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"Kevin. Mac Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:12:19 -0600
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Option B is the best choice. Acid from the book end papers and glue will
migrate to the letter and destroy it, if left as it is. The removal should
be left to a professional and both letters deacidified and then stored flat
in an archival folder or sleeve and kept with the book, which has an
obvious --if not critical-- association with the letters. Do not seal the
letters in a sleeve or laminate them. Never do that to any document --the
basic rule in paper conservation is never to do anything that cannot be
easily undone without damage.

Kevin Mac Donnell
Austin TX

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