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Intro to Collections Care Best Practices

Julia reviews draft collections best care practices being developed by the History Trust Collections Committee.

By Julia Gray Preserving Collections13 September 2021stewardship+note

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Care & Handling of Photographs

This post provides a brief overview of the environmental factors that lead to deterioration, as well as some best practices for handling, labeling, and storing photographic collections.

By Hannah Stevens Preserving Collections22 May 2021stewardship+note

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We Are Stewards of History

In creating The History Trust, we took lessons from the founders of the land conservation movement. Particularly, those who recognized the need to protect the exquisite qualities of Mount Desert Island

By Bill Horner Preserving Collections13 January 2021

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Arranging and Describing Archival Collections

The focus of this piece is physical archival records of enduring value.

By Hannah Stevens Preserving Collections21 December 2020stewardship+note

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Accessioning and Cataloging Objects

One important topic is how museum cataloging differs from library cataloging (or indexing).

By Julia Gray Preserving Collections8 December 2020stewardship+note

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Differences Between Archives, Libraries, and Museums

What’s the difference between libraries, museums, and archives anyway?

By Bruce Jacobson Preserving Collections16 November 2020stewardship+note

Collaborating Preserving Collections

We can’t keep everything, but . . .

We can’t keep everything, but we can collaborate. Think for a moment about all the really cool, old stuff there is just on Mount Desert Island and surrounding communities.

By Julia Gray Collaborating, Preserving Collections10 August 2020stewardship+note