Text Box: Catherine Williams, operating as a contract conservator under a grant from the Mellon Foundation, has demonstrated excellent skills during her service on the gulf coast.  Her specialty in the art conservation field is objects, a specialty that has proven very useful in dealing with Beauvoir’s collection.  Working with Beauvoir and the other coast museums as they struggle to recover from the hurricane has been taxing but Ms. Williams has risen to the occasion.Based out of Austin, Texas and the owner of Silver Lining Art Conser Text Box: owner of Silver Lining Art Conservation, LLC. Ms. Williams has accrued over nine years of experience in the conservation field.  Over the years she has worked for prestigious institutions such as the High Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution.  Beauvoir is honored to have Ms. Williams working with us to conserve this important part of America’s heritage.         Text Box: Local Eagle and Boy Scouts from Troop 212 and their families spent several weekends this spring cleaning the Confederate Veterans Cemetery and built Local Eagle and Boy Scouts from Troop 212 and their families spent several weekends this spring cleaning the Confederate Veterans Cemetery and built and painted  seven picnic tables for Beauvoir to replace ones destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.  They also contributed the materials for the tables as well.   The volunteers are pictured below.     Text Box:         Text Box:   Text Box:       Catherine Williams — a dedicated Professional   Text Box: Local Boy Scouts help Beauvoir with cemetery and picnic area Text Box: “So far the [curatorial] staff is very pleased with the survival rate of our period weaponry”. Text Box: Page 2

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Text Box: Conservator, Catherine Williams, continues to make great strides in sorting and restoring furniture……...