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  1. An attendee at “Don’t Rock the Cradle” examines magnetic strapping in the marketplace. Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2015.

    Preserve It While You Use It: Collections Care in Action

    • Date: April 28, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: It’s Preservation Week - see what conservation staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are doing to contribute to preservation-mindedness.

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    Conserving Harper’s Three-for-One Field Book

    • Date: August 24, 2017
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Though a large part of our collections are flat—that is, they are unbound materials as opposed to bound, three-dimensional objects—a significant group of our holdings do live in bindings and book structures (some of my previous blog contributions have dealt with books, but none with as great a degree of intervention). Treating a field book became more complicated—and more

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  5. Side-by-side of damaged papers, with folds and tears, and recently treated papers in good conditions.

    Decision-making and Digitization: Triaging Mass Treatment Options

    • Date: February 18, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Choosing the right treatment method can be a challenge—especially when mass interventions are needed on a tight deadline.

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  7. Slight damage on a piece of paper. There is a section of brown, dotted coloring on the parchment.

    I.D. This! Parchment

    • Date: November 21, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.

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    "To Have and to Hold”: Parsing the Legal Framework of the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: May 12, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Now that we know more about the Hungerford Deed, dive in with us as we seek to understand its legal framework and context.

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  11. The broken joint and damaged headcap needed significant attention before the volume could be scanned safely. Courtesy of William Bennett.

    Minute by Minute: Preparing Board of Regents Records for Digitization

    • Date: September 10, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Take a look behind the scenes at the Archives as conservation staff prepares one of our important collections for digitization.

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  13. The back page of the front cover and the first page of a book is visible. The notes are dated 1818.

    Rafinesque, Ready for a Close-Up

    • Date: December 13, 2018
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: When a television channel asks to film our collections, we want to show them at their best. Read how we accommodate media requests while keeping our collections safe.

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  15. Archival notebook in open archival housing.

    A Close-up with Field Book “Specimens”

    • Date: December 26, 2017
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: The Smithsonian’s Field Book Project is a continuous fount of work for both our digitization crew here at the Archives and for me as the conservator in charge of the project’s physical needs. Over the past several weeks I have worked on a variety of field books with different structures and treatment requirements, and will share a few of the most common features I’ve seen in

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  17. Camping Out, Smithsonian-Style

    • Date: June 10, 2021
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: See how Smithsonian scientists have always been willing to do what is needed to further their research—including camping in all conditions!

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  19. Unrolled group of graphic recordings showing just how large and unwieldy these records are. Photo by William Bennett, 2015. Accession 09-296 - Office of the Secretary, Strategic Planning Records, 2009, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease: A Custom Storage Solution for an Unusual Collection

    • Date: February 5, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Unusual sized and shaped items can be a challenge in archives—here’s how our conservation staff dealt with a particularly tricky accession.

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  21. Diagram of Solomon Brown photograph housing showing construction process. Image by William Bennett.

    Home Sweet Housing: Creating a Unique Enclosure for a Historic Photograph

    • Date: November 24, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Finding a unique housing solution to preserve a historic photograph, detailing the history of one of the Smithsonian's earliest employees.

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  23. The top half of a yellowed parchment sheet is shown, covered densely with dark brown ink. A passage is highlighted in yellow, reading “She the said Henrietta Maria Walker by virtue and in pursuance of the Power and Authority reserved and given to her in and by the said recited Indenture of Release and Settlement of the thirteenth of July One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and of all and every other Power and Powers Authority and Authorities to her belonging in her vested”.

    Enduring Mysteries of the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: December 3, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Much has been learned and uncovered about the Hungerford Deed—but what is still out there to learn? Dig in with us to explore a few of these unanswered questions!

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