I agree......However.....
High acid paper should first be photographed by the least invasive
process available, i.e. with a digital scanner as opposed to laying the
item on a scanner. Some attempt at deacidification should be made in
order to arrest the process. But once acidification has started, it's
irreversible. My understanding of the dilemma that preservationists face
is that the acidic gas has no chance to dissipate when the object is
encapsulated, and so the deterioration continues. The other horn of the
dilemma is that if not encapsulated, free oxygen in the air continues
the oxidation/deterioration process... Obviously a lose-lose process for
sulfur bleached wood pulp papers.
I have a number of World War I front line newspapers that were
photocopied 30 years ago for a friend. Since that time, they have
significantly deterorated beyond their then deplorable state. They
might have one more chance of being handled and preserved through
digitization. They won't tolerate more than that. Lamination might be
the only way to allow them to be handled. Still a lose-lose situation.
Tom
Don Rittner wrote:
>
> OUCH, don't laminate, encapsulate. They are like little baggies for maps
> and other precious items.
> dr
>
> > From: Geri Wagner <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: "A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State
> > history." <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 13:41:04 -0400
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: New York Press and "newsmen's race"
> >
> > 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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