
the members of Preservation Worcester, Worcester, MA, June 22, 2000 |
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"Understanding the Architecture of Your
Vernacular House," presentation made for a historic preservation
series offered by the Catskill Center for Conservation &
Development, Arkville, NY, April 29, 2000. |
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1999 |
"Early Brick Houses in the Town of New
Paltz," presentation made for the Ulster County Historical
Society, Annual Lecture Program, Marbletown, NY, August, 1999 |
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1997 |
"The Georgian Ideal as Applied to Vernacular
Architecture," presentation made at a symposium entitled "A
Celebration of New York Georgian Style," commemorating the 200th
anniversary of Lindenwald, the retirement home of President Martin
Van Buren, Kinderhook, NY, November 8, 1997. |
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1996 |
"Ordinary Houses in the Hudson Valley,"
presentation made for Hudson River Heritage, Inc., Annual Lecture
Program, Tivoli, NY, December 5, 1996. |
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1996 |
"Little Known Gems and Tidbits of Orange County
Architecture, presentation made at Knox's Headquarters State Historic
Site, New Windsor, NY, November 3, 1996. |
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1996 |
"A GIS Model for Recording and Applying Cultural
Resource Data at the Town Level," presentation made to the 12th
New York State Geographic Information Systems Conference, October
7-8, 1996. |
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1996 |
"Dutchess County Architecture, A Microcosm of
Hudson Valley Heritage," presentation made to the Turpin
Bannister Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians, Troy, NY,
April 26, 1996. |
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1990 |
"The Rural Plain...In Context," Paper
delivered at a symposium of the same name examining the ideas and
expression of the plain style in art, architecture and decorative
art, 1800-1855. Organized by the Dutchess County Historical Society
at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 25, 1990. |
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1989 |
"Read My Lips! Style Has Meaning in Vernacular
Architecture," paper delivered at the annual meeting of the
Vernacular Architecture Forum, St. Louis, MO, May 13, 1989. |
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1989 |
"German Vernacular Architecture in Old
Rhinebeck," presentation made to the Rhinebeck and Clinton (NY)
Historical Societies, Clinton Town Hall, Schultzville, NY, February
3, 1989. |
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1988 |
"Stone House Architecture in the Stockade,"
presentation made for the Kingston Urban Cultural Park Commission,
Senate House Museum, Kingston, NY December 7, 1988 |
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1986 |
"New York Dutch Barns: A Functional
Perspective," paper delivered at the annual meeting of the
Pioneer America Society, Rochester, NY, April, 1986. (This paper has
been presented subsequently at various locations with the sponsorship
of the Dutch Barn Preservation Society.) |
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1985 |
"Evolution of the Dutch Architecture in the
Hudson Valley during the 18th and 19th Centuries," paper
delivered to the Turpin Bannister Chapter, Society of Architectural
Historians, Albany, NY, May, 1985. |
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1985 |
"Dutch Antecedents of Sunnyside, Real and
Romantic," paper delivered at the conference: Washington Irving
And The Dutch Tradition, Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Tarrytown, NY,
May, 1985. |
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1980 |
"The Politics of Style: Rural Portraiture in the
Hudson Valley during the Second Quarter of the Nineteenth
Century," Masters Thesis, University of Delaware. |
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1979 |
"John Vanderlyn's Portraits," paper
delivered at Winterthur Museum, Wilmington DE (March 1979) and Senate
house Museum, Kingston, NY (September 1980). |
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1977 |
"Evolution of an American Shrine: a
Historigraphical Analysis of the Interpretation of Washington
Headquarters State Historic Site, Newburgh, New York," prepared
as part of course work at the University of Delaware and submitted to
NYS Bureau of Historic Sites, Fall, 1977. |
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1976 |
"A Proposal for the Reinterpretation of the
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York,"
prepared as a work/study project at Vassar College, Spring, 1976. |
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ELECTRONIC CREATIONS |
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2001 |
"Travels Along the Hudson: A Collaborative
Digital Library Project on New York State History," New York
Public Library and nine other regional libraries and museums (project director). |
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1998 |
Vernacular Architecure Forum Web Site, <www.vernaculararchitecture.org> |
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1996 |
Hudson Valley Study Center Web Site, <www.newpaltz.edu/hvsc> (site designer and programmer)
• Hudson Valley Research Directory: an
information system of sources on Hudson Valley heritage.
• Hudson Valley Bibliography: a comprehensive,
searchable listing of books about the region.
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1994 |
Cultural Resource Data Base Inventory & Geographic
Information System Model |
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EXHIBITS |
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2003 |
Temporary interpretive exhibit for Abraham Hasbrouck
House, Hasbrouck Family Association & Huguenot Historical
Society, New Paltz, NY, June 14, 2003 |
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2002 |
"Stone House Architecture in Ulster County and
Preservation Planning for the Abraham Hasbrouck House," Huguenot
Historical Society, New Paltz, NY, August 10 - October 30, 2002 |
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2000 |
"Rip Van Winkle, A Catskills Legend for the
World," Mountain Top Historical Society, Haines Falls, New York,
August 27-November 1, 2000. |
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1993 |
"Ti(e)me Line: Neckware as History," Last
Exit Cafe, Troy, NY, May 5-July 17, 1993. |
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1990 |
"Union of Hearts, Union of Hands: Courtship and
Marriage 1875-1900," Clinton House Gallery, Dutchess County
Historical Society, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 8 - September 28, 1990
(curator and designer, planning assisted by Cornelia Frisbee Houde
and Hilary Goldhammer). |
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1989 |
"The Rural Plain, A New Look at Art and Culture
in Dutchess County, 1820 - 1850," Clinton House Gallery,
Dutchess County Historical Society, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 15,
1989 - March 9, 1990 (curator and designer). |
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1988 |
"Relics, Curiosities and Mementos: What's Hiding
in Dutchess County's Attics?" Clinton House Gallery, Dutchess
County Historical Society, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 1- July 31, 1989
(curator and designer). |
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1981 |
"Med Bai Michele Zaccheo, Torrington,
Connecticut, USA," College Art Gallery, State University of New
York College at New Paltz, October 11 - 30, 1981 (guest curator). |
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SYMPOSIA AND PROGRAMS |
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1997 |
"First Annual Conference on Hudson Valley
Heritage." SUNY New Paltz, September 26-27, 1997. |
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1996 |
"Conference on New York State History."
Hosted at SUNY New Paltz, June 5-6, 1996. |
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1990 |
"The Rural Plain . . .In Context." A
symposium examining the ideas and expression of the plain style in
art and decorative art, 1800-1855. For the Dutchess County Historical
Society, Bard College April, 1990. |
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1989 |
"Plain Talks," a series of presentations on
country art and culture in Dutchess County to accompany the exhibit,
The Rural Plain, for the Dutchess County Historical Society, Nov.
1989 - Jan. 1990. |
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1986 - 1988 |
"Architectural History Lectures and Tours,"
Spring and Fall Series, Turpin Bannister Chapter, Society of
Architectural Historians, Troy NY (with Kathleen LaFrank). |
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1986 |
Annual Meeting, Vernacular Architecture Forum,
Kingston, NY, May 7-10, 1986 (program chair). |
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