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Preservation of Clippings
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

 How to De-acidify 
 
 

 Encasing documents in page protectors 
 

Preservation of Newspaper Clippings 
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin 
 
In the 1970's I attended a workshop conducted by the archivists of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.  The workshop was about preserving documents, and I have not forgotten any of the basics, and use these methods even today. 



Steps for Preserving Documents: 

The basic premise for preservation of any clipping or photo is simple.  Air and light do damage.  Keep the documents enclosed, preferably in sealed archival quality page protectors, then keep in a box (archival quality storage box). 

Scrapbooks should have tissue paper placed between pages, to avoid transfer of ink.


(your local librarian should have catalogs on archival supply materials)
 

DO NOT LAMINATE!!!   The glue will eventually start to eat away at the document. 

Newspapers (but not photos!) must be deacidified, before you enclose them in plastic. 
[note - newspaper ink needs one full year to dry, so do not seal clippings from the past 365 days]

Enclose in an archival quality page protector  (if using regular page protectors, purchase those with greatest thickness of plastic.) 

Label on the outside of the page protector. 

Store collection in a box, away from the light. 
 


 
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27 Dec 2003
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