[Genealib] Archival Advice

[Julie Bartlett]

I regularly refer the "what do I do to protect this old thing" questions to 
the  NEDCC's "technical leaflets" and  PRESERVATION OF LIBRARY & ARCHIVAL
MATERIALS: A MANUAL available online http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets/leaf.htm

Julie H. Bartlett
Archivist
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum
Hampshire Room for Local History
Forbes Library
20 West St.
Northampton, MA  01060
(413) 587-1014
jbartlett at forbeslibrary.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary K. Mannix" <mkmannix at gmail.com>
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Archival Advice


Hi Nancy, These aren't necessarily easy questions, as you know, :)
although they may appear to be. Below are some very brief answers.
Feel free to have him give me a call in Frederick, MD at 301-694-1368,
although I will be away until Saturday.  Mary

On 5/2/06, Nancy Miller <NMiller at vbgov.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have a customer who is moving his deceased mother's genealogy collection
> from Virginia to Maryland.  He has asked advice on how to accomplish this.
> Is anyone on the list able to help with the following questions:
>
>
> >1) We have run across one document which appears to potentially be the
>
> >original high school diploma of my grandfather. It is in a great state
>
> >of disrepair (tattered) and needs to be preserved. Would you please
>
> >provide me a recommendation on what local resources I can use to
>
> >preserve this document?

To locate a conservator go directly to the AIC, the American Institute
for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
http://aic.stanford.edu/select/select.html.  You can search by area
and type of item needing conservation, also useful to poke around at
the other information on that site.  Take a special look at
http://aic.stanford.edu/public/select.html --
GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING A CONSERVATOR .

>
> >2) Generically, I have other copies and other non-original
>
> >documentation that I need to temporarily file so that I can take it to
>
> >Annapolis, MD and sort it. Would you please provide me with a
>
> >recommendation on what would be a good method for doing this? (Some of
>
> >the documents are ledger sized,
>
> >11"x17".)

I don't really get what he needs here --  just how to transport them??
A major concern -- is not to change mom's original order until truly
understand what is going on with her material.  Real question is what
is goal of all this, continue with her work or what.

>
> >
>
> >3) I would like to take at least one copy of my Mom's obituary which
>
> >was in the Virginian Pilot and preserve it. As you know, news print is
>
> >not very good for long-term archival, unless it is prepared. Would you
>
> >please provide me with a recommendation on how I can preserve these
> obituaries?

Simply photocopy on to good acid-free paper.

>
> >
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy M. Miller, MSLS
>
> Collection Development Librarian
>
> Virginia Beach Public Library
>
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>
> Virginia Beach, VA 23452-1767
>
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>
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>
> nmiller at vbgov.com
>
> vbgov.com/libraries
>
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Mary K. Mannix
Maryland Room Manager
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, MD
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