Another Successful Conference for CSAA
Participants from across the United States gathered at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ for the 2011 CSAA County School Conference. They chose from 22 dynamic presentations on all aspects of schoolhouse preservation and programming. For a list of the presentations and presenters, feel free to access the following program outline:
For photo highlights of the 2011 conference and schoolhouse tour access the YouTube video below:
Every year, unsung heroes step forward to take on the task of coordinating the annual CSAA Country Schoolhouse Conference, a daunting and time consuming job. From conception to schoolhouse tour, countless hours of planning, phone calls, e-mails, travel, paperwork, and worry go into the task of ensuring a rewarding and successful conference.
This year, we take this opportunity to thank Maureen O’Connor Leach, who offered to take on this task in a letter to the CSAA dated October 23, 2007! She never wavered in her bid to bring the conference to Burlington County, New Jersey as an opportunity to share their treasured schoolhouses. Maureen is a consultant to historic sites and cultural institutions and counts the Trenton Historical Society and the Colonial Dames of NJ among her clients. She is also a food historian and hearth cook as well as an interpreter of the 18th through early 20th centuries. Maureen is a frequent presenter at historic societies, professional organizations, and historic preservation programs.
We also thank her assistant, Sarah Bent, who is the Historic Site Supervisor for Historic Walnford Park, a mill village, presenting programs for school children at The Old Schoolhouse in Mt Holly. She is a talented artist and an amazing seamstress. She was the costume mistress for Longstreet Farm for many years.
Photos: Cross Keys School, Medford, NJ
(L) Sarah Bent (R) Maureen O'Connor Leach
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