--part1_c8.10fb76ba.27c2d080_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_c8.10fb76ba.27c2d080_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-xc02.mx.aol.com (rly-xc02.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.135]) by air-xc03.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:13:25 -0500 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by rly-xc02.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:13:00 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f1JJCbC01361; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:12:37 -0800 Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:12:37 -0800 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Mon Feb 19 11:12:36 2001 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Linda Baker" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:10:46 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Subject: [NEW] preserving those old newspaper articles and books Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/16 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] > I'm forwarding this from another list > > FIDGET PRESENTS: Ask Anne and Nan > By Anne B. Adams and Nancy Nash-Cummings > February 7, 2001 > > f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f * f > > OLD PAPERS YELLOW WITH TIME > > DEAR ANNE AND NAN: Over my lifetime of 92 years, I have > collected newspaper articles, letters, books and magazines, > some over 100 years old. In general, they are yellowing and > becoming more fragile as time goes on. I would like to save > them for my family, if possible. Is there anything I can do > to preserve them and prevent further deterioration? -- LYLE > HEDRICK, Gardnerville, Nev. > > DEAR LYLE: In regard to your newspaper articles and letters, > we recommend you take them to a copier center, which will be > able to duplicate them on their machines. Please specify > that you want them to use acid-free paper when copying. You > can then store both the original articles and letters, along > with their copies, in Mylar sheet pockets or acid-free album > pages. > > The yellowing occurs because of acid used in paper > manufacture. There is a new product on the market called > "Bookkeeper Deacidification Spray" which uses magnesium > oxide to neutralize the acid. The magnesium oxide becomes > firmly fixed in the cellulose fibers and on the paper's > surface, and it is a permanent process, leaving an alkaline > reserve in the paper. > > There are a number of options you can choose from for > preserving larger objects such as books and magazines. We > think your b