Helping cemetery trustees who struggle to maintain their historic tombstones is the goal of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation's latest publication, Landscapes of Memories - A Guide for Conserving Historic Cemeteries: Repairing Tombstones.

The guide has been written by specialists in masonry conservation and provides technical information on topics such as how to correctly identify materials, how to get started on a cemetery restoration project, and the ten most common tombstone repairs.

Designed for easy use in the office or in the field, this guide is ideal for cemetery trustees, monument builders, conservators and volunteers.

Hardcopies can be obtained from Publications Ontario by going on-line, calling 1-800-668-9938 or in person at the Ontario Government Bookstore, 880 Bay St. in Toronto

For further information on this publication, you may contact:
Tamara Anson-Cartwright
Conservation Advisor
Toronto, Canada
Telephone: (416) 314-7133
Fax: (416) 314-7790
E-mail: tamara.ansoncartwright@ontario.ca

This fully illustrated guide offers step-by-step instruction on the cleaning and minor repair of historic monuments.

Cover:
Prudence Heward
(1896 - 1947)

Blue Church, 1933
Oil on panel, 35.2 cm x 30.4 cm
Gift of Dr. Naomi Jackson Groves
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
An Agency of the Ministry of Culture.

Blue Church is in the permanent collection of McMichael Canadian Art Collection and is on display.

For more information on Prudence Heward, visit the J. M. Barnicke Art Gallery,
Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada