Technical Help: Preservation

General

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Buildings

National Park Service Technical Preservation Services

Disaster planning and recovery

Minnesota Historical Society Emergency Preparedness Plan (PDF)

Environment

General

Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: The Needs Assessment Survey
by Sherelyn Ogden

Lighting

Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Protection from Light Damage
by Beth Lindblom Patkus

Humidity and temperature

Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, And Air Quality: Basic Guidelines For Preservation
by Sherelyn Ogden

Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Low Cost / No Cost Improvements in Climate Control

Pest management

Minnesota Historical Society's integrated pest management plan (PDF)

Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Integrated Pest Management
by Beth Lindblom Patkus

Storage

Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Storage Methods and Handling Practices

Specific collections

Artifacts

• Caring for American Indian Objects
  edited by Sherelyn Ogden
  Minnesota Historical Society Press.
• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Conserving Political Buttons (PDF)
  by Paul Storch
• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Curatorial Care of Firearms, September 1998 (PDF) and December 1998 (PDF)
  by Paul Storch
• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Taking Care of Wet Archaeological Artifacts (PDF)
  by Paul Storch

Books

• Minnesota Historical Society Conservation Outreach Program (PDF)
• Northeast Document Conservation Center, Preservation Leaflets
• Preservation of Scrapbooks and Albums

Furniture and wood

• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Cleaning Wood Furniture (PDF)

Leather and skin

• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Leather Dressing: To Dress or Not to Dress (PDF)

Microforms

• Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet: Microfilm and Microfiche
  by Steve Dalton

Paintings

• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: Caring for Your Paintings

Paper and archives

• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Preserving Newspapers: When and How To (PDF)
  by Kathy Ludwig with Bryan Johnson
• Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Surface Cleaning of Paper
  by Sherelyn Ogden
• Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Repairing Paper Artifacts
  by Sherelyn Ogden

Photographs

• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Basic Care of Photographic Materials May 1998 (PDF) and July 1998 (PDF)
  by Bonnie Wilson
• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Storage of Glass Plate Negatives (PDF)
  by Robert Herskovitz
• Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets: Emergency Salvage of Wet Photographs
  by Gary Albright

Sound recordings and magnetic media

• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Preservation of Magnetic Media (PDF)
• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Care of Archival Compact Disks (PDF)

Textiles

• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Caring for Textiles
• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Causes, Detection, And Prevention Of Mold And Mildew On Textiles (PDF)
• Minnesota Historical Society Tech Talk: Preserving Historic Quilts (PDF)

Supplies and equipment

• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Choosing a Museum Vacuum Cleaner (PDF)
• National Park Service Conserve O Gram: Choosing UV-Filtering Window Films (PDF)