“At-Home” Preservation with Gudrun Aurand
October 9, 2014
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Archives & Special Collections,
Collins Memorial Library
Hosted by Katie Henningsen, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian and Jean Fisher, Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room. Sponsored by the Tacoma Historical Society and Collins Memorial Library
In celebration of Archives Month, join us for this informational presentation to learn about how you can maintain your personal papers, photographs, and documents. Topics covered include the properties of paper, evaluation points, basic cleaning of documents, damaged documents, and storing documents.
There will be a variety of custom storage boxes on display as well as examples of repairs and the “tools” needed to make them, along with some samples of Japanese mending papers.
Gudrun Aurand is a practicing Bookbinder and Paper Conservator. Her experience comes from traveling a long and winding road along in the world of books. She received her MLS at the University of Cologne, Germany, and worked for 15 years as a Bookbinder and Conservator for Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections in Pullman, WA. In 2009, she settled in Olympia, WA. Gudrun offers classes and workshops on Restoration, Repair and Preservation of books and paper based documents and prints.