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Re: Before I Hurt the Architects...



Dear Archives List
Can anyone tell me how to treat the smell from smoke on photographs and
documents after a fire?
Thanks
Audrey Johnson, County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room
200 W. Main St., Sparta, WI 54656

Dean DeBolt wrote:

> I have worked in two libraries which had wood exhibit cases
> "designed" by architects.   In the first, the exhibit case opened
> from the back.  The height of the back door was 6" x 30"....
> try, just try arranging materials in the front of an exhibit case
> that requires you to reach three feet in with an arm.
>
> The second library, the wood exhibit cases had carpeting
> glued to them to "make them more attractive"...not only did
> the interiors constantly smell of plywood, but the carpeting
> eventually began separating.
>
> The "custom-designed" while they may look aesthetically
> pleasing are just never designed for exhibits....one of our
> present "designer" cases turned out to have the light switch
> inside....either we ran the lights 24 hours a day over the
> items on display, or have to unlock and lock the case at
> the beginning and end of each day!
>
> Dean
>
> Dean DeBolt
> University Librarian
> Special Collections and West Florida Archives
> John C. Pace Library
> University of West Florida
> 11000 University Parkway
> Pensacola, FL  32514-5750
> Tele:  850-474-2213;   Fax:  850-474-3338
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