UNCG Preservation Services

..when things have been “fixed” before..

In Preservation Services, we work closely with our curators and archivists to make treatment decisions. If you would like to know more about those collaborations, check out our recent blog about it at:

Speaking Volumes PRESERVING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE

We recently built a few post binders to preserve three late 19th century sewing books created by students in a class at State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG). All of the samples were sewn by hand and are very intricate. Unfortunately, the substrate pages they are attached to are quite brittle. If you would like to learn more about the process, read our latest blog entry.

Speaking Volumes PRESERVING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE

Hello, friends. If you like to follow along with our blog, please check out our latest post about one of the time-saving measures we use when there is too much mending to do and too little time.

Too Much Mending, Too Little Time L: Bound cello music score, R: Detail of damaged cover This 1917 volume of bound scores, from the collection of Luigi Silva (1903-1961), is ...

Visit our latest blog entry to read a brief reflection on this year as it relates to the Preservation and Conservation profession and our responsibilities to learn and act.

A Brief Reflection on the Crucible of 2020 At nearly the last possible minute of this year, I am reflecting on what has been said many times: 2020 has been a year like no other. We wi...

We have just posted a new blog entry about endbands - resewing, restoration, stuck-on endbands...

Speaking Volumes PRESERVING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE

Hello, friends. We hope you are well and staying safe at home. Today, we posted the final installment of our three part series on the conservation of a large leather volume. To read more, visit our blog Speaking Volumes.

Super Size Me: The Book Conservation Variety, Part 3 (of 3) In our final post of this three part series about this conservation treatment, we will review covering the book in leather, reapplying the o...

Today, on our blog Speaking Volumes... part 2 of a series of posts about the conservation treatment of a large leather volume.

Super Size Me: The Book Conservation Variety, Part 2 In Part 1 of this series, we introduced a project to conserve The Royal Commentaries of Peru (RCP), a large leather volume. The book had to...

We will be posting a series of blog entries about the extensive conservation of one large leather volume. Please follow along in the coming weeks if you would like. Following is Part 1.

Super Size Me: The Book Conservation Variety, Part 1 In the coming weeks, we will be publishing a series of posts documenting the extensive treatment of one very large leather bound volume. Fo...

We have a new blog post today on Leather Binding Repair: One Method of Board Reattachment. Check it out at https://uncgpreservation.blogspot.com/

Greensboro folks: Please stop by the first annual Triad History Day (triadhistory.org) . We are here 10-3 today sharing advice about preservation with community members. A big thank you to for providing catalogs to share.