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Re: early letter books



Get a copy of the following book.  It will tell you all you wanted to know and more about copying techniques.  It is available from Oak Knoll Books at   http://www.oakknoll.com/

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Director
Stonehill Industrial History Center
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Streeter, William W. BEFORE PHOTOCOPYING THE ART AND HISTORY OF MECHANICAL COPYING 1780-1938.
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Subject: early letter books
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:15:11 +1200
From: Yvonne Wilkie <archive@CLEAR.NET.NZ>
Hello all,
        I would be interested to learn from you how/what did the writers use to
produce copies of their letters pre-carbon-paper days, ie 1900 and earlier.
Is there any historical information around that explains the process? and
what are the issues associated with the preservation of these letter books
in particular.  Does the process fade, or does it contain acidic processes
which cause the paper to fall apart around the written copy and anything
other problem tat arises over time.

Thank you for your interest.
It's almost the week end for us down here, have a good one.

Yvonne Wilkie
Archivist
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa NZ Archives,
Knox College
Arden Street
Dunedin, New Zealand
ph: (03) 473 0107 ex 7851/7857

visit our web page: http://pcanz.freeyellow.com


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