The Archival Chamber of Horrors:Some associated with the problems that are common A few of the typical dilemmas are small:
1) Paper clips, staples, and paper pins
Paper clip indentation
Most of the paper material donated to us is held along with paper videos, staples, and, if it is older, paper pins1 or brads. Paper fasteners are reasonably innocuous–they leave indentations or tiny holes in the corners for the pages, but that’s about any of it. Things have much even worse, though, in the event that documents have wet. The steel fasteners rust and “melt” in to the paper, leaving residue and making the fastener almost impractical to eliminate without tearing away the main page. (Fortunately, we now haven’t seen anywhere near this much and I also couldn’t show up with a good example of it to picture.)
2) Non-standard storage containers
Suitcases, footwear boxes, coffee cans . . .
Some storage that is makeshift are more serious than others. Regarding the up part, they do protect things from sunshine, dust, and wear that is general tear. In the down side to this, they might perhaps perhaps perhaps not enable air blood supply, and additionally they can be made from materials that play a role in the process that is aging. Not long ago I had to dispose off an old suitcase because it had plastic components on the inside that decayed with age and ruined some fabric that I had stored inside that I owned personally. Real time and learn, right? The suitcase into the picture is battered and rather dirty, however it did help protect the things in.
Cardboard and paper containers can be problematic, too, but I’ll target that in the Newsprint and Cheap Paper part below.
3) Vermin
Insects are variety of self-explanatory. Not only is it creepy, they consume paper and glue, and then leave eggs and droppings behind. Continue reading “The Archival Chamber of Horrors:Some associated with the problems that are common”
