As an English student at Florida A&M University, I was attracted to this internship because it granted me an opportunity to really explore an archival library.
Conservation
Gloves: to wear or not to wear?
People often associate glove-wearing with the handling of old or rare book and paper materials.
Life on the circuit seen through poster repairs
Make-do repairs helped preserve the history of vaudeville Collection items that have been selected for exhibition frequently come to the paper lab for repair and stabilization before they are prepared for exhibition. Recently, conservators Kimberley Kwan (above) and Jane Boyd repaired several late nineteenth-century lithographic posters for inclusion in the… read more