Records, 1887-1989.

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Records, 1887-1989.

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Records of the Conservation Department and predecessor departments including the Bindery, the Technical Department, and the Conservation Laboratory.

15 cubic ft.

Newberry Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7166775

Newberry Library

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Newberry Library. Conservation Dept.

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The Conservation Department was created at the Library in 1975 and included production binding, fine binding, and paper and leather conservation and restoration in a Bindery Section and a Conservation Section. Although the Library had supported bookbinding facilities since the mid-1890's, it had no department charged with conserving and preserving the library collections until 1964 when Paul Banks, appointed the Library's first conservator, took charge of conservation, b...