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1. Say Hello to Eddie Cameron - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2016/03/10/say-hello-to-eddie-cameron/

   When fully flattened, the tears were mended with toned Japanese paper and wheat starch paste. After Treatment The drawing is not signed (...)

2. Hogarth Gets a Spa Day - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2023/02/17/hogarth-gets-a-spa-day/

   Loose prints were reattached with wheat starch paste. During my initial review, I thought that the first  of four plates in the (...)

3. Stapled Instead of Sewn - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2022/02/25/stapled-instead-of-sewn/

   Treatment I decided that the best course of action would be to clean the spine of its original lining and glue and replace it with a strong (...)

4. North Korea as Seen Through Stamps - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2022/03/25/north-korea-as-seen-through-stamps/

   After applying a thin bead of wheat starch paste to the top of each stamp, I tipped each stamp into the mylar and made sure the bottom (...)

5. A Century of Face Cream - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2019/01/18/a-century-of-face-cream/

   I was able to repair scarf tears, rejoin the separated parts, and/or re-adhere the page to the mount with wheat starch paste. Many (...)

6. The 'Largest Sheet of Paper Ever Made and Printed' - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2015/10/19/the-largest-sheet-of-paper-ever-made-and-printed/

   Feeling a bit like Lily Tomlin’s Edith Ann character Very carefully, bit by bit, I flattened the creases and mended the tears using a very thin (...)

7. Preservation Underground - Page 7 of 59 - Duke University Libraries Preservation

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/page/7/

   After applying a thin bead of wheat starch paste to the top of each stamp, I tipped each stamp into the mylar and made sure the bottom (...)

8. What is a Vital Lilly Library Resource? Meet Lilly Library's Class of 2023 - Duke University Librari

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/05/11/what-is-a-vital-lilly-library-resource-meet-lilly-librarys-class-of-2023/

   Favorite off-campus eatery: Wheat Behind the Curtain at Lilly Q: If you could have a sleepover anywhere in the libraries, where would (...)

9. When Items Keep Getting Bigger - Preservation Underground

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2024/06/06/bigger-collections/

   I didn’t want any more fragments of the broken wax seal to be lost, so I took the remains out of the textile pouch and wrapped them in a little (...)

10. Preservation Underground - Page 48 of 58 - Duke University Libraries Preservation

    https://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/page/48/

    This technique of creating decorative paper using pigments and wheat starch paste is one of the earliest forms used for covers and (...)