Hi Gretchen,
I'll be happy to share what we have. Our library has 2 loose-leaf 
cleaning/housekeeping manuals covering just about any type of object 
or surface. They may not be the most up-to-date versions, but they 
have solid basic information. Unfortunately, I don't have them in 
digital form, but I can snail-mail them to you at Stratford.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Simon
House Manager
Oatlands Historic House & Gardens
20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane
Leesburg, VA 20175
703-777-3174, ext. 103
www.oatlands.org

At 09:44 AM 7/27/2007, you wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>
>Our site does not currently have in place a housekeeping manual for 
>the care and cleaning of the historic furnishings and 
>architecture.  I am without resources such as the National Trust's 
>seminal work on historic housekeeping and am instead trying to piece 
>together basic information from my own knowledge and online sources 
>for our historic area housekeeper (who had previously been taught to 
>use Pledge and Windex).  Rather than re-inventing the wheel, would 
>anyone be willing to share their manuals that deal with both 
>collection cleaning AND the cleaning of architecture (wood paneling, 
>wooden floors, brick)?  I have a feeling Murphy's Wood Soap is not 
>the industry standard.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>Gretchen
>
>Gretchen M. Goodell
>Curator
>Stratford Hall
>483 Great House Road
>Stratford, VA  22558
>(804) 493-8038 x 8910
>www.stratfordhall.org
>
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