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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Most of the NJSM collection is in isopropyl, some in ethanol, and some in formalin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We also have anatomical preparations that came to us from Princeton University, in old battery jars, in some unknown fluid. They have no records (these were in their morphology museum once, always on display), and I have not dared to open them without knowing what’s inside (or how to find out). They may well be Victorian, during which time PU was allegedly experimenting with different fluid combinations of rather nasty chemicals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rod<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=314 height=110 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB0FA.CAE88100" alt="NH Logo - Small"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rodrigo Pellegrini, MA, MS<br>Registrar, Natural History Bureau<br>New Jersey State Museum<br>205 W. State St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PO Box 530<br>Trenton, NJ 08625-0530<br>USA<br><br>Voice: (609) 292-5615 (office)<br> (609) 826-3924 (laboratory)<br> (609) 826-5449 (storage)<br>Fax: (609) 292-7636<br>E-mail: Rodrigo.Pellegrini@sos.state.nj.us<br>Website: www.newjerseystatemuseum.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Blog: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://njstatemuseum.blogspot.com/">http://njstatemuseum.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adelaide Sallema<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>In my museum we normally use formalin and ethanol for preservation. We haven't yet opt for other chemicals than these.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span class=yui3202133604517910470><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>Adelaide</span></i></span><span class=yui3202133604517910472><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'> Sallema, Senior </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>Curator, </span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>Envtal Science:(Envtal Ecology & </span></i><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60'>Nat.Res.Mangt<span style='background:white'>),</span></span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>National Museum & House of Culture, </span></i><span class=yui32021336045179104102><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>P.O.Box 511</span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104104><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>, DSM, Tz</span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104106><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>.</span></i></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span class=yui32021336045179104118><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:#FDEEE0'>Mobile</span></i></b></span><span class=yui32021336045179104122><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:#FDEEE0'>:</span></i></b></span><span class=yui32021336045179104122><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:#FDEEE0'> +255 754 392 462; </span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104130><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'>E-mail:</span></i></b></span><span class=yui32021336045179104130><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'> </span></i></span><span class=yui32021336045179104132><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00BF60;background:white'><a href="mailto:adesallema@hotmail.com" target="_blank">adesallema@hotmail.com</a></span></i></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#00BF60'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> "nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu><br><b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 22 October 2012, 19:02<br><b>Subject:</b> Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 45</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>Send Nhcoll-l mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-owner@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-owner@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Nhcoll-l digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br> (Bentley, Andrew Charles)<br> 2. Re: Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br> (Dietrich, Elizabeth)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:02:29 +0000<br>From: "Bentley, Andrew Charles" <<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br>To: "<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:A78A1D764F0CAA4C8E45DD449F29FC6ADF190A@EXCH10-MBX-01.home.ku.edu">A78A1D764F0CAA4C8E45DD449F29FC6ADF190A@EXCH10-MBX-01.home.ku.edu</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Hi all<br><br>As part of a wet collections best practices initiative led by the conservation department at the Natural History Museum in London and a workshop held at the NHM this past week we are trying to obtain an authoritative list of historical fluids used for fixation and preservation in wet collections from all disciplines. Besides the obvious fluids used nowadays (formalin, ethanol, isopropanol, glycerin, propylene glycol etc.) if you are aware of a historical fluid used in your collection, I would appreciate a list from you to add to our existing list. If you are aware of the formulation or chemical makeup of the solution that would be handy too along with the usual concentration that is used.<br><br>This information will be used to augment a wet collection best practices document that will be circulated to all through SPNHC and other routes upon completion.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Andy<br><br> A : A : A :<br>}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V V V<br>Andy Bentley<br>Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>University of Kansas<br>Biodiversity Institute<br>Dyche Hall<br>1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>USA<br><br>Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>Fax: (785) 864-5335<br>Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><<a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/</a>><br><br>SPNHC President-Elect<br><a href="http://www.spnhc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a><br><br> : :<br> A : A : A :<br>}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V V V<br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20121022/6f6afca1/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20121022/6f6afca1/attachment-0001.html</a> <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:15:36 -0400<br>From: "Dietrich, Elizabeth" <<a href="mailto:DIETRICH@si.edu">DIETRICH@si.edu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical<br> fluids<br>To: "'Bentley, Andrew Charles'" <<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>>,<br> "<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:90C44A9B052D1340A21CB077404B094A0A1335C59B@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU">90C44A9B052D1340A21CB077404B094A0A1335C59B@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>We once received a collection in Xylene. Also botany uses a mix whose formula I don't remember (alcohol and formalin) for their wet collections.<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 11:02 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br><br>Hi all<br><br>As part of a wet collections best practices initiative led by the conservation department at the Natural History Museum in London and a workshop held at the NHM this past week we are trying to obtain an authoritative list of historical fluids used for fixation and preservation in wet collections from all disciplines. Besides the obvious fluids used nowadays (formalin, ethanol, isopropanol, glycerin, propylene glycol etc.) if you are aware of a historical fluid used in your collection, I would appreciate a list from you to add to our existing list. If you are aware of the formulation or chemical makeup of the solution that would be handy too along with the usual concentration that is used.<br><br>This information will be used to augment a wet collection best practices document that will be circulated to all through SPNHC and other routes upon completion.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Andy<br><br> A : A : A :<br>}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V V V<br>Andy Bentley<br>Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>University of Kansas<br>Biodiversity Institute<br>Dyche Hall<br>1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>USA<br><br>Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>Fax: (785) 864-5335<br>Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><<a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/</a>><br><br>SPNHC President-Elect<br><a href="http://www.spnhc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a><br><br> : :<br> A : A : A :<br>}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V V V<br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20121022/b9a61e38/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20121022/b9a61e38/attachment-0001.html</a> <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Nhcoll-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a><br><br><br>End of Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 45<br>***************************************<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>