Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find information about vinegar syndrome and
newspapers?  Everything I find about vinegar syndrome deals with film or
photos.  I dealt with this at another museum I worked at where hundreds of
documents dating from the 1850-1960s were stored in scrapbooks (binders) in
plastic along with newspaper articles from the 1960s and were nearly
destroyed by acid, so I know it happens, just can't find any info on it.

We just had some newspapers come in with a collection that are half-way
laminated (for lack of better terms) and show signs of vinegar syndrome.  I
need something to back up my claims that they need to be scanned and
destroyed and certainly can't be kept with the rest of our collection.  I
thought there would be at least something out there about it but so far
nothing online or in any of the books on my book shelf.

Thanks,
Lisa

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