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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:19:00 EST
- Reply-To: "ROBERTSON.JOEL" <robertson@EWIR-WR.ROBINS.AF.MIL>
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- From: "ROBERTSON.JOEL" <robertson@EWIR-WR.ROBINS.AF.MIL>
- Subject: Preservation of Documents (summary)
- Comments: To: roots-l <roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu>
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- I deleted the original question on this subject, and appears to be
- of general interest, so I'm posting it to the group.
-
- I have not tried any of this. I saved the info because it looked like
- something I might need to know someday. I guess that's why my computer,
- desk, and house are cluttered as they are.
-
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- From: MELODIE SANDERS <MES@VAX2.UTULSA.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Preservation of Newspapers
-
- > I have several newspaper articles and other papers from the early 1900's
- > ( 1905- 1930) and need to know how they should be preserved so they don't
- > disintigrate. Can anyone help?
- >
- > Elliot C. Jolesch CELLIOT@OCVAXA.BITNET
- > Oberlin, Ohio CELLIOT@OCVAXA.CC.OBERLIN.EDU
-
- Generally the best way to preserve newsprint is to deacidify it and then,
- encapsulate it in acid-free plastic.
-
- To deacidify use:
-
- Wei T'o Deacidification Solutions (p. 25)
-
- To encapsulate use:
-
- Mylar "Type D" polyester Film and (p. 26-27)
- Double-coated film tape
-
- These can all be purchased along with a video, "Wei T'o
- instructional video" from:
-
- Light Impressions
- 439 Monroe Avenue
- P.O. Box 940
- Rochester, NY 14603-0940
- 1-800-828-6216
-
- ask for: "Archival supplies" catalog, Summer 1992. (They take
- Visa, MasterCard, and American Express). I have been ordering
- from them for several years, and have been pleased with their
- services and products.
-
-
- For more information on the proper care of materials:
-
- Kyle, Hedi.
- Library materials preservation manual, practical methods
- for preserving books, pamphlets, and other printed materials.
- Bronxville, N.Y. : N.T. Smith, 1983.
-
-
- Melodie Sanders Internet: MES@VAX2.UTULSA.EDU
- Reference Librarian/Cataloger
- McFarlin Library
- University of Tulsa
-
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-
- From: "Jack T. Mehornay" <usr5992a@TSO.UC.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Preservation of Newspapers
-
- I have (somewhere!) a copy of a method to preserve newspapers. I believe I
- read it in a Genealogical Magazine (Genealogical Helper?). It gives the follo-
- wing "recipe":
- 1 quart bottle of carbonated water
- 2 tablespoons of Milk of Magnesia
-
- Mix together and immerse newspaper for a short (?) while. Remove newspaper
- and drain same (over a clothes line or whatever). I don't know what the
- chemical process is, but apparently, it will continur to neutralize the acid
- content of the paper for some time ( I believe the aticle said for ever!).
- Good luck
- jack Mehornay
-
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-
- From: Dick and Jill Miller <dmiller@IM.LCS.MIT.EDU>
- Subject: Preserving newspaper clippings
-
- Dear Rootslers:
-
- There is always interest in this group about how to preserve various items
- and particularly newspaper clippings which have a very short life. Here is
- a method I found in "File...Don't Pile!" by Pat Dorff, (1983,1986, St.
- Martin's Press, NY.) On page 132 she details the following method which
- she says was suggested by 'experts at the National Archives':
-
- "1. Mix 1 tablespoon of magnesium carbonate and a quart of club soda in a
- large platic dish.
-
- "2. Sandwich the clippings between two pieces of screen or Pellon, a
- material sold in most fabric stores. Soak for thirty minutes.
-
- "3. Mop up excess liquid with blotting paper and allow to dry overnight on
- more blotting paper.
-
- "4. Store clippings in a well-sealed flat plastic bag. They shoud keep
- forever."
-
- ---end of quote---
-
- After all the discussion on this and similar subjects last year I still
- have some questions, like, what kind of plastic bag? and, where does one get
- magnesium carbonate, and blotting paper? I haven't seen blotting paper for
- years. Could one use paper towels instead?
-
- But there is the quote, for what it's worth. I won't have time to pursue
- this for a while, but I'm sure that the group would like to hear from
- anyone who does.
-
- Happy rooting.
-
- --Jill
-
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-
- From: info!louisvil!philh@UUNET.UU.NET
- Subject: Newspaper clippings
-
- HI Jill,
- Nope, I wouldn't use paper towels to blot dry your preserved news
- clippings. You would only absorb the stuff from the paper towels back into
- your treated clippings. Photo shops have blotter books for photo drying
- that you could use. These are "cleansed" paper blotters. You may be able to
- get magnesium carbonate in a drugstore, but I haven't tried. It's in a lot
- of anti-acid formulas.
- Phil Hysell
- philh@info.uucp
-
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