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From: "Kathy Hines" <>
Subject: Re: [MNFARIBA-L] Wells commemorative newspaper
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:28:52 -0500
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I'm sure it's probably Mankato. I grew up there. It's just north of
Faribault county in Blue Earth county. North Mankato is just across the
river in Nicollet county.

I'm not sure where you live, but you might try the largest historical
society near you and ask them for advice on newspaper preservation. For
what it's worth, I did a really quick google search and found this
place that does professional preservation and digitizing.
http://www.oclc.org/services/preservation/default.htm

I would be just thrilled to be able to post any scans you could do of
that pre-1900 commeorative newspaper on our genealogy website for
Faribault county. My brother hosts the Blue Earth county website and
I'm sure that he'd be happy to piece together and post the scans of that
oversized paper that you have. It'd be a marvelous Labor Day weekend
project!

Kathy

Michal wrote:
>
> The great records online reminds me that I have a copy of a commemorative
> newspaper (the exact date escapes me right now, but it's around 1897) which
> was given to me by a great aunt. The paper includes a history of Wells, as
> well as biographies of leading citizens, with photos of many. I've been
> meaning to transcribe or scan the paper to preserve the contents, as
> newspaper is fragile, even though this, luckily, is printed on much heavier
> paper than modern newspapers.
>
> Anyone have suggestions as to the best way to go about copying the paper?
> Does anyone know if scanning/copying will damage the paper? I have no
> experience preserving old documents and don't want to do the wrong thing. I
> think one of the papers (I have another commemorative from Mankota?
> Minnesota dated around 1900) is too big for even the largest commercial flat
> bed scanner I can find at any local copy places. Both of them are too big
> for my home scanner, I can only do sections. I'm reluctant to pass the pages
> through the big rolling scanners. I'd appreciate any ideas on how best to
> preserve the contents.
>
> I don't know if these papers are available at the local historical society
> or from the newspaper itself, or are already posted online. However, if not,
> and anyone wants a look-up, let me know and I'll try to scan at least that
> biography (and photo if one is included).
>
> Michal
>
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