[Nhcoll-l] Clear storage boxes - skulls

[Kevin Winker]

Likewise. We use them for our bird skeletons and I'd never go back to
opaque boxes.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:43 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.
>
> 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 (
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gaylord.com_Preservation_Archival-2DStorage-2DBoxes_Multipurpose_Gaylord-2526-2523174-253B-2DClear-2DPET-2DClamshell-2DFlat-2DLid-2DArchival-2DBoxes-2D-2528125-2DPack-2529_p_PET208-29-3F&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Pxai56t22wbiGDtJe8IJqgLoWKIm5dGOEmx5iV1qnz0&s=8OMTsgW4HMF5rFly2VcVKf6U8QMPIrJkdfheIUTDnIA&e=
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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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Kevin Winker
University of Alaska Museum
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Fairbanks, AK 99775
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