I prefere to build my own custom boxes using archival supplies from 
University Products.  There are books you can buy that have patterns for 
different types of boxes.  I personally need them to help me figure out how 
the box should look and what dimentions go where.



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M. Fortier
Museum Registrar
Vermont
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>From: Micki Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Finding Storage Box for Odd Shaped Object
>Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:56:16 -0800
>
>Heather, I once had Metal Edge make custom sized acid free drop-front boxes
>for part of a collection. They were no more expensive that the wrong-sized
>boxes offered in the catalogs. The contact is 1-800-862-2228, and web site
>is www.metaledgeinc.com.
>
>I think most of the suppliers will create custom-sized boxes for you. I 
>even
>fewer than you described, and they were very accommodating for what I
>thought was a small order. For something like plaster masks, I would
>definitely get the sturdier corrugated box material. They come die-cut and
>ready to snap together.
>
>Also if you can get some standard boxes slightly oversized, you can carve
>Ethafoam or cut built-up layers of Volara closed-cell foam to fit each
>wrapped mask on all sides as an insert.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Micki Ryan
>Curator
>Highline Historical Society
>
>
>www.highlinehistory.org
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of Heather Register
>Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:31 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Finding Storage Box for Odd Shaped Object
>
>
>In our collection, we have approximately 35 plaster death masks. I would
>like to box these masks individually. I have looked through all the usual
>archival supply cataloges (Gaylord, University Products, Light
>Impressions) and have not found a box suitable for the size of the mask/s.
>Everything is either just too small or way too big. I ordered a box from
>Gaylord measuring 5 1/2H x 12 1/8W x 7 7/16D and it is too small in both
>height and depth. Please email me with any suggestions about how I might
>storage these or find boxes to fit them.
>
>Thank you,
>Heather Register
>Asst. Director/Curator
>Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
>Little Rock, Arkansas
>
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