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who heads the =E2=80=9CNew England Hidden Histories=E2=80=9D project and=
has been working=20
with records throughout New England for the last several years:
I recently heard about an issue concerning the preservation of ancient =20
town records that I found shocking: Companies hired to preserve the record=
s =20
were instructing towns that the leather covers and bindings from their ol=
dest=20
(eighteenth-century) records had to be removed to properly conserve them.
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That advice seems, on the surface, laughable, but apparently some towns =
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have done this. Have you encountered this in your town? =20
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There are cases in which ledgers need to be taken apart to preserve the =
=20
pages. But this should almost always be a last resort. Moreover, if old =
=20
records are digitized, as they ought to be, there's little reason for peop=
le to=20
handle the originals--interested parties can just examine the digital =20
copies. Therefore there's even less justification for tearing the old led=
gers=20
apart to put the pages in plastic/Mylar.
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Lee Wright | Marlborough | History Camp Boston 2016 is March 26
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4><FONT face=3DCambria><FONT size=3D3>Westport used the=
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to preserve three early books. They found that it was necessary=
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they needed to remove that tape to protect the pages from further=20
deterioration. Pages were not placed in plastic. The books=20
were microfilmed and digitized and the books were put into archi=
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The books will not be accessed except in very special=20
circumstances. NEDCC can rebind and reattach the=20
covers.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/4/2016 11:39:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20
lee at leewright.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>While I realize we usually focus on structures, I assume some of us=
are=20
involved with the preservation of the earliest records for our communiti=
es, so=20
I thought this would be relevant. It=E2=80=99s certainly concernin=
g.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>From Jeff Cooper ( <A title=3Dmailto:jcooper at 14beacon.org=20
href=3D"mailto:jcooper at 14beacon.org">jcooper at 14beacon.org</A>), who head=
s the=20
=E2=80=9CNew England Hidden Histories=E2=80=9D project and has been work=
ing with records=20
throughout New England for the last several years:</DIV>
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<DIV>I recently heard about an issue concerning the preservation of an=
cient=20
town records that I found shocking: Companies hired to preserve the re=
cords=20
were instructing towns that the leather covers and bindings from their=
=20
oldest (eighteenth-century) records had to be removed to properly cons=
erve=20
them.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>That advice seems, on the surface, laughable, but apparently some=
towns=20
have done this. Have you encountered this in your town?=20
</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>There are cases in which ledgers need to be taken apart to preser=
ve the=20
pages. But this should almost always be a last resort. Moreover, if ol=
d=20
records are digitized, as they ought to be, there's little reason for=
people=20
to handle the originals--interested parties can just examine the digit=
al=20
copies. Therefore there's even less justification for tearing the old=
=20
ledgers apart to put the pages in plastic/Mylar.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Lee Wright | Marlborough  =
;|=20
History Camp Boston 2016 is March 26<BR>
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