Posts Tagged tips

Tips for dating old photos – updated list (2011)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

After Fiona and I presented a brief talk at our using your tips for dating photos, we promised to put the new list of tips up on the blog. And here ’tis! This is the handout that accompanied our talk (updated from the original version back in June 2010). I’m sure a version three will [...]

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Moving and Handling Archives – The Basics

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

These tips are from our in-house manual handling procedures and guidelines that were prepared by our Senior Conservator, Elizabeth Hadlow.

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An unusual photo identification tip

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

This is a great photo showing the equality of man and beast in the face of the summer heat!

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Conservation Tip No 7: Upright support for books in storage

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

The U-Splint book support (Splint) is a simple alternative being trialled at State Records to help minimize further damage and support the book structure without the need for costly treatment.

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Conservation Tip No. 6: Dealing with wet records

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

Before going into any detail about the salvage and handling of wet records the importance of relevant training cannot be stressed enough.

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Tips for Dating Photos – “The List”

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

Back in April we asked you What Are Your Tips for Dating Photos? We had such a huge response that we decided to place all the tips together in one print-friendly file (PDF) for you all to download and use.

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Conservation Tip No 5: Removing mould from records and archives

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

Removing mould can be difficult, dirty and time consuming. Mould remediation should not be undertaken lightly – especially where large quantities of records are affected.

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What are your tips for dating photographs?

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

Many images in our collection have come to us with only the barest of details attached. Your knowledge, interest and enjoyment in identifying dates and locations is helping us to fill in some of the blanks and, in turn, provide better access to the State’s archives.

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Conservation Tip No. 4: A Method of Rehousing Glass Plate Negatives

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

Glass plate negatives are extremely fragile and need to be handled very carefully. The glass is old and brittle and plates may have been cracked or broken and will sustain further damage if not treated with care.

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Conservation Tip No. 3: Removing blood from paper documents

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

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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Useful Tips for Reading Handwritten Documents

Posted on July 10, 2009 by

In these days of Web 2.0 and the use of high tech tools and databases which can answer research queries in an instant, the challenge presented by reading and interpreting handwritten archival documents often comes as a surprise to first time researchers.

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

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

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

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

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 [...]

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