Heald, Susan

Fellowship Advisor

Staff of National Museum of the American Indian

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Background And Education

education and training

• B.A., George Washington University
• M.S., Winterthur Museum/University of Delaware Art Conservation Program

Publications

selected publications

• article

  • Alvarez-Martin, Alba, George, John, Kaplan, Emily, Osmond, Lauren, Bright, Leah, Newsome, G. A., Kaczkowski, Rebecca, Vanmeert, Frederik, Kavich, Gwénaëlle, and Heald, Susan. 2020. "Identifying VOCs in exhibition cases and efflorescence on museum objects exhibited at Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian-New York." Heritage Science 8:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00454-4 2020
  • Ballard, Mary W., Newsome, G. Asher, and Heald, Susan. 2019. "An Ongoing Mystery: Copper Kettles And Chilkat Blue." The Textile Specialty Group Postprints 29:99-113. 2019
  • Solazzo, Caroline, Heald, Susan, Ballard, Mary W., Ashford, David A., DePriest, Paula T., Koestler, Robert J., and Collins, Matthew. 2011. "Proteomics and Coast Salish blankets: a tale of shaggy dogs?." Antiquity 85:1418-1432. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00062141 2011

• chapter

  • Madden, Odile, Hodgkins, Robyn, and Heald, Susan. 2014. "Substituting SPME for noses in the detection and quantification of mothball vapors from textiles in the National Museum of the American Indian collection." in Preprints of the International Council of Museums Conservation Committee (ICOM-CC) 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australia, September 15-19 2014, ICOM-CC. 2014
  • Summerour, Rebecca, Heald, Susan, Owens, Sarah Jane Grace, Madden, Odile, and Giaccai, Jennifer A. 2013. "Rubberized flannel in contemporary beaded powwow regalia." in Preprints of the 9th North American Textile Conservation Conference, San Francisco, California, November 12-15, 2013, 183-198. 2013
  • Heald, Susan and Madden, Odile. 2011. "Investigations into Naphthalene Mitigation on Museum Objects." in NATCC Preprints, 8th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Oaxaca, Mexico, 291-297. 2011

• conference paper

  • Heald, Susan, Frankel, Nora, Keruzec, Annaïck, Doxsey-Whitfield, Megan, Kavich, Gwénaëlle, Lam, Thomas, and Little, Nicole. 2018. "A Sizable Sooty Soiled Surface: Analyzing and Evaluating Methods for Surface Cleaning a Large Painted Muslin." In , , American Institute for Conservation. 2018
  • Frankel, Nora, Heald, Susan, Lam, Thomas, Pace, Marcelo R., and Galban, Michael. 2018. "Untangling Indian Hemp: Identifying Common Woodlands Plant Fibers." In , , 2018
  • Gunnison, Ann Turner, Heald, Susan, Tsang, Jia-sun, Lee, Yoonjo, and Giaccai, Jennifer. 2010. "Preventive Conservation and Identification of Plastics of a Recent Acquisition at the National Museum of the American Indian." In , , 21-32. The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC). 2010

Other

Location

• National Museum of the American Indian  Department