The analysis of the four historic sites featured in this publication—Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site in Canada, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the United States, Port Arthur Historic Site in Australia, and Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom—provides valuable insight into the creation and management of heritage values.

Each case study articulates how values are identified and assessed by the governing bodies; where (and with whom) the values reside; how the values are implemented into management policies and objectives; and the impact that these decisions have on the sites themselves.

This book will be a vital tool for institutions and individuals engaged in the study or practice of site management, conservation planning, and/or historic preservation.

• Foreword, Timothy P. Whalen
• Part 1: Project Background, Marta de la Torre
  • Introduction
  • About the Case Studies: Purpose, Design, and Methods
  • Steering Committee of the Case Study Project
• Part 2: The Case Studies
  • Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site, Margaret G. H. MacLean and David Myers
    • About This Case Study
    • Management Context and History of Grosse Île
    • Understanding and Protecting the Values of Grosse Île and the Hirish Memorial National Historic Site
    • Conclusions
    • Appendix A: Commemorative Integrity—A Short History of a Central Concept in Heritage Management Parks Canada
    • References
    • Persons Contacted During the Development of the Case
  • Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Marta de la Torre, Margaret G. H. MacLean, and David Myers
    • About This Case Study
    • Management Context and History of CCNHP
    • Understanding and Protecting the Values of the Park
    • Conclusions
    • Appendix A: Time Line During Heritage Status
    • Appendix B: Resource Classification
    • Appendix C: Management Priorities of CCNHP in 2001
    • Appendix D: Summary of Legislation Pertinent to CCNHP
    • References
    • Persons Contacted During the Development of the Case
  • Port Arthur Historic Site
    • About This Case Study
    • Management Context and history of Port Arthur Historic Site
    • Understanding and Protecting the Values of the Site
    • Conclusions
    • Appendix A: Time Line After the Closing of the Penal Colony
    • References
    • Persons Contacted During the Development of the Case
  • Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, Randall Mason, Margaret G. H. MacLean, and Marta de la Torre
    • About This Case Study
    • Management Context and History of Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site
    • Understanding and Protecting the Values of the Site
    • Conclusions
    • Appendix A: Time Line for Hadrian’s Wall During Heritage Statues
    • References
    • Persons Contacted During the Development of the Case
• Part 3: Issues Raised by the Case Studies, Marta de la Torre
• Index
• About the Authors

Marta de la Torre is the director of the Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program at Florida International University in Miami.

Margaret G. H. MacLean is a cultural heritage analyst with the United States Department of State, where she is engaged in heritage conservation and management policy, and in the protection of movable heritage from international theft and illegal trafficking.

Randall Mason is associate professor of architecture, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, at the University of Pennsylvania.

David Myers is research associate at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles.