Ellen Pearlstein

Professor Emerita

Departments

Department of Information Studies

Programs

Expertise

Education

M.A., Columbia University, 1978

Advanced Certificate in Conservation, New York University, 1982

Select Publications

1.Pearlstein, E., M. Hughs, J. Mazurek, K. McGraw, C. Pesme, and M. Garcia-Garibay, 2014, Correlations between photochemical damage and UV fluorescence of feathers, ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australia September 15-19, 2014.

2.Pearlstein, E., 2015, Displaying feathers, what history tells us, in Images Take Flight; Feather Art in Mexico and Europe, Alessandra Russo, Gerhard Wolf, Diana Fanes, eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Institut-Max-Planck Institut in Florence and the Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) in Mexico City.

3.O’Hern, Robin, Ellen Pearlstein and Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, 2014, Beyond the Surface: Where Cultural Contexts and Scientific Analyses Meet in the Conservation of Komo Helmet Masks in Museum Collections, Museum Anthropology, 39, no. 1 (2016): 70-86.

4.O’Hern, Robin, & Ellen Pearlstein (2013) Label removal from deteriorated leather-bound books, Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 36:2, 109-124.

5.Riedler, R., C. Pesme, J. Druzik, M. Gleeson, and E. Pearlstein, 2014, A review of color producing mechanisms in feathers and their influence on preventive conservation strategies, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 53:1, 44-65.

6.Pearlstein, E., and D. Lohnas, 2013, Conservation outreach materials for a tribal museum without conservators, Playing to the Galleries and Engaging New Audiences: the public face of conservation, London: Archetype Publications, 222-231.

7.Kaplan, E., E. Howe, E. Pearlstein, and J. Levinson, 2013, The Qero Project: Conservation and Science Collaboration Over Time, Postprints of the Research and Technical Studies Group, American Institute for Conservation.

8.Gleeson, M., E. Pearlstein, B. Marshall, and R. Riedler, 2012. California featherwork: considerations for examination and preservation. Museum Anthropology, 35 (2) 101–114.

9.de Alarcon, T., R. Ohern, E. Pearlstein, 2012, Case Studies in Basketry Repair: Two Abenaki Splint Baskets, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 51:123–143.

10.Pearlstein, E. and M. Gleeson, 2012, Developing a technical and condition database for California Native American featherwork, Sharing Conservation, Eds. Cristina D’Andrea, Ufficio Pubblicazioni Musei Vaticani, and Daniela Rullo, Gruppo Italiano dell’International Institute for Conservation (IGIIC).