We are getting ready for a large construction/renovation project during
which, among other things, we plan to remove about 2000 books from the
shelves in our house museum's period library and store them for 8-10
months.  The books are collection items and most of them are from the 19th
century (or earlier).  Since we don't know at this point where the books
are going to be stored, we plan to wrap each book with acid-free tissue
before boxing it (the theory being that, if the boxes of books wind up
staying in the house during construction, wrapping them will provide an
additional barrier against the inevitable dust).  My question is this . . .
if the books are wrapped in acid-free tissue, would it be okay to then
store them in non-archival boxes?  (Yes, there is, of course, a cost factor
here--buying archival boxes for all of these books will completely wipe out
my budget!!)

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Lenora Henson
Curator, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site

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