Nicholas Hadgraft Scholarship

In remembrance of a dear friend, Dr Nicholas Hadgraft, who died on July 4th 2004, the CONSERVATION BY DESIGN "NICHOLAS HADGRAFT SCHOLARSHIP" was founded.

The scholarship will be an award of £1000 towards the cost of attending the Montefiascone Book Conservation Summer School held each year in the Medieval Hill Town of Montefiascone.

Nicholas was a regular tutor at Montefiascone from its beginnings and took great pleasure imparting his knowledge and sharing his love of books and bookbinding with like minded individuals.

Conservation by Design Limited are delighted to announce the winner of the first CXD - Nicholas Hadgraft Memorial Scholarship...

2006 Winner

Now in its second year, the 2006 scholarship has just been awarded to Rachel Lloyd, Cambridge, UK this award will enable Rachel to attend this unique course, to share knowledge and love of precious books and bookbinding in the picturesque Italian town of Montefiascone.

Congratulations Rachel!

2005 Winner

Marieka Kaye of Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, USA presented an outstanding application supported by strong references. Amidst a strong number of high quality applications, Marieka's stood out and caught the award panels' eye.

Marieka is currently a second year Masters student in Art Conservation and has worked in many libraries and museums including Brandeis University Libraries, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York Historical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Municipal Archives and Syracuse University.

Marieka is looking forward to attending the week on Historic album structures by Olivia Primanis followed by a week studying The conservation, repair and binding of parchment manuscripts with Tony Cains.

The quality of applicants was impressive and what would have particularly delighted Nicholas was an understanding of the importance of both academic and practical skills to good conservation.

Applicants came from many countries and we were most impressed with the depth of and widespread commitment to skilled and informed conservation.

Congratulations Marieka!

Download an application form for the scholarship from Conservation By Design Limited's Site