Preserving Useful Knowledge
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Preserving Useful Knowledge

A History of Collections Care at the American Philosophical Society Library, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 111, Part 1)

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Preserving Useful Knowledge

A History of Collections Care at the American Philosophical Society Library, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 111, Part 1)

About this book

This book traces the history of collections care at the American Philosophical Society (APS) as revealed through its minute books, treasurers' receipts, and librarians' correspondence. It also examines the physical evidence presented by books and documents that were repaired by former restorers and conservators, including Library of Congress manuscript restorer William Berwick, book and manuscript restorer Carol Rugh (later Caorlyn Horton), and the Society's first full-time conservator, Willman Spawn. Their painstaking repairs, which have not always aged well, present both a vital historical record and an ongoing challenge for today's conservators. Illus.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1:1743-1846: Early History of the APS Collections and Their Care
  5. Binding as Collections Care
  6. Other Early Preservation Efforts
  7. Chapter 2: Restoration and Conservation from the Twentieth Century to the Present
  8. Preservation and the APS Library Building
  9. Commercial Binding, Repair, and Rebinding
  10. 1900-1920: William Berwick (1848-1920), Paper Restorer
  11. 1935-1939: Carol Rugh (later Carolyn Horton), Book and Paper Conservator
  12. 1942-1949: Helen A. Price, Book Conservator
  13. 1948-1985: Willman Spawn, Book Conservator and Binding Historian
  14. 1960S-1970S: Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt, Bookbinders and Restorers
  15. 1986-2003: Hedi Kyle, Book Artist and Conservator
  16. Conservation at the APS Library & Museum Today
  17. Chapter 3: Generations of Re-Treatment at the APS Library & Museum
  18. David Rittenhouse, Diaries, 1784-1785 and 1792-1805, Mss.B.R5id
  19. Vocabulary of the Delaware Indians, Mss.497.V85 no.17
  20. Charles Willson Peale, Diary Vol 1,1765-1767, MSS.B.P31
  21. James Thackara and John Vallance, Plan of the City of Washington, 1792, PrintedMaps
  22. Minutes of the Indian Treaty Council Held at Easton, 1757, MSS.970.5M659.1
  23. Benjamin Franklin, Ledger A andB, 1730-1740, Mss.B.F8sf6.5
  24. Chapter 4: Considerations for the Re-Treatment of Library Materials
  25. Index