[Nhcoll-l] Clear storage boxes - skulls
John E Simmons
simmons.johne at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 21:44:49 EST 2015
The polystyrene boxes will crack and craze (and eventually melt) if exposed
to benzene rings (e.g., from napthalene or paradichlorobenzene fumigants),
but as Andy said, this has never been an issue in the fish and herp
collections at KU.
--John
John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
and
Instructor, Museum Studies
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
and
Lecturer in Art
Juniata College
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
wrote:
> Hi Peter
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> Sorry, bad auto-correct or typing on my part J I meant to say that we
> have seen no cracking or any other detrimental deterioration of the boxes.
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> Thanks
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> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
>
> Dyche Hall
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
> USA
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> Tel: (785) 864-3863
> Fax: (785) 864-5335
> Email: abentley at ku.edu
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> *From:* Peter Rauch [mailto:peterar at berkeley.edu]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:59 PM
> *To:* Bentley, Andrew Charles
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Clear storage boxes - skulls
>
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> Did you mean "...seen No cracking, ..." or as you wrote, "...seen to
> cracking..." ?
>
> Peter
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> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Emily
>
> We use similar boxes for our dry skeletal material in our fish and herp
> collections here at KU. We have found them to be very useful and they seem
> to stand up to the "elements" very well. We have seen to cracking,
> crazing, frosting or general deterioration in many years of usage.
>
> The link to where we obtain our boxes is
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.durphypkg.com_unhinged-5Fboxes.pdf&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=jvFQXTEoxP_ea4vcX8oyI435NpIcpq1HMu_oI72yuSk&s=_jXpi_YWQeljDatKHDtThAynPVTqi08__GKYWZr7wgA&e=
> . They also have hinged varieties.
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> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
> Dyche Hall
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
> USA
>
> Tel: (785) 864-3863
> Fax: (785) 864-5335
> Email: abentley at ku.edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:
> nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Emily M. Braker
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 9:42 AM
> To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Clear storage boxes - skulls
>
> Hi All,
>
> Is anyone familiar with PET Clamshell boxes made by Gaylord (
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> We are looking to upgrade many of our medium-sized mammal skull boxes and
> trays and like the idea of transparent housing. The boxes are made of an
> anti-static archival material (polyethylene terephthalate). It would be
> great to hear from folks with experience with this product in terms of its
> durability/flimsiness, lid closure strength, general weathering of handling
> and long-term storage, etc.
>
> Thanks!
> Emily
>
>
> Emily Braker
> Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section University of Colorado
> Museum of Natural History
> 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building
> Boulder, CO 80309-0218
>
> emily.braker at colorado.edu
> 303-492-8466
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