Saving Your Treasures: Newspaper

PRINTABLE FILES

Types of Objects

NEWSPAPER

 

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Newspapers have been printed on very poor quality, acidic, ground wood pulp paper since the mid 1800s. Prior to this time, newspapers were printed on better quality paper and have some hope of surviving into the future. Newspaper on poor quality, wood pulp newsprint has little potential to survive into the future. This newsprint is made with chemicals that hasten its deterioration and is not intended to have a functional life past the few days that a newspaper is used. As a result, paper conservators are reluctant to treat newspapers on wood pulp paper. They will not last.

Paper conservators recommend reproduction of the newspaper or clipping on acid free paper and storage with an acid absorbing buffer material.

If you have any questions, ask a conservator.

What Is, and Is Not,
Paper		 Key Papermaking Terms
& Types of Paper		 How to
Identify Paper		 Pigments
vs. Dyes
Paper Problems What Causes Paper Problems? Safe Paper Content Examining, Handling, and Housing Paper-Based Materials
Housing Documents
for Archives		 Housing Photographs
for Archives		 Housing Negatives, Film, Books, Newspapers, Scrapbooks, & Sound Recording Media Exhibition
Principles
Environment:
Light		 Environment: Relative Humidity & Temperature Environment: Airborne & Gaseous Pollutants Environment:
Mold

TYPES OF OBJECTS

Books, Bibles, Scrapbooks Dishes, Glassware, Silverware Firearms Furniture Jewelry
Native American Items Natural History Specimens Newspaper Photographs
Textiles, Clothing, Uniforms Tools, Mechanical Objects, Instruments Toys Works of Art