I would suggest not mutilating the original document but sealing it separately from the rest of the collection--with of course documentation. Arel Arel Lucas Tobacco Control Archives Library and Center for Knowledge Management University of California San Francisco http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/ ------------------------------ At 04:40 PM 5/28/2002 -0400, Steve Cox wrote:
Thanks to all who responded to my situation. Most replies mentioned photocopying the letters, blacking out the names, and using these for access. I should have mentioned that there are several hundred, if not over a thousand, of these letters! So, looks like I got plenty of copying to do..... Steve Cox University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Steve Cox wrote:I am arranging the collection of a Congresswoman and need to redact names from certain letters and documents (as per her directive). Several years earlier someone began the process but I notice that the redactions (by magic marker) have faded a bit and the names are still visible. Is there a better way to do this, short of cutting out the names? Thanks. Steve Cox Special Collections Librarian University of Tennessee at Chattanooga A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!
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