From CalleryB@CarnegieMuseums.Org Thu Mar 4 12:56:28 2004 Received: from mxu5.u.washington.edu (mxu5.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.164]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.02) with ESMTP id i24KuRJE007962 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:56:27 -0800 Received: from Was.CarnegieMuseums.Org (Was.CarnegieMuseums.Org [147.72.68.20]) by mxu5.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.02) with ESMTP id i24KuB8a003779 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:56:12 -0800 Received: from Exchange-2.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org (AHost.CarnegieMuseums.Org [147.72.68.156] (may be forged)) by Was.CarnegieMuseums.Org (8.12.11/8.12.11/SATSYS) with ESMTP id i24KuBZP020401 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:56:11 -0500 (EST) Received: by exchange-2.private.carnegiemuseums.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1G0G0GVG>; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:54:02 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Callery, Bernadette" To: "Natural History Caucus (E-mail)" Subject: Preservation of bound herbaria? Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:54:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report='MAY_BE_FORGED 0.000, __IMS_MSGID 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __ANY_IMS_MUA 0, EXCHANGE_SERVER 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __IMS_MUA 0, __EVITE_CTYPE 0, __CTYPE_CHARSET_QUOTED 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __CT 0, TO_BE_REMOVED_REPLY 0.000, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0' Here's a note posted on the Archives list which deals with the preservation concerns of bound herbaria. My first inclination would be to remount the specimens on their original pages, given that the specimens and their annotations form an integral unit. What have you done in similar circumstances? Thanks, Bernadette Bernadette G. Callery, Museum Librarian Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 Phone: 412-622-8870; FAX: 412-622-8837 Email: calleryb@carnegiemuseums.org -----Original Message----- From: Elisabeth A. Proffen [mailto:eproffen@MDHS.ORG] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:48 PM To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Pressed flowers? I am an intern in the Special Collections Department at the Maryland Historical Society. We are currently processing a collection that contains several bound volumes filled with pressed flowers and plants; some annotated with date, location and type of plant. Created by two different young women, they have dates in the 1860's (including some that seem to be from a European trip and also Civil War battle sites in 1864) and 1890's. All the plants and flowers in our books have been glued and/or taped to the pages. Our conservation research has only indicated that when flowers are found, they should be removed and placed in acid free housing to protect the rest of the document. However, the pressed flowers and plants are the object itself. Removing them is not practical. As well, a number of the pages have flowers/plants that are coming loose from the pages. The paper itself seems to be in reasonably good condition, though there are stains on pages from the flowers themselves. We are looking for suggestions on how best to conserve these materials. Should we leave them be? Interleaf acid free paper? Has anyone had experience with these types of volumes? Know any materials written about them and particularly their conservation? How much, if at all, should we focus on the plants themselves? Please feel free to respond directly to us at eproffen@mdhs.org. Thank you in advance for any suggestions or help. Karen Lubieniecki Special Collections Intern Supervisor: Elisabeth Proffen Special Collections Librarian Maryland Historical Society A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt .