Finding the Whole in Pieces: Conservation of a Civil War Lithograph from 1863

As many in conservation know, objects come to a library or archive in myriad ways and conditions. Boxes, trash bags, …

Covering shedding bag weights

Here is a common bag weight that is used in conservation labs. It’s a very helpful kind of weight because …

ISU Parks Library’s Resident Library Rotation in Preservation by Katie Wampole

Introduction by Cynthia Kapteyn: The preservation lab was lucky enough to gain the interest of the library’s new Resident Librarian …

Conservation Tidbits

  Endbands Objects are invariably changed by the hands of those charged with their care. Traditions have been built on …

From 1914 to 1989: conserving hundreds of signatures from Iowa’s history, By Cynthia and Sonya

Last year Sonya was contacted by a staff member from the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines with a request …