Northern California Chapter of the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)
We promote the documentation, preservation, and enjoyment of historic landscapes in California.
Resources
HALS DOCUMENTATION
- HALS Short Format History guidelines, brochure, and template
- NPS Heritage Documentation Programs includes HALS Guidelines, Sample Projects, and HALS page, follow on facebook or youtube
- Library of Congress HABS/HAER/HALS Collection, or browse collection by state-county-city
- American Society of Landscape Architects HALS page, including map of HALS sites
OTHER HALS CHAPTERS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- California Office of Historic Preservation includes Registration Programs and DPR 523
- Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter and Personal Digital Archiving Day Kit
- National Park Service includes Landscape Terminology, Professional Qualifications, the Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes, Protecting Cultural Landscapes, National Heritage Areas, E-Library. A Guide to Cultural Landscape Reports: Contents, Process and Techniques is available from archive.org. Follow on facebook or youtube.
- NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, follow on facebook
- NPS National Historic Landmarks Program, follow on facebook
- NPS National Register of Historic Places, follow on facebook
NON-PROFIT AGENCIES
- Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation, follow on facebook
- The Association for Preservation Technology International
- California Garden & Landscape History Society includes an excellent list of resources for research
- California Historical Society
- California Mission Studies Association
- California Preservation Foundation, follow on facebook
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- The Cultural Landscape Foundation, includes What’s Out There database of cultural landscapes, follow on facebook
- Digital Library of Landscape Architecture History
- DoCoMoMo (Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement) – Northern California Chapter, follow on facebook
- The Garden Conservancy, includes preservation projects, follow on facebook
- Historic Roads
- Library of American Landscape History, follow on facebook
- National Association for Olmsted Parks, follow on facebook
- National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites, follow on facebook
- National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, follow on facebook
- National Trust for Historic Preservation, follow on facebook
- Preservation Action
- Society of Architectural Historians – Landscape History Chapter and Archipedia
CONTACT US:
ANDREA GAFFNEY
hals@asla-ncc.org
The HALS group has approximately 100 members including arborists, community activists, cultural landscape enthusiasts, landscape architects, landscape historians, students, and writers. Please contact us if you are interested in getting involved with HALS.