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From: Janet K Daily <>
Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Onionskin
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 12:53:48 -0400

I know absolutely nothing at all about the Tavenner papers -- but I do
know a little about "onionskin."
"Onionskin" signifies a particularly thin paper which was used
mainly as a sheet for carbon copies. This came in two types that I am
aware of, one was rather crinkly in appearance and surface the other was
smooth. Both were thin enough that with a sheet of regulation typing
paper and 3 to 5 pieces of carbon paper plus the appropriate number of
sheets of "onionskin" it was possible to get a clean, clear (if not
sharp) image from keys striking the surface of the "original". Hope this
is clear! Anyway, it should've been possible to get "onionskin" and use
it for handwritten pages in 1979 -- and probably it is still possible to
obtain that type of paper!
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:57:27 EDT writes:
>
> In a message dated 6/7/01 10:36:13 AM,
> writes:
>
> >What time frame do the papers cover?
>
> Many of the entries are for the 1800s, some are for the 1700s, and
> some even
> as recent as the ?1950s. I may have even seen some more recent; I
> can't
> remember. I mainly just looked at the families I was interested in.
>
> BTW, one date was for 1979. This puzzles me, since supposedly he
> wrote some
> of them on onionskin, which I doubt one would have used in 1979.
>
> Valerie
>
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