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Re: metal clips



I think leaving the staples in can be a mixed bag of advantages and
disadvantages.  I've seen Presidents' files that had been previously fed
through a photocopy machine and staples had been left in by accident ... not
a pretty sight.  Another problem is the different methods of attachment used
during the last turn of the century, I've seen documents glued together,
punched&laced together and even taped together.  I guess the best course of
action would be to remove all metal paper clips and staples and use plastic
clips to keep documents in their original order.

Harrison Wick
Preservation Department
Indiana University
Bloomington.

-----Original Message-----
From: Skreslet, Paula [mailto:PSkreslet@UNION-PSCE.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:59 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: metal clips


What about staples?  If I had to unstaple the faculty minutes and other
reports, it would create an awful lot of opportunity for things to get mixed
up & mislaid.  I've been leaving staples in place.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth W. Knowlton [mailto:eknowlton@SOS.STATE.GA.US]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:26 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: metal clips


>I learned the wrapping technique while at Stanford, and have since seen
this way of grouping papers preferred on this list.  It avoids both the
metal ions in paper clips (whether they rust or not) and the dents produced
by any clip, both in the pages clipped and the surrounding pages.  When I
encountered single pages with post-it notes, it just seemed like an easy
solution to keeping the
note with the document.
Arel Lucas
Project Archivist
Tobacco Control Archives
University of California at San Francisco<

  I have found metal clips rusted through four or more sheets of paper so
no longer use this wrapping technique.  In addition, it adds four
thicknesses of paper per clip to the file.  This can easily double or
quadruple a file's thickness, to the detriment of the papers.

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