Twoicys asked:
I have four cardboard boxes. Two of them with documents and pictures. They have been under my mothers bed for umteen years and I want to store them elsewhere. They have some organization to them, but I want to take a few years and make copies, take measures to preserve some things etc.
Materials are:
-paper
-airmail paper
-pictures
-bibles
-leather gloves
-old lace
-a silver fox stoll
-a tiny leather bound book with well wishes written with a
fountain pen; pages very frail.
- my grandmothers memorabilia from teaching kindergarden. cards, pictures, craft items, several handkerchiefs given to her by her students.
any advice on preserving these would be great.
Thank you
That is a good idea Ted. Thanks
Alicia
I have four cardboard boxes. Two of them with documents and pictures. They have been under my mothers bed for umteen years and I want to store them elsewhere. They have some organization to them, but I want to take a few years and make copies, take measures to preserve some things etc.
Materials are:
-paper
-airmail paper
-pictures
-bibles
-leather gloves
-old lace
-a silver fox stoll
-a tiny leather bound book with well wishes written with a
fountain pen; pages very frail.
- my grandmothers memorabilia from teaching kindergarden. cards, pictures, craft items, several handkerchiefs given to her by her students.
any advice on preserving these would be great.
Thank you
That is a good idea Ted. ThanksAlicia
I’ll let the experts answer the preservation part. I had one idea -You could take pictures of most of the objects and burn them onto a CD along with a family tree from FTM or Roots Magic, then give a copy of the CD to all of your siblings, nieces and nephews.
RM’s later versions let you copy a read-only version of the program onto a CD, along with selected data. It beats a 60-page report 8 ways from Sunday.
The papers should be stored as flat as possible. The leather will eventually deteriorate if not stored in dry conditions, and may react with other items. It should probably be stored separate from the other items. If you go to your local craft store, it should have items specifically for preserving these things. Basically, they should be kept dry (don’t keep them in the basement!) You can get individual sleeves of polyethelene plastic to store the pictures in. Here is a great book if you want more details:
Conservation Concerns by Konstanze Bachmann
Be sure to make digital versions of the photographs. One idea is to put them on a website so that your other relatives can enjoy them as well, like or something similar.