Looking for conservation advice...

A donor is bringing by a leather civil war cartridge box made at the
Allegheny Arsenal here in Pittsburgh but it has suffered some water damage
and has some mold building up on it. We'd like to take in the item, but want
to know how to begin preserving it immediately... until some funding comes
through to get a conservator involved.

Can someone suggest the first steps to remedy this damage?

Thanks in advance.

Nicholas Ciotola
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

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