TIP #2: Make sure your materials have the support they need.

Written by Dmitri Schmidt, B.A.

Mechanical wear is luckily easy to spot. See the second image above for an example. When a box is not fully filled, materials have the tendency to slump or in extreme cases fold over on themselves. Solution: replicate the pressure of other folders with an adjustable spacer.

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Dmitri Schmidt, B.A.

Dmitri Schmidt, B.A., holds a degree in anthropology and German studies from Saint Louis University and has experience in museum collections, archival outreach, and digitization.

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