Heritage League of Greater Kansas City
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BOOK & PERIODICAL LENDING LIBRARY
(Revised November 2013)
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City members enjoy many benefits, including a
lending library of equipment and publications specializing in the conservation of archival and
museum collections.
POLICY & PROCEDURE
Simply express your interest in checking out an item by sending an e-mail to:
info@heritageleaguekc.org. Materials may be borrowed by Heritage League members in good
standing for FREE, and for any length of time for which it is needed (unless another request for
the same items is submitted). Borrowers assume liability for loss, theft, breakage, or other
damage to the materials should any occur while the material is on loan or in transit.
EQUIPMENT
The conservation equipment that you can borrow for your use include:
1) Hand-held light meter;
2) Crawford UV monitor; and,
3) 3M Service Vacuum w/HEPA filter
BOOKS & PERIODICALS
Below is a bibliography of books, pamphlets, articles, and booklets available for Heritage
League members to check-out for FREE, and use for their professional development. The
Heritage League’s Collections Care Training Programs are listed in bold typeface.
GENERAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
COPYRIGHT
DEACCESSIONING
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
ENDANGERED SPECIES LAWS
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & CONTROL
HISTORIC STRUCTURES
INTERPRETATION & EDUCATION
LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION
AND REPATRIATION ACT
PACKING & SHIPPING
PAPER (AND ARCHIVES)
DOCUMENTATION & REGISTRATION
PEST MANAGEMENT
PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
PHOTOGRAPHS
PLASTICS
STORAGE
TEXTILES & CLOTHING
VEHICLES & LARGE MECHANICAL OBJECTS
WOOD
GENERAL
Adams, G. Donald. Museum Public Relations. Volume 2: Management Series. Nashville, Tn.:
American Association for State and Local History, 1983.
American Associations of Museums. The Accessible Museum. Washington, D.C., 1992.
___________. “Code of Ethics For Museums.” American Association of
Museums, 1994.
Bachmann, Konstanze, (ed.). Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.
Baum, Willa K. Transcribing and Editing Oral History. (Nashville, Tn.: American Association
for State and Local History, 1977.)
Burcaw, G. Ellis. Introduction to Museum Work. (Walnut Creek, Ca.: AltaMira Press, 1997.)
CCI Notes. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1995.
Coffey, Rosemary K. and Elizabeth F. Howard. America As Story: Historical Fiction for Middle
and Secondary Schools. (Chicago: American Library Association, 1997).
Conserve-O-Grams series. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service.
Dearstyne, Bruce W. The Management of Local Government Records: A Guide for Local
Officials. (Nashville, Tn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1988.)
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Collections Care and Maintenance Training
Program. A month-long course sponsored by the League, 1995.
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Rx: Healthy Collections Care Habits, a One-Day
Preservation Workshop, October 16, 2006.
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City, in collaboration with the Kansas Museum
Association’s Annual Conference. Uncovering the Stories that make Collections Meaningful
to Museum Visitors, a One-Day Preservation Workshop, October 26, 2011. [The collections
care training program in 2012 was a workshop presented in collaboration with AASLH at
their April 12-13, 2012, conference hosted by the Johnson County (KS) Museums. There
was no collections care workshop in 2013.]
Hodges, Henry. Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technolgy. Kingston,
Canada: Ronald P. Frye & Co., 1988.
Jackson County Historical Society. Practical Preservation: Simple Steps You Can Take to
Protect Historical Documents, Photographs, and Books. Independence: Missouri.
Jackson County Historical Society, 2003.
Kiritz, Norton J. Program Planning and Proposal Writing. (Los Angeles: Grantsmanship Center,
1980.)
Landrey, Gregory J., et. al. The Winterthur Guide to Caring for Your Collection. University
Press of New England Hanover and London, 2000.
MacLeish, Bruce. Care of Antiques and Historical Collections. Walnut Creek, California:
Altamira Press, 1995.
Mulloy, Elizabeth D. The History of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1963-1973.
Washington D.C., National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976.
Museum News. Professional Code of Ethics. Museum News Reprint Package that includes
“Code of Ethics for Curators,” “Code of Ethics for Conservators,” “Code of Ethics for
Registrars,” “Code of Ethics for Museum Stores,” “Museums and the Public Interest,”
and “On the Ethics of Museum Education,” 1983.
National Endowment for the Humanities. My History is America’s History: 15 Things You Can
Do To Save America’s Stories. Washington, D.C., 1999.
National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property. Training For Collections Care and
Maintenance: A Suggested Curriculum. Volume I. Archaeology and Ethnography.
National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, 1990.
__________.Training For Collections Care and Maintenance: A suggested Curriculum. Volume
II. History. National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, 1991.
__________.Training For Collections Care and Maintenance: A Suggested Curriculum. Volume
III. Natural Sciences. National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, 1991.
__________.Training For Collections Care and Maintenance: A suggested Curriculum. Volume
IV. Fine Arts. National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, 1991.
__________.Caring For Your Collections. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers, 1992.
___________.“Capitalize On Collections Care To Increase Support.” Washington, D.C.:
National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, Inc., 1997.
National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Design and Development: Infill Housing Compatible
with Historic Neighborhoods.” Information Series No. 41. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for
Historic Preservation, 1988.
___________. “A Self-Assessment Guide for Community Preservation Organizations.”
Information Series No. 45. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1989.
___________. “The Economics of Rehabilitation.” Information Series No. 53. (Washington,
D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1991.
___________. “Maintaining Community Character: How to Establish a Local Historic District.”
Information Series No. 58. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1992.
___________. “Organizing for Change.” Information Series No. 67. (Washington, D.C.:
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1992.
___________. “Preservation Revolving Funds.” Information Series No. 78. (Washington, D.C.:
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1993.
___________. “Regional Heritage Areas: Approaches to Sustainable Development.” Information
Series No. 88. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.
___________. “A Guide to Tax-Advantaged Rehabilitation.” Preservation Information.
(Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.
National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Design and Development: Infill Housing Compatible
with Historic Neighborhoods.” Information Series No. 41. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for
Historic Preservation, 1988.
___________. “A Self-Assessment Guide for Community Preservation Organizations.”
Information Series No. 45. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1989.
___________. “The Economics of Rehabilitation.” Information Series No. 53. (Washington,
D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1991.
___________. “Maintaining Community Character: How to Establish a Local Historic District.”
Information Series No. 58. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1992.
___________. “Organizing for Change.” Information Series No. 67. (Washington, D.C.:
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1992.
___________. “Preservation Revolving Funds.” Information Series No. 78. (Washington, D.C.:
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1993.
___________. “Regional Heritage Areas: Approaches to Sustainable Development.” Information
Series No. 88. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.
___________. “Local Government and Historic Preservation.” (Washington, D.C.: National
Trust for Historic Preservation, 1991.
Nevada State Historical Records Advisory Board. Preserving Our Cultural Heritage for the New
Millennium. VIDEO. Nevada: SNCAT, 2000.
Northeast Document Conservation Center. School for Scanning. (Seattle, Wa.: NDCC, 2000.)
Northeast Document Conservation Center. Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool
for Preservation and Access. (Andover, Ma.: NDCC, 2000).
Pizer, Laurence R. A Primer for Local Historical Societies. (Nashville, Tn.: American
Association for State and Local History, 1991.)
Preservation Briefs 1-38. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1975-1994.
Preservation of Collections. Assessment, Evaluation, and Mitigation Strategies. Washington,
D.C.: The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1996.
Rath, Frederick L., Jr. and Merrilyn Rogers O’Connell, eds. A Bibliography on Historical
Organization Practices. Volume 5: Administration. Nashville, Tn.: American
Association for State and Local History, 1980.
Roe, Kathleen. Teaching with Historical Records. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of New York, 1981).
Salter, Anne A. “Caring for Family Treasures: A Basic How-to from Storage to Donation.”
American Association for State and Local History, Technical Leaflet #225, 2004.
Theobald, Mary Miley. Museum Store Management. Nashville: American Association for State
and Local History, 1991.
Thompson, John. The Manual of Curatorship, 2nd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992.
Ullberg, Allan D., and Patricia Ullberg. Museum Trusteeship. Washington D.C.: American
Association of Museums, 1981.
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 16A: How to
Complete the National Register Registration Form.
___________.National Register Bulletin 18: How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic
Landscapes.
___________.National Register Bulletin 22: Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating
Properties that Have Achieved Significance Within the Past Fifty Years.
___________.National Register Bulletin 38: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting
Traditional Cultural Properties.
___________.National Register Bulletin 39: Researching a Historic Property.
University of the State of New York. Strengthening New York’s Historical Records Programs: A
Self-Study Guide. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State of New York, n.d.)
___________. Consider the Source: Historical Records in the Classroom. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of
the State of New York, 1996.)
___________. “Guidelines for Planning and Conducting a Records Inventory.” Local
Government Records Technical Information Series Number 24. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State
of New York, 1995.)
___________. “Documenting the Community: Suggested Records-Related Activities for Local
Government Historians.” Local Government Records Technical Information Series Number 30.
(Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State of New York, 1994.)
___________. “Fundamentals of Managing Local Government Archival Records.” Local
Government Records Technical Information Series Number 40. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State
of New York, 1995.)
___________. “Guidelines for Off-Site Storage of Inactive Local Government Records.” Local
Government Records Technical Information Series Number 42. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State
of New York, n.d.)
___________. “Guidelines for Planning Local Government Records Programs.” Local
Government Records Technical Information Series Number 43. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State
of New York, n.d.)
___________. “Electronic Document Imaging Systems: A Reader for Local Governments.”
Local Government Records Technical Information Series Number 46. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the
State of New York, 1994.)
___________. “Developing an Inactive Records Storage Facility.” Local Government Records
Technical Information Series Number 48. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State of New York, 1994.)
___________. “Administration of Inactive Records.” Local Government Records Technical
Information Series Number 49. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State of New York, 1995.)
___________. “Appraisal of Local Government Records for Historical Value.” Local
Government Records Technical Information Series Number 50. (Albany, Ny.: Univ. of the State
of New York, 1996.)
Williams, Marc A. Keeping it All Together: The Preservation and Care of Historical Furniture.
Worthington, Oh: Ohio Antique Review, Inc., 1990.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Sease, Catherine. A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist, 3rd edition. Los Angeles:
Institute of Archaeology, 1994.
Webster, Laurie. "Altered States: Documenting Changes in Anthropological Research
Collections." Curator, 33(22):130-160, 1990.
COPYRIGHT
DuBoff, Leonard D. "A Brief Excursion Through Copyright Law." History News, July/August,
1987: pp. 16-22.
Shapiro, Michael S., Bert I. Miller, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP. A Museum Guide
Copyright and Trademark. Washington D.C.: American Association of Museums. 1999.
Voorhees, Michael. "Copyright-Implications for Museums after the Adoption of the Berne
Convention." Midwest Museums Conference, October 1989.
Weil, Stephen E. "Copyrights and Wrongs." Museum News, July/August 1993: 40-43, cont'd.
DEACCESSIONING
[1 folder]
Garfield, Donald. "Unusual Obstacles." Museum News, March/April, 1990: 52-54.
Malaro, Marie. "Deaccessioning: The Importance of Procedure." Museum News, March/April,
1988: 74-75.
Roth, Evan. "Deaccession Debate." Museum News, March/April, 1990: 41-46.
Sande, Theodore Anton. "Plying the Proceeds." Museum News, March/April, 1990: 47-51.
Weil, Stephen. "Deaccession Practices in Museums." Museum News, February 1987: 44-50.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Aubitz, Shawn and Zoriana Siokalo. Disaster Preparedness, A Resource Guide and Manual.
Philadelphia: Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, 1994.
Baril, Paul. Fire Prevention Programs for Museums. CCI Technical Bulletin No. 18. Ottawa,
Canada: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1997.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Safeguarding Your Historic Site: Basic Preparedness
and Recovery Measures for Natural Disasters. Undated.
Kahn, Miriam B. Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1998.
Reilly, Julie A. Are You Prepared? A Guide To Emergency Planning. Nebraska Museums
Association, 1997.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Emergency Planning Handbook. Santa Monica, CA: The J. Paul
Getty Museum, 1989.
Lord, Allyn, Carolyn Reno, Marie Demeroukas. Steal This Handbook! A Template for Creating
a Museum's Emergency Preparedness Plan. Columbia, South Carolina,: Southeastern
Registrar's Association, 1996.
DOCUMENTATION & REGISTRATION
Blackaby, James and Patricia Greeno. The Revised Nomenclature. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira
Press, 1995.
Case, Mary, (ed.). Registrars on Record: Essays on Museum Collections Management.
Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1995.
Demeroukas, Marie (ed.) Basic Condition Reporting: A Handbook. Florida: Southeast
Registrars Association, 1998.
Dudley, Dorothy and Irma Bezold Wilkinson. Museum Registration Methods, 3rd edition,
revised. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1979.
Erbacher, Ann. A Summary of notes taken at "Marking Workshop," Midwest Museums
Conference Session, September, 1995.
Gifts of Property: A Guide for Donors & Museums. Washington, D.C.: American Association of
Museums, 1986.
International Society of Appraisers. “Be Cetrain of its Value: A Consumer’s Guide to Hiring a
Competent Personal Property Appraiser.” Seattle, Wa.: International Society of
Appraisers, 1996.
Malaro, Marie C. A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections. Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.
Perkins, John. Planning for Museum Automation. Archives and Museum Informatics, 1993.
Perry, Kenneth D. (ed.). The Museum Forms Book. Austin, Texas: Texas Association of
Museums, 1980.
Registrar's Commitee-Western Region. Registrar's Quarterly. Articles on Labeling Objects.
Spring, 1994.
Porter III, Daniel R. “Current Thoughts on Collections Policy.” Technical Report 1. Nashville,
Tn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1985.
__________.“Developing a Collections Management Manual.” Technical Report 7. Nashville,
Tn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1986.
Williams, Stephen L., and Catherine Hawks. "Inks for Documentation in Vertebrate
Collections." Curator. 29/2, 1986: 93-108.
ENDANGERED SPECIES LAWS
A Summary of Major U.S. Endangered Species Laws.
Smithsonian Institution. “A Primer To Endangered Species Law: Obtaining Federal Permits for
Specimens Protected by Endangered Species Laws.” Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution, 1993.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & CONTROL
Appelbaum, Barbara. Guide to Environmental Protection of Collections. Madison, Ct.: Sound
View Press, 1991.
Bachmann, Konstanze (ed.) Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators.
Washington, D.C. and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.
Blackshaw, Susan, and V. Daniels. "The Testing of Materials for Use in Storage and Display in
Museums." The Conservator. 3:16-19.
Blackshaw, Susan, and V. Daniels. "Selecting Safe Materials for Use in the Display and Storage
of Antiques." In Preprints of the International Council of Museums' Committee for
Conservation Triennial Meeting, Zahgreb, 1978.
Cassar, May. Environmental Management: Guidelines for Museums and Galleries. London and
New York: Routledge and Routledge, 1995.
Harriman, Lewis G. (ed.) The Dehumidification Handbook, 2nd edition. Amesbury,
Massachusetts: Cargocaire Engineering Corporation, 1990.
Hatchfield, Pamela. "Formaldehyde: How Great is the Danger to Museum Collections?" Center
for Conservation Technical Studies, Harvard University, 1987.
Hopwood, Walter, R. "Choosing Materials for Prolonged Proximity to Museum Objects." AIC
Preprints, 7th Annual Meeting, American Institute for Conservation, Toronto, 1979.
Lull, William P., with Paul N. Banks. Conservation Environment Guidelines for Libraries and
Archives. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1995.
Lull, William P. with Paul N. Banks. "Further Comments on Climate Control Guidelines."
Abbey Newsletter. 18(7):87-88, 1994.
McCormick-Goodhart, Mark H. "The Allowable Temperature and Relative Humidity Range for
the Safe Use and Storage of Photographic Materials." Journal of the Society of American
Archivists, Vol. 17, No. 1, p. 7-21. Chicago: Society of American Archivists,
1996.
McCrady, Ellen. "Temperature and RH Guidelines Challenged by Smithsonian." Abbey
Newsletter. 18(4-5): 44-45, 1994.
Morton, Bernard W. Humidification Handbook: What, Why & How. Eden Prairie, Mn: DriSteem Humidifier Co., 1987.
Padfield, Timothy, David Erhardt, and Walter Hopwood. "Trouble in Store." In Norman S.
Brommelle and Garry Thompson, eds. Science and Technology in the Service of
Conservation. London: The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and
Artistic Works, 24-27, 1982.
Preservation of Historical Records. National Research Council (U.S.)- Committee on
Preservation of Historic Records. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1986.
Real, William A. "Some Thoughts on the Recent CAL Press Release on Climate Control for
Cultural Collections." Abbey Newsletter. 18(7): 85-86, 1994.
Reilly, James M., D.N. Nishimura & E. Zinn. New Tools for Preservation: Assessing
Long-Term Environmental Effects on Library & Archives Collections. Washington,
D.C.: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1995.
Thomson, Garry. The Museum Environment. Oxford, England: Butterworth-Heinemann. 1986.
HISTORIC STRUCTURES
Brown, Morton, W., Gary L. Hume et. al. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation and Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1992.
Butcher-Younghans, Sherry. Historic House Museums. New York: Oxford University Press,
1993.
Fisher, Charles E. and Hugh C. Miller (eds.) Caring for Your Historic House. New York: Harry
N. Abrams, 1998.
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Preserving and Maintaining Your Historic
Structure: A One-Day Preservation Workshop, October 21, 2003.
Housekeeping For Historic Sites. 60-minute VHS video tape. National Park Service, 1996.
Jessup, Wendy Claire, (ed.). Conservation in Context: Finding a Balance for the Historic House
Museum. Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.
Kaplan, et. al. Preservation Tech Notes: Masonry, Number 1: "Non-destructive Evaluation
Techniques for Masonry Construction." U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service Cultural Resources, September 1997.
Kemp, Emory L. and Theodore Anton Sande (eds.) Historic Presrvation of Engineering Works.
New York: American Society of Engineers, 1981.
Magee, Gregory H. Facilities Maintenance Management. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Company,
Inc., 1988.
Saldibar, Joseph P., III. Preservation Tech Notes: Metals, Number 4: "Rehabilitating a Historic
Iron Bridge." U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Cultural Resources,
April 1997.
Weeks, Kay D. & Anne E. Grimmer. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, &
Reconstructing Historic Buildings. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, 1995.
INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION
Alderson, William T. and Payne, Shirley. Interpretation of Historical Sites. 2nd Edition.
Nashville, Tn., AASLH, 1987.
Britton, J.D. and Diane F., eds. History Outreach: Programs for Museums, and Academic
History Departments. Malabar, Fl.: Krieger Publishing Company, 1994.
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Interpretation Workshop, a One-Day Preservation
Workshop, October 13, 2004.
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Rx: Making Collections Meaningful, a One-Day
Preservation Workshop, March 3, 2009.
Low, Shirley P. “Training Interpreters at Colonial Williamsburg.” Undated.
LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION
Birnbaum, Charles A. The Landscape Universe: Historical Designed Landscapes In Context.
Proceedings, Expanded and Illustrated Papers from a National Symposium. Bronx, NY,
1993.
__________ and Sandra L. Tallant. “Balancing Natural and Cultural Issues in the Preservation of
Historic Landscapes: Selected Papers from the National Association for Olmstead Parks
Conference.” The George White FORUM. Special Issue, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1996.
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Preservation
Assistance Division. Making Educated Decisions: A Landscape Preservation
Bibliography. Washington D. C., 1994.
__________. Pioneers of American Landscape Design. Washington D.C., 1993.
__________. Pioneers of American Landscape Design II. Washington D.C., 1995.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
(NAGPRA)
Grant, Lauryn Guttenplan. "Selected Materials on Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act." ALI-ABA Course, March 1991.
Klein, Janice B. "How to Work with the Native American Graves Repatriation (NAGPRA)."
Illinois Association of Museums.
Registrar's Commitee-Western Region. Registrar's Quarterly. Articles on NAGPRA. Fall 1995.
PACKING & SHIPPING
Droll, Christine (ed.). Brent Powell (compiler). Technical Drawing Handbook. Packing and
Crating Information Network, American Association of Museums Registrars Committee
Task Force, 1993.
Droll, Christine (ed.). Powell, Brent (compiler) The Crate Itself: Proven Design Techniques &
Alternative Ideas. Packing and Crating Information Network, 1996.
Powell, Brent, (ed.). Soft Packing: Methods and Methodology for the Packing and Crating
of Art and Artifacts. Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums,
PACIN Task Force, 1994.
The Registrar's Sub-Committee for Professional Practices. "A Code of Practice for Couriering
Museum Objects." June 1986.
Registrar's Commitee-Western Region. Registrar's Quarterly. Articles on Imports, Exports, and
Customs. Winter 1993.
PAPER (AND ARCHIVES)
Cowan, Janet. Dry Methods for Surface Cleaning of Paper, Technical Bulletin No. 11. Ottawa:
Canadian Conservation Institute, 1986.
Dolloff, Frances W. and Roy Perkinson. How to Care for Works of Art on Paper. Boston:
Museum of Fine Arts, 1985.
Ellis, Margaret Holben. The Care of Prints and Drawings. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press,
1995.
Ehrenberg, Ralph E. Archives and Manuscripts: Maps and Architectural Drawings. Society of
American Archivists Basic Manual Series. Chicago: SAA, 2001.
Ogden, Sherelyn, ed. Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover,
Massachusetts: Northeast Document Center, 1994.
Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn. Preserving Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago, Il.: Society of
American Archivists, 1993.
Wilson, William K. Environmental Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records. Bethesda, Md:
NISCO Press, 1995.
PEST MANAGEMENT
Bio-Integral Resource Center. Least Toxic Pest Management: Fabric and Paper Pests.
Berkeley, California: Bio-Integral Resource Center, 1989. [reprints of three articles
from Common Sense Pest Control Quarterly on clothes moths, carpet and hide beetles,
and silverfish, firebrats and booklice.]
Dawson, John E. & T.J.K. Strang. CCI Bulletin No. 15 - Solving museum insect problems:
Chemical control. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1992.
Degesch America, Inc. “Principal Storage Pests.” Weyers Cave, Va., Degesch America, Inc., n.d.
Florian, M.L. "The Freezing Process-Effects on Insects and Artifact Materials," Leather
Conservation News. Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall, 1986.
State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources. "Information on Controlling Unwanted
Bats." August, 1991.
IPM Practitioner: 1996 Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products. Berkeley, California:
The Bio-Integral Resource Center. Vol. XVII, No. 11/12, November/December 1995.
Least Toxic Pest Management: Fabric and Paper Pests. Berkeley, CA: Bio-Integral Resource
Center, 1989.
Newsletter of the North American Bat House Research Project. "The Bat House Researcher."
Volume 3, No. 2, Fall, 1995.
Pinniger, D. Insect Pests in Museums, 2nd edition. London: Archetype Publications, 1990.
Zycherman, L.A. and J.R. Schrock (eds.). A Guide to Museum Pest Control. Washington, D.C.:
Foundation of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works and The Association for Systematic Collections, 1988.
PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
Frisch-Ripley, Karen. Unlocking the Secrets in Old Photographs. Salt Lake City, Ut: Ancestry,
1991.
Kushel, Dan. Photodocumentation for Conservation: Procedural Guidelines and Photographic
Concepts and Techniques. Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Conservation, 1980.
Langford, Michael. Basic Photography, 5th edition. Boston: Focal Press, 1995.
Leisher, William & Richard Amt. Required Photographic Documentation & Equipment.
Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Conservation, 1980.
Mace, O. Henry. Collector’s Guide to Early Photographs. Iola, Wi.: Krause Publications, 1999.
Reilly, James M. Care and Identification of 19th Century Photographic Prints. Eastman Kodak
Co., 1986.
PHOTOGRAPHS
ANSI IT-9 2-1991. For Imaging Media: Photographic Processed Films, Plates, and Papers—
Filing Enclosures and Storage Containers. New York: American National Standards
Institute, 1991.
Reilly, James M. Storage Guide for Acetate Film. Rochester: Image Permanence Institute, 1996.
Reilly, James M. IPI Storage Guide for Color Photograhpic Materials. Albany: University of the
State of New York, 1998.
PLASTICS
Blank, Sharon. "An Introduction to Plastics and Rubbers in Collections." Studies in
Conservation, 35 (1990) 53-63.
STORAGE
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Improving Storage for Museum and Archival
Collections, a One-Day Preservation Workshop, October 17, 2005.
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City. Rx: Healthy Collections Care Habits: Improving
Storage, a One-Day Preservation Workshop, October 15, 2007.
LaFontaine, Taymond H. “Silica Gel.” Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1984.
Rose, Carolyn L. Storage of Natural History Collections: Ideas and Practical Solutions.
York, Pa.: Society For The Preservation of Natural History Collections, 1995.
Rose, Carolyn L. Storage of Natural History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach.
York, Pa.: Society For The Preservation of Natural History Collections, 1995.
Schlichting, Carl. "Working with Polyethylene foam and fluted plastic sheet." CCI Technical
Bulletin No. 14. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1994.
TEXTILES & CLOTHING
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. AATCC Technical Manual. Research
Triangle Park, N.C.: AATCC, 1996.
Craft, Margaret L. and T. Vitale. "Economical Textile Storage, Part I, Rolled Storage,"
Museum News, November/December 1979, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 71-77.
__________. "Economical Textile Storage, Part II, Costumes and Flat Textiles." Museum
News, January/February 1980, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 59-68.
Emery, Irene. The Primary Structures of Fabric. New York: Watson Guptill Publishers, 1994.
Grimm, Martha Winslow, (ed.) The Directory of Hand Stitches Used in Textile Conservation,
2nd ed. Washingtron, D.C.: American Institute for Conservation, 1995.
Hall, Betsy. The Fabric Collection from Tex-Swatch: A Manual for students of beginning
textiles with descriptions, study questions, activities, and definitions. Greeley, Colorado:
Tex-Swatch, 1995.
Horswill, M., Young, R., Gordon, B., and Sarmadi, M., "Characterization and Preservation of
Weighted Silk," Textile Conservation Newsletter, Supplement, Spring 1992.
Mailand, Harold F. “Considerations For The Care of Textiles and Costumes.”
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