Dear Stephanie,

Ten years ago, I acquired a huge collection infested with silverfish.  After
much research and talking to pest control people and conservators, I decided
that freezing the collection was the safest for the mixed materials and for
the staff to handle it in the future, and the most effective in dealing with
the silverfish and any additional pests.

Contact conservators you trust, and check out this website:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/jessup/ipm.html

Elizabeth W. Furlow
Curator of Collections

Museum of History & Industry
2700 24th Ave., E.
Seattle, Washington 98112

(206)324-1685 ext.44
 fax: (206)324-1346

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Daniels [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:18 PM
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Subject: Pest Infestation


We are acquiring a large collection that is known to be infested with 
brown recluse spiders.  It has been suggested that the artifacts be 
treated with a chemical that is the crystalline form of common moth 
balls.  Does anyone have a better, less toxic method for dealing with 
spiders?
-- 
Stephanie L. Daniels
Collections Specialist
ITARP
209 Nuclear Physics Lab
23 Stadium
Champaign IL  61820
ph. 217-333-0263

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