CCAHA

This workshop will serve as an introduction to the materials and techniques necessary for creating safe and attractive housing and framing for paper-based art and artifacts.

This workshop will give an introduction to best practices in caring for all paper-based collections.  Topics covered will include: handling guidelines, assessing storage materials and special needs items, prioritizing for treatment, and understanding preservation and conservation terminology.

Join us on April 26 for this free lecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to learn how to preserve the photographs (from 19th-century daguerreotypes to contemporary digital images) that document your family stories.

Through planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for funding to preserve special collections.  This workshop will examine the process that funders want to see and the components that make a grant request compelling.

Through planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for funding to preserve special collections.  This workshop will examine the process that funders want to see and the components that make a grant request compelling.

Emergencies don't have to become disasters!  Participants in this one-day program at the Newberry Library (Chicago, IL) will learn how to safeguard their collections by preparing for the unexpected.

This workshop will give an introduction to best practices in caring for all paper-based collections.  Topics covered will include: handling guidelines, assessing storage materials and special needs items, prioritizing for treatment, and understanding preservation and conservation terminology.

This symposium will examine the challenges faced in preserving a wide variety of non-standard paper items produced in the 19th and 20th centuries, including paper dolls, greeting cards, posters, maps, blueprints, baseball cards, miniature books, scrapbooks, and oversized objects.

Learn how to make simple enclosures for paper artifacts (including folders, boxes, and options for rolled storage) in this hands-on workshop.  A selection of commercial storage materials will be reviewed along with the decision-making process for choosing the right enclosures.