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Re: Map Storage



I don't have maps like this, but I do have some oversize items-posters,
broadsides, and panorama photos-which are bigger than map cases.  Right now
they are on top of two map cases together.  Any other suggestions.
Louise Sandberg, Special Collections
Lawrence Public Library

"Nye, Valerie" wrote:

> I have a collection of maps from the 1990s.  I am wondering if anyone has
> advice on how to store them.  Some of them are made out of a plastic paper
> (I think they may be referred to as vellum) and another set of the maps
> appear to be some kind of negative or film.  They are too big to store flat
> in our map storage cases.  My fear is that these materials will become
> brittle and, over time, will become too brittle to unroll.
>
> Has anyone dealt with these kinds of map materials yet?
>
> Thanks,
> Val
>
> Valerie Nye
> Senior Archivist
> 1205 Camino Carlos Rey
> Santa Fe, NM  87505
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