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October 8, 2024
George, in Focus: Hidden Text Revealed TAGS: George Focus | hidden text | Imaging techniques | Infra-red | MA-XRF | Photoshop | Recueil de Desseins Ridicules In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily, discusses how she is using different imaging techniques to reveal concealed script. I was recently challenged with a seemingly impossible task in …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that...
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
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In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...