I would certainly agree with the suggestion that the CCI notes are of great
value. I have been collecting them for some ten years and have on occasion
distributed them to my American friends. As a manufacturer of Museum Storage
Systems, the CCI has helped me a great deal in developing new products.

In other words: They are very good, if not the best.

Peter Diemand
Biblio Design Ltd.
Montreal / New York.


At 03:55 PM 2/7/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear mj,
>
>As a new museum, the best thing you can do for yourself is purchase the
>Canadian Conservation Institute's Notes (CCI Notes).  They are written for
>small museums on limited budgets.  There are 88 topic leaflets in the series
>ranging from "Precautions for Storage Areas" and "Cleaning Glass and Acrylic
>Display Cases" to "Care and Cleaning of Iron" to "Flat Storage for
>Textiles", "Washing Non-Coloured Textiles", "Applying Accession Numbers on
>Textiles"...etc. (there are 15 leaflets just on textiles.  For $85 Canadian
>(about $65-70 US) you receive a binder with all the leaflets in it.  Order
from:
>Canadian Conservation Institute
>1030 Innes Road
>Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0M5 CANADA
>613-998-3721 (tel)
>613-998-4721 (fax)
>checks should be payable to the Receiver General for Canada.
>
>Also, the Textile Conservation Center used to produce (I am not sure if they
>are still available since I obtained them in the mid-80s) Technical
>Bibliographies that only dealt with textiles.  Topics included storage,
>cleaning and display of costumes and other textiles.  I believe the cost was
>$2 per leaflet plus shipping.
>Technical Bibliographies
>Textile Conservation Center
>Museum of American Textile History
>800 Massachusetts Avenue North
>Andover, MA 01845
>617-686-0191
>(this address may be old, you may need to search in the AAM directory, but
>it is a start)
>
>Finally, we occaisionally print information on textiles in The Upper Midwest
>Collections Care Network.  An annual subscription is $12.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Helen Alten
>Field Services Director
>2400 3rd Ave. S.
>Minneapolis, MN 55404
>612-870-3120
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>
>At 07:48 AM 2/6/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>Our museum budget is rather slim at this time - we are a recently
>>established local history museum. Donations of old clothing related to
>>our area are starting to come in and we are wondering about storage of
>>these treasures.  We have been looking into special clothing boxes and
>>acid-free tissue paper.  We are looking at the pros/cons of the cost
>>versus the benefits.  Any ideas?
>>
>>mj
>>
>>
>
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