An archival project that has been looking for funding has recentlyThe most recent summary I could find of methods used to remove rubber cement from paper documents is Niccolo Caldararo's post of 28 January 2000 on Conservation DistList, http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/2000/0143.html [1].
found funds through the City. There are a great many scrapbooks--I
haven't counted yet. What has perplexed me since first seeing the
documents is how one can "dissolve" the rubber cement that was used to adhere documents in the scrapbook. Though wonderful to have the city's historic documents, I'm now faced with how to remove them from the scrapbooks and properly store them. Does anyone know of a good solvant for rubber cement--I haven't tried anything yet.<[log in to unmask]>
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