Laminating is not recommended as it is a "permanent" treatment.
Any treatment should be able to be reversed without damaging the
materials being treated.  Encapsulation is, currently, considered a
better method of handling such situations because it does not dam-
age the materials.

There are several good mail order companies who handle Archival
supplies. There are Mylar sleeves in a number of sizes which can
be obtained to nicely accommodate most page sizes.  After the scrap
book pages are inserted in the sleeves, a narrow, double sided tape
which is made for the purpose, is applied to the inside edge to keep
the pages from sliding out of the Mylar sleeve.  The sleeves can then
be joined together in one of several ways  to maintain the original
order of the scrapbook.

If you need the information, I can provide names and 800 #s for a couple
of Archival suppliers.

Leigh

Leigh C. Eckmair
The Local History Collection
THE GILBERTSVILLE FREE LIBRARY
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On Monday, October 02, 2000 1:41 PM, Geri Wagner [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> Following the discussion about brittle newspaper articles, I have 2
> scrapbooks of newspaper articles and photographs from World War II
> era, particularly regarding Hitler's campaign in Poland, that my
> mother collected. Some of the pieces seem like things to preserve...a
> wanted Poster for Hitler that apparently was circulated in New York
> City at the time, the headlines when Pearl Harbor was attacked, FDR's
> death, etc. I would like to get some of these items laminated if
> people believe that this will stop the deterioration. But the
> laminating machines I've seen in stores (I thought of doing it
> myself) just aren't big enough to accommodate the size of these scrap
> book pages, or the newspaper pages themselves.
>
> Does anyone know where I might get the pages laminated?
>
> Is there any argument against laminating? An alternative preservation method?
>
> Does anyone know who else might want the other pages for displays,
> collections, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> Geri Wagner
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