[Nhcoll-l] Acid-Free Tissue Recommendations

Mon Sep 28 08:54:34 EDT 2015

Thank you everyone for the suggestions!  We are mainly looking for an item
that is as pliable as toilet tissue but has the ability to move beyond a
temporary fix (i.e., it¹s archival).  We have no intentions of using
anything that is not archival given the potential for long-term storage.  As
of right now, we are not planning to pack skins individually; rather, we are
looking for solutions to secure the tray in its entirety prior to
relocation.  We are thinking of tacking down a piece of polyethylene foam to
our current wooden trays and shrink-wrapping them.  This will be removed
when we place the specimens in new cabinets and drawers in our renovated
space.  Anyhow, I had at least one person ask about sending out suggestions,
so here is a list of what has been sent to me thus far:

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Thanks again,
Cody

Cody W. Thompson, PhD
Mammal Collections Manager
& Assistant Research Scientist
University of Michigan
Museum of Zoology
1109 Geddes Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Office: (734) 615-2810
Fax: (734) 763-4080
Email: cwthomp at umich.edu
Website: codythompson51.wordpress.com

"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."
-Aldo Leopold

From:  <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of "Hawks, Catharine"
<HawksC at si.edu>
Date:  Monday, September 28, 2015 at 6:59 AM
To:  'John E Simmons' <simmons.johne at gmail.com>, Gregory Schneider
<ges at umich.edu>
Cc:  "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject:  Re: [Nhcoll-l] Acid-Free Tissue Recommendations

I strongly concur with the advice from John and Greg. One caveat to keep in
mind is that if you are packing skins with furs or feathers, avoid
alkaline-buffered tissues (make sur the tissue is pH-neutral). As John
notes, things may end up in the packing materials much longer that planned.
Prolonged contact with an alkali can increase the rate of oxidation of
pigments in hair and feathers.

Cathy
_______________________________
Catharine Hawks
Museum Conservator
National Museum of Natural History, MRC 107
NHB M85-J
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Office 202.633.0835
Conservation 202.633.4041
Cell (work) 202.701.8458
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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu
[mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of John E Simmons
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:34 PM
To: Gregory Schneider
Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Acid-Free Tissue Recommendations

Greg's suggestion is excellent. A few other vendors of conservation supplies
carry similar materials as well.

The problem with using materials such as toilet tissue is that there is no
guarantee when the loan will be unpacked and the bad packing materials
discarded. I have seen dozens and dozens of examples of museum specimens
packed with "temporary" materials that turned into long-term storage
materials due to oversight, accident, or ignorance, any one of which carries
the same potential for specimen damage. For example, I have spent the last
few years helping unpack specimens that were "temporarily" packed with PVC
dry cleaner bags 10 years ago--the bags are now turning yellow and
degrading. At the time the specimens were packed, probably no one thought it
would be ten years before they were unpacked.

Whether you are packing specimens for shipment of preparing to put specimens
into the collection, only stable, inert materials should be used. In almost
any collection you can find examples of offgassing plastic, deteriorating
rubber bands, acidic paper, and all sorts of other "temporary" materials
that inadvertently became long-term, often to the detriment of the specimen.

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
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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 Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Gregory Schneider <ges at umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> probably spun polyester batting or tissue - gaylord has it
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> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Cody Thompson <cwthomp at umich.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The UMMZ Mammal Division is beginning our packing process for our relocation.
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for acid-free tissue that could be used
>> to pack skulls and skeletons in vials?  We typically would use toilet tissue
>> for packing loans, but we would prefer to leave the tissue in the vial until
>> the specimens are accessed again for research, loans, etc.  We are not
>> planning to wrap the specimens individually as we would for loans; rather, we
>> plan to use the tissue to stabilize the material in the vial for transport.
>> Therefore, we need a product that has the flexibility of toilet tissue and
>> could potentially be in the vial for years.  Anyhow, I would appreciate any
>> suggestions!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Cody
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Cody W. Thompson, PhD
>> 
>> Mammal Collections Manager
>> 
>> & Assistant Research Scientist
>> 
>> University of Michigan
>> 
>> Museum of Zoology
>> 
>> 1109 Geddes Avenue
>> 
>> Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
>> 
>> Office: (734) 615-2810 <tel:%28734%29%20615-2810>
>> 
>> Fax: (734) 763-4080 <tel:%28734%29%20763-4080>
>> 
>> Email: cwthomp at umich.edu
>> 
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