The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation Projects with Guidelines for Applying the Standards was initially written in 1976 by W. Brown Morton III and Gary L. Hume (this book contained standards and guidelines for acquisition, protection, stabilization, preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction).

The guidelines to the Standards for Rehabilitation were then revised and expanded in 1983 by Gary L. Hume and Kay D. Weeks and issued together with the 1976 standards as a separate book entitled The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation with Guidelines for Applying the Standards.

The 1976 Standards for Rehabilitation were revised in 1990 by Gary L. Hume, H. Ward Jandl, and Kay D. Weeks following a public commenting period. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines for Applying the Standards was published in 1992, under the direction of Anne Grimmer and Kay Weeks. It includes the revised 1990 Standards. This book remains in print as of 1999 and may be purchased from the Government Printing Office.

Project Directors for this web site are Kay Weeks, Office of the Chief, HPS, and Anne Grimmer, TPS.

Vincent Reedy, web design coordinator for the Cultural Resources Programs, is credited with creating the template for the Guidelines, while Kay Weeks placed photos and drawings within the text pages. Appreciation is extended to Edward Watkins, National Register, History, and Education Program, for creating the text-only version, and assisting in the final production efforts.

The center home page photo--worker scraping column--is copyrighted by Mary Randlett, and appears here by permission of the photographer. Unless otherwise noted in the captions, photos and drawings are taken from NPS files.