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Sample boxes

I’ve been making some pint-sized models of various housing possibilities for our collections. This is one that is basically a book tray with a lid. It has a low lip in the front, to make removing books from the box much safer.

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(2/2) I collect pamphlets that were printed from 1900-1950, and recently I’ve been trying to store them better. I’m stacking them flat in plastic drawers (model# 116859 on the Staples website), but I feel like maybe I should be doing more to protect them – maybe individual plastic bags, maybe something like cardboard right next to each one for stability? Especially since some are VERY flimsy. Do you have any advice or know resources where I could learn about proper pamphlet storage? Thanks!

Hi!  A good rule of thumb for storage of paper items is that paper is the best way to store paper. Of course, you want to use very high quality paper filing supplies, so look for words like “buffered” or “acid-free” on the box. I highly recommend buffered paper folders to store the kind of […]

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Our order of custom-cut boxes from Talas arrived, and I spent the morning assembling them and figuring out which book fit into each box! The boxes arrived flat, so I had to fold them into shape first before they could be filled with a book. It was a little bit like a puzzle…and fun because […]

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Animated book boxes, aka four-flap wrappers aka tuxedo boxes aka preservation enclosures.