Archive for the Preservation Category

Conservation Tip No. 3: Removing blood from paper documents

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow

If you find yourself bleeding all over your precious documents or family heirlooms, do not despair, speedy action will probably result in little or no permanent damage occurring.

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Conservation Tip No. 2: Storing large documents, maps and plans

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow

If you have large documents like plans, maps and posters the best way to store them is …..

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Conservation Tip No. 1: Sticky Tape Removal

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow

This is the first of a planned series of posts providing handy conservation tips.

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Preserving State Records Collection

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Anthea Brown

Many State archives have been badly damaged during their lifetime. The damage may have been caused by poor storage practices, unfortunate disasters, or bad handling in the past.
State Records refers to these archives as being “Too fragile to issue” and these archives cannot be accessed either by staff or readers until they have been treated [...]

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