Preserving Documents

By Aurora Padget

Aurora Padget learning how to encapsulate frail documents in mylar.

This week for the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society Research Center I learned how to use the copy machine and copied a lot of papers.

I also learned how to preserve old documents in their plastic sleeve things (Mylar Encapsulation). These preserve the history by keeping any physical papers safe from getting damaged, and making the copies of papers helps give more access to more people and organizations to read and go through.

Aurora Padget scanning in frail documents before mylar encapsulation.

One interesting thing I learned was the process of preserving the documents in their sleeves, it was more simple than I would've thought and didn't take very long to get them all done, at least with help.

Aurora Padget learning mylar encapsulation alongside fellow intern Drew Doebelin.

We were originally going to transcribe the old documents but instead we are doing that this week which should be interesting to figure out. I get the hang of doing most things pretty fast so it shouldn't be too hard after a little while.