Hi Alana,
As the acting C2C Care community monitor, I'd like to thank you for posting to the community. The caution about introducing moisture is important. The use of archival self-adhesive corners is a good suggestion if the supporting paper is stable and there is room. Are these yearbooks accessed regularly or often? The detaching adhesive gives you the opportunity to consider the long-term value and use of these books. Are they unique (no other copies available)? Perhaps scanning and providing a digital facsimile would work for long-term access. An experienced technician should be able to re-adhere these safely. You may want to check out some of the C2C resources, such as https://connectingtocollections.org/matting-and-framing-for-art-and-artifacts-on-paper/ to help inform next steps.
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Karen Jones
Book and Paper Conservator
Freelance/Private Practice/Self-employed/Independent
Denver CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-02-2024 14:52
From: Alana Dunn
Subject: remounting photos in yearbooks, 1930's era
Hello all! Thank you for your help in this question! We have several 1930's yearbooks, where the photos were pasted in. Most of those pictures have come unglued and shifting around. The backs of the photos are yellowed with old glue, as are the very pages, which are basically newspaper. I thought of wheat paste glue, but I wanted other peoples opinion of what should be used. TIA!
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Alana Dunn
Museum Director
Eagle Museum of History
City of Eagle, Idaho
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