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From: (Carole Allen)
Subject: Re: Preserving large document
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 03:52:17 GMT
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Yes, I talked him out of laminating. Last weekend we took some
digital photos of it, at superhigh quality, and my sister is currently
torquing/sizing them in photoshop, and will print them at the print
shop where she works. The original was in fact about 20 x 36 inches.
She will print (on high output printers at the shop) a copy about
16x20 for framing (a Christmas surprise for the grandma it was written
for).

My nephew is consulting folks at the archival program at his college
about preserving the original.

The dcument is quite beautiful. He wrote in various colors with some
sort of markers, scattering words expressing love for his wife of many
years, words like beloved, partner, kind, friend, comforter, lover,
sweetheart, cherish, etc.

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 08:30:50 +0000 (UTC), "Chris Watts"
<> wrote:

>Plastic lamination is a quick way to DESTROY the item. Do NOT do it - it is
>intended for short-term "preservation" of items that receive heavy handling
>but have no long-term value. Consult a conservator or archivist - there are
>lamination materials suitable for the task, but experience and patience is
>needed to apply them.
>
>Chris
>
>
>"Carole Allen" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> My nephew has a large item that he wishes to preserve.
>
>> My nephew's larger concern is preserving the actual item. I was
>> thinking if we could get archival acid-free paper in large enough
>> sheets, that the item could be "blanketed" in such sheets on both
>> sides, then rolled and inserted into an archival tube. I see
>> unbuffered tubes on the net for sale, but don't see the paper in large
>> sheets.
>>
>> My nephew wanted to laminate the thing, as he has access to a large
>> size cold press laminator at his college, but the item is so fragile I
>> would be concerned that it would wrinkle or even tear in the rollers
>> of the laminator. Also, I don't think lamination is a very good
>> medium for preservation long-term. So for now he is holding off on
>> that idea.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
>

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