[Genealib] Re:Archival Advice

[CPW Watanabe]

If you patron has access to the internet, have them check the Northeast
Document Conservation Center  http://www.nedcc.org/.
<http://www.nedcc.org/>

Cynthia Watanabe, MLIS


>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 10:48:36 -0400
> From: "Nancy Miller" <NMiller at vbgov.com>
> Subject: [Genealib] Archival Advice
> To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> Message-ID: <C3F77B303ED07149843F0A41E65EC20BE49C99 at vbms004.vbgov.com>
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> 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?
> >
> >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".)
> >
> >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?
> >
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy M. Miller, MSLS
> Collection Development Librarian
> Virginia Beach Public Library
> 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd.
> Virginia Beach, VA 23452-1767
> 757-385-0163
> 757-431-3741 FAX
> nmiller at vbgov.com
> vbgov.com/libraries
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