[Nhcoll-l] Old slides

[Julian Carter]

Also useful is Paul Brown’s publication:

Brown PA (1997) A review of techniques used in the preparation, Curation and conservation of microscope slides at the Natural History Museum, London.. Biology Curator, 10 : 1 - 33. | Natural Sciences Collections Association (natsca.org)<https://natsca.org/journal-articles/154>

All the best,

Jules

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of John E Simmons
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Old slides

Paul,
A couple references on this topic that I have found very useful (particularly Neuhaus et al):

Moore, S. J. 1979. Restoration of the Quekett Microscope Slide Collection. Microscopy 33:489-494.

Neuhaus, B., T. Schmid, and J. Riedel. 2017. Collection management and study of microscope slides: storage, profiling, deterioration, restoration procedures, and general recommendations. Zootaxa 4322(1):1-173.


--John

John E. Simmons
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On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 12:22 PM Callomon,Paul <prc44 at drexel.edu<mailto:prc44 at drexel.edu>> wrote:
Folks,

Can anyone recommend how-to guides to assessing and triaging antique microscope slides? I have a ton of them to deal with right now. I need to know how best to clean and store them, how to revive (if possible) hardened fixatives, etc. These are mostly polychaete and other worm samples, including sections and jaw parts, and are anything from 50 to 140 years old.

Paul Callomon
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