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Wet and Damp Paper



I am posting this query for a person not on this list.  He is on the
Archives List for students and new Archivists.  Please respond directly to
him as that is the only way he'll get your responses.

Thanks ahead,
Tom Anderson; Collections
American Museum of Science and Energy
300 S. Tulane
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 576-3228 (Voice), (865) 576-6024 (Fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: Weishaupt, Jason <JWeishaupt@goodwill.org>
Date: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: Wet and Damp Paper


>
>There was a water leak during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and the
water
>leaked on part of the Goodwill Archives. Thankfully only a few papers were
>wet and I air dried them.
>
>1) How does water affect paper?  Does it increase acidity?
>2) How should I handle the affected the paper? Should I scan or photocopy
>the affected documents?
>3) What is the time frame for this?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jason A. Weishaupt
>Library Assistant
>Goodwill Industries Library
>The way to know...
>9200 Rockville Pike
>Bethesda, MD 20814-3896
>Voice: 1(800)741-0186 ext. 4527
>Fax: (301) 530-1516
>TDD: (301) 530-9759
>jweishaupt@goodwill.org
>www.goodwill.org
>
>

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