Digital Initiatives: Creating a Timeline on an Image

I’ve spent most of my last few months working on a project for the new ISU Extension Collection. The basic … More

Seeing the Light (Damage)

Light is very important to conservation labs: the right amount of the right kind of light particularly influences fine detail … More

Recently, I attended the Care of Historic Scrapbooks workshop taught by Jennifer Hain Teper at the Campbell Center for Historic … More

Here in the Conservation Lab, I am currently treating the original of the photo shown above, a silver gelatin print … More

Diplomas used to be printed on vellum (a synonym for parchment), which is where we derived the slang term “sheep … More