Posts Tagged tips
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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Posted on July 10, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
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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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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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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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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