Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:58:47 -0600 From: Meredith Lowe <mclowe@wisc.edu> Subject: Re: Help--Suggestions! Message-id: <4B55F2D7.4090306@wisc.edu>
If you want people to be able to read it without damaging it, the fast,
cheap and easy way to make a reading copy is to scan or make digital
photos of it, if you can do so. (Although I'm not sure if you have the
hardware to do that.) Also, depending on your circumstances, it may be
worth looking into microfilming it. For the Library of Congress's info
on newspaper preservation, go here:
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/newspap.html
Lamination isn't recommended for newspapers - it will allow newspapers
to be handled more easily in the short term, but it does damage the
paper over the long run and you can never reverse the lamination process.
Meredith
Cross, Christine wrote:
> Jay,
> Never laminate! I would recommend having a conservator de-acidify
> the newspaper (may I suggest contacting Doug Stone at Fulkerstone
> Conservation in Milwaukee) then store the newspaper flat in an acid
> free box with acid free paper in between the three pages. You may also
> want to copy the paper so that the copy can be looked at, not the
> original.
> Good Luck,
> Christine Cross
> Director
> New London Public Museum
> 406 South Pearl St.
> New London, WI 54961
> 920-982-8520
> www.newlondonwi.org/museum.html
> christinec@newlondonwi.org <mailto:christinec@newlondonwi.org>
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> *From:* localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
> [mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] *On Behalf Of
> *Cambria Friesland Historical Society
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:56 PM
> *To:* localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> *Subject:* Help--Suggestions!
>
> Recently we have been given a copy of the first Cambria Newspaper--The
> Cambria Journal--10-18-1882--Volume One. It is in very delicate
> condition and believe it can't be laminated--it is only 3 pages long.
> Is there a way of preserving it "for a while ?" I am aware how
> newspapers deteriorate. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Jay
> Williams, President
>
>