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From: "Ron Beaman" <>
Subject: Re: Question: Preserving a 1913 manual
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:52:37 -0500
References: <003201c12cb1$36ce2e40$b1c6b7d8@theriver.com> <0a1001c12cb5$4f8985c0$f3e0fea9@carolyn> <004d01c12cb7$488e30c0$b1c6b7d8@theriver.com> <004601c12cba$3a0f3960$f3e0fea9@carolyn>


Carolyn...that is good information for all of us! Thanks for passing it
along ! Kay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Question: Preserving a 1913 manual


> Cara, I am an independent historian, I have been a professional archivist,
> and I serve as a volunteer family historian. My advice is to deal only
with
> Brodart or similar company. I urge you to buy the very best quality
> materials you can manage, and only buy from a company that deals
exclusively
> in library, archives, and museum quality materials. If the pages are
> actually separate from the spine, then that gives you an opportunity to
get
> mylar sleeves to put each page in and that way they can be easily viewed.
> Once you get a catalogue, browsing through the archival supply section
will
> give you a lot of ideas.
> C. Stone
>
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Cara" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Question: Preserving a 1913 manual
>
>
> > Thanks so very much! I'll get right on it before it is too late for my
> > manual. I'm amazed that the color on the color is still so beautiful.
It
> > had fallen behind the drawers at some point so, although it is falling
> > apart, it is still a beautiful pine green.
> > Cara
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Carolyn <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: Question: Preserving a 1913 manual
> >
> >
> > > Cara, you need a good library and archival supply company like Brodart
> at
> > > www.brodart.com. Get a catalogue or search online. You will learn a
> > great
> > > deal from the catalogue. You need a mylar sleeve that is acid-free or
> > > some other appropriate, archival quality storage or protection item.
> > > Brodart will even help you make a decision. Once you have the
catalogue,
> > you
> > > will find a variety of possibilities.
> > > C. Stone
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Cara" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:26 AM
> > > Subject: Question: Preserving a 1913 manual
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi All, I just found a manual from my Grandmothers sewing machine.
> Can
> > > anyone on this list advise me on how to preserve this paperback
manual?
> > > Thanks so much!
> > > > Please respond personally to
> > > > Cara
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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