Technical Help: Preservation
- Preservation Home
- Legacy Grants
- Commemorate 50 Years of Southeast Asians in Minnesota
- Heritage Partnership Program
- State Capital Projects Grants-in-Aid
- Local History Services
- Preservation Specialists Directory
- Building and Site Preservation
- Minnesota State Archives
- State Historical Record Advisory Board
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
Leather and skin
Microforms
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)