[Nhcoll-l] Alcohol bottle trays

[Peter T Oboyski]

Paul,

We use the system you are asking about. We have wooden racks that hold 4
16-oz jars each. The jars contain vials of specimens. We recently (three
weeks ago) moved our fluid collection to a new location and the racks made
the move a lot easier. We were concerned that the fire marshal would not
allow it (as Andy commented) because the California Academy of Sciences had
to abandon their wooden racks for fire safety concerns when they moved
their collections a few years ago. But our fire marshal was OK with it. So
this is definitely worth checking into before making any purchases. I am
happy to talk off-list if you want more information and a lead on some
wooden racks.

Pete

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Peter T Oboyski, PhD
Collections Manager & Senior Museum Scientist
Essig Museum of Entomology
1170 Valley Life Science Building
University of California, Berkeley

mailing address:
1101 VLSB, #4780
Berkeley, CA 94720

http://nature.berkeley.edu/~poboyski/
http://essig.berkeley.edu

essig.museum at gmail.com
510.643.0804 (work phone)
510.847.0360 (cell phone)
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Jay R Cordeiro <Jay.Cordeiro at umb.edu>
wrote:

>  Hey, Paul.
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> Not quite sure what you are looking for, Paul, but we provide custom made,
> 100% archival, acid free trays of ANY dimensions you require; length,
> width, height, and thickness.  Feel free to contact me for more information
> on pricing.
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> I can send samples.
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> Best,
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> Jay
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> Jay Cordeiro
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> *Northeast Natural History & Supply Co.*
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> 24 North Grove Street
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> Middleboro, MA 02346 USA
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> unionid at comcast.net
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> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:
> nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Callomon,Paul
> *Sent:* Monday, June 23, 2014 9:55 AM
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> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Alcohol bottle trays
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> Folks,
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> Does anyone know of a fluid collection in which loose bottles and jars
> have been placed in long, narrow open-top boxes or trays on open shelving?
> We are considering doing this, in order to make our collection both safer
> and easier to maintain. I know many Entomology collections arrange 4- and
> 6-dram vials in long racks (we do this too), but I haven’t seen the same
> thing done for larger bottles and jars.
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> *Paul Callomon*
> *Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General
> Invertebrates*
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