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
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.
Conservation Tip No. 2: Storing large documents, maps and plans
If you have large documents like plans, maps and posters the best way to store them is …..
Conservation Tip No. 1: Sticky Tape Removal
This is the first of a planned series of posts providing handy conservation tips.
Preserving State Records Collection
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.
Torn document being prepared for treatment
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 by the Conservation team.
State Records website
More details on the State Records website about conservation and preservation:
Preservation series
We are planning to post a series of articles relating to conservation and preservation treatments of State archives. Please contact us if you would like to participate in this series and demonstrate what practices you are undertaking to preserve your archival collection.