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Use our guide and expert tips to help you select and use the proper archival materials for photos, newspapers, artifacts and more. Archival Terms to Know Remove paper clips, pins, and foreign objects before storing papers. Gently unfold letters and store envelopes with letters inside acid-free folders. Use storage containers and materials manufactured to be archival quality, acid-free, and lignin-free.

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The national professional association for conservators, the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) , maintains an online directory for finding a conservator by specialty and geographic location and provides information on how to choose a conservator. In addition, AIC also offers guidelines for the care of collections beyond library materials. Consider weight as well as size when selecting containers. Archival materials are heavier than average cardboard, and large documents cases can become very heavy when filled with acid-free file folders and documents. When fragile albums or books need extra cushioning inside an archival box, reach for the acid-free tissue paper. Lightly crumpled tissue prevents book corners and edges from damage. It’s also a good first layer wrapped around artifacts such as children’s shoes, antique quilts, or heirloom linens. Use unbuffered acid-free tissue for all-purpose storage. 6. Acid-Free Flip-Top Photo and Print Box Store your Newspapers and Tabloids in our POLY BAGS and protect them from dust, dirt, finger oils and other airborne pollutants. We manufacture sleeves to store newspaper either folded in half or flat.

Providing best protection for newspapers. L-Velopes are ideal for items that are handled frequently, two adjacent sides open for ease of use. Archival acid-free file folders are a document’s first line of defense against environmental hazards. The heavy-weight board provides protection from handling, light, dust, and minor liquid spills. Folders are available in letter or legal size with full edge or third cut tabs for labeling. Store folders vertically inside an acid-free document case or a metal filing cabinet. Organize materials further with acid-free vertical hanging folders. 2. Flip-top Document Case Each Newspaper Preservation Kit includes one box, ten folders and one Pigma® marker pen for marking folders. Extra folders are available. How does the Smithsonian Institution Archives determine which records to keep and which to discard? Harriman, Robert B., with Doris Hamburg; ed. by Carole Zimmermann and Carrie Beyer. Preserving Newspapers. Preservation Leaflet, no. 5. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Preservation Directorate, 1995.

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The Northeast Document Conservation Center has put together very useful technical leaflets on storage enclosures for paper items as well as a list for Conservation/Preservation Supplies and Equipment — Archival Supplies. See additional lists of preservation suppliers. Reformatting options include preservation photocopying, preservation microfilming , and digitization. For institutions, for which access is usually a primary objective, digitization of newspapers usually means digitizing newspaper microfilm. For personal newspaper collections and newspaper clippings, digitization following digitization guidelines used for manuscripts and similar cultural heritage materials makes more sense. Newspapers from the mid-19th century onwards are printed on inexpensive, machine-made, wood pulp paper that is not manufactured for longevity. Due to the inherent chemical instabilities of such low-quality wood pulp papers, these newspapers are inherently acidic. Good storage is especially critical to the preservation of acidic papers, but the following guidelines apply to all newspapers, including those from before the mid-19th century, which are printed on better quality paper:Preserve newspapers for future generations in our storage boxes & folders made from the finest acid-free materials. Individual folders allow you to group & personalize events. Fade proof marker included for permanent notations. Archivists use a basic vocabulary to describe the preservation-quality supplies used in their work. Make these terms part of your Archivist’s Toolbox to help you easily select the best containers to store your family materials.

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No. 2 pencil: Use a soft lead pencil when working with documents to avoid leaving unintentional ink marks. Write captions lightly on the reverse side of photos printed on paper or board.Lignin-free or low-lignin items are free or limited amounts of lignin, an organic substance that can cause acid to form in storage containers over time. Photographic Activity Test (PAT) is a standardized test to determine how photo storage materials interact with photographs. It is used mostly with plastic storage sleeves and containers. Polyester, polyethylene, and polypropylene are chemically inert plastics and acceptable for sleeves and enclosures. Any plastic containing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is not recommended. Archival document cases are designed to be portable file cabinets for selected document collections. File folders can be easily organized and stored vertically inside the box and retrieved for researchers. These sturdy acid-free boxes are perfect for home archives and can be stored on a closet shelf or inside a cupboard. Individual prints can be protected for viewing with archival plastic photo sleeves or paper photo sleeves. Select sleeves for the appropriate photo size to avoid abrasion from the print sliding around inside the enclosure. Use acid-free dividers to help organize images by family group, date, or individual. Remember to wear gloves when handling photos to avoid leaving fingerprints and body oils. 7. Archival Albums

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Scan newspapers. Another option for preserving newspapers is to use a scanner or copier to reproduce the document. Scanning allows you to create a digital copy of the newspaper that you can keep on your computer and then view digitally or make copies of it whenever you want. Copies made on regular printing paper will be more durable than the original newspaper itself. Newspapers are ephemeral objects, not meant to last past their immediate daily or weekly service lifetime. They are not usually made of high-grade materials and most have “inherent vice” or decay built into them from the very start, which is one reason for the microfilming and digitization of newspapers before the industry’s move to digital publishing. Buffered archival paper has been treated to neutralize the potential build-up of acid over time. The most common buffering agents are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.Avoid folding the newspaper. When handling newspapers that you intend to preserve, try to never fold them except on their original middle crease. Keep the edges aligned neatly so that the center fold remains intact and other portions of the newspaper don’t get folded inadvertently. [2] X Research source Document cases are made in varying colors, length, and width. Box color does not affect archival quality and may be useful to separate family collections. Select the length, legal or letter, to accommodate your papers housed inside acid-free folders. Typical box widths are 2-inch, 5-inch, and 7-inch. The small 2-inch is useful for small collections. I use the middle 5-inch wide cases because the larger box can become quite heavy when full. 3. Oversize Document or Photo Box Newspaper preservation is a challenge because newsprint is an inherently unstable paper. Formulated to be inexpensive and expendable, newsprint is manufactured with large percentages of unpurified wood pulp which contains impurities that remain in the paper after processing. These impurities, when exposed to light, high humidity and atmospheric pollutants, promote discoloration and acidic reactions in the paper. Acidity causes the paper fibers to weaken and break, and is the major culprit in causing the paper to become brittle.