Technical Help: Preservation
General
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.nationaltrust.org/help/index.html
Buildings
- National Park Service Technical Preservation Services: Technical Briefs
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/presbhom.htm, and Caring for Your Historic Building
Disaster Planning and Recovery
- Minnesota Historical Society Emergency Preparedness Plan
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/reports/emergencyplan.pdf
Environment
General
- Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: The Needs Assessment Survey
by Sherelyn Ogden
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf13.htm
Lighting
- Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Protection from Light Damage
by Beth Lindblom Patkus
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf24.htm
Humidity and Temperature
- Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, And Air Quality: Basic Guidelines For Preservation
by Sherelyn Ogden
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf21.htm - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet:
Low-Cost/No-Cost Improvements in Climate Control
http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets/locost.htm
Pest Management
- Minnesota Historical Society's integrated pest management plan
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/reports/ipmp.pdf - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Integrated Pest Management
by Beth Lindblom Patkus
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf311.htm
Storage
- Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, And Air Quality: Basic Guidelines For Preservation
by Sherelyn Ogden
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf21.htm
Specific Collections
Artifacts
- Caring for American Indian Objects
edited by Sherelyn Ogden
Minnesota Historical Society Press.
Order online: http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=521 - Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Conserving Political Buttons
by Paul Storch
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkMarch1998.pdf - Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk (two parts): Curatorial Care of Firearms
by Paul Storch
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkSeptember1998.pdf and http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkDecember1998.pdf - Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Taking Care of Wet Archaeological Artifacts
by Paul Storch http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkJanuary1997.pdf
Books
- Minnesota Historical Society Conservation Outreach Program
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/reports/caringbooks.pdf - Northeast Document Conservation Center, Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/manhome.htm - Preservation of Scrapbooks and Albums
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/scrapbk.html
Furniture and Wood
- National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Cleaning Wood Furniture
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/07-01.pdf
Leather and Skin
- National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Leather Dressing: To Dress or Not to Dress
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/09-01.pdf
Microforms
- Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Microfilm and Microfiche
by Steve Dalton
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf51.htm
Paintings
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: Caring for Your Paintin
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/paint.html
Paper and Archives
- Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Preserving Newspapers: When and How To
by Kathy Ludwig with Bryan Johnson
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkMarch1997.pdf - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Surface Cleanng of Paper
by Sherelyn Ogden
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf62.htm - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Repairing Paper Artifacts
by Sherelyn Ogden
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf63.htm - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Relaxing and Flattening Paper by Humidification
by Mary Todd Glaser
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf64.htm - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Encapsulation in Polyester Film Using Double-sided Tape
by Sherelyn Ogden
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf65.htm
Photographs
- Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk (two parts): Basic Care of Photographic Materials
by Bonnie Wilson
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkMay1998.pdf and http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkJuly1998.pdf - Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Storage of Glass Plate Negatives
by Robert Herskovitz
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkJuly1999.pdf - Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Emergency Salvage of Wet Photographs
by Gary Albright
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf38.htm
Sound Recordings and Magnetic Media
- National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Preservation of Magnetic Media
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/19-20.pdf - National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Care of Archival Compact Disks
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/19-19.pdf
Textiles
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Caring for Textiles
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/textiles.html - National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Causes, Detection, And Prevention Of Mold And Mildew On Textiles
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/16-01.pdf - Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Preserving Historic Quilts
by Deborah Bede
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/techtalk/TechTalkSeptember1997.pdf
Supplies and Equipment
- National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Choosing a Museum Vacuum Cleaner
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/01-06.pdf - National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Choosing UV-Filtering Window Films
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/01-06.pdf - Northeast Document Conservation Center, Preservation Suppliers and Services
http://www.nedcc.org/suppliers/listsup.htm
