I have completed an M.A. in Historic Preservation and a certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Delaware.

Throughout my academic career, internships, and volunteer opportunities I have developed a passion for the research, documentation, and preservation of material culture, particularly historic landscapes, battlefields, and cemeteries.

My professional aspirations have been informed by field work, the creation of measured drawings, assessment of integrity for historic resources, conservation treatments, managing grants, and working with museum collections. In the future I hope to seek a career in preservation advocacy, public outreach, and community engagement.

Elizabeth S. Diker

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387145_10151090877061089_1322048084_n	Documentation Using an elevation rod to measure the top peak of a historic barn	Stabilizing a Persian Knife I am working to remove evidence of insect activity in the hilt of a Persian knife and to stabilize the broken fragments of the hilt
10457554_10152299650038813_8872979938052173270_n	Documenting the Yeatman Barn In this photo I am balancing on top of a stair box in order to measure the depth of a principal post	Presenting to Owners I am presenting the conservation treatment I completed on this African Fetish statue to the owners of the object
Documenting the Yeatman Barn Measuring the rafters at the Yeatman Barn in Delaware	National Park Service Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the American Battlefield Protection Program during my 2015 summer internship with the ABPP	Darby Friends Burial Ground Sketching the front elevation
Measuring I am measuring the wall thickness of a historic barn to help inform the creation of measured drawings	National Park Service ABPP During the summer of 2015 I held the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program in Washington D.C

Elizabeth S. Diker

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Documentation

Using an elevation rod to measure the top peak of a historic barn

Stabilizing a Persian Knife

I am working to remove evidence of insect activity in the hilt of a Persian knife and to stabilize the broken fragments of the hilt

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Documenting the Yeatman Barn

In this photo I am balancing on top of a stair box in order to measure the depth of a principal post

Presenting to Owners

I am presenting the conservation treatment I completed on this African Fetish statue to the owners of the object

Documenting the Yeatman Barn

Measuring the rafters at the Yeatman Barn in Delaware

National Park Service

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the American Battlefield Protection Program during my 2015 summer internship with the ABPP

Darby Friends Burial Ground

Sketching the front elevation

Measuring

I am measuring the wall thickness of a historic barn to help inform the creation of measured drawings

National Park Service ABPP

During the summer of 2015 I held the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program in Washington D.C