Yes, plastic paper clips are terrible -- they damage the paper and fly off at the slightest touch. For (recent, not antiquarian) documents of only a few pages, stainless steel staples are fine. Sheets of acid free paper folded in half keeps more fragile or valuable documents stored in a folder together. Longer documents deserve their own folders. Thomas J. Wood Archivist Archives/Special Collections LIB 144 University of Illinois at Springfield One University Plaza, MS BRK 140 Springfield IL 62703-5407 217-206-6520 | [log in to unmask] | <http://www.uis.edu/archives/> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>