Hi Beth,

For 25 years I was a dealer in historic newspapers and in 1989 wrote the
book, "Collecting American Newspapers", so I may be able to help with your
question.

First of all, here's a link to the chapter of my book called, "Newspaper
And Document Care & Preservation", which I put online as a public service.

http://www.jimlyons.com/Preservation.html

If you'll give me a little more information I may be able to help more.
What years do your newspapers cover?  What's the title?  Roughly, how many
issues are there?  Can you tell if they are on rag paper or newsprint?
(The condition makes me think rag but the "late 19th century" makes me
think newsprint.)

There are a number of fine archival houses online, but I usually use
University Products, mainly because they issue an incredibly useful
catalog.  It's a conservation course (almost) in itself.  The products are
online but curling up with the actual catalog is so much more fun.  Here's
their URL:

http://www.universityproducts.com/

Also, in addition to putting the Preservation chapter of my book online, I
also put the chapter called, "How To Detect Reprints, Copies and
Forgeries", which may be of interest to Museum-L members who have questions
about any newspapers or documents in their collections.  Perhaps it will be
of interest to somebody on the site.

http://www.jimlyons.com/reprinttitle.htm

I hope this will be of some help.

-Jim


On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Beth Sanders <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hello everyone-
>
> The museum I work at was recently gifted newspapers relating to a
> significant event in our local history dating to the late 19th century.
>  They are in excellent condition and, obviously, we want to ensure they
> stay as such.  We will digitize the papers to avoid future handling.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for the storage of these papers.
>  Due to their content and condition, they have instantly become some of the
> most important items in our collection.  Are there any special containers
> designed for tabloid-style-newspapers that anyone can recommend, or tips
> from working with similar collections in their museums?
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Sincerely,
> Beth Sanders
>
> ------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link:
> http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1
>

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).