To observe the 150th anniversary of the Preliminary Emancipation and its exhibition Sept 21-24 at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the document came to conservation for examination and treatment.  A NARA senior conservator completed conservation treatment including careful surface cleaning of the pages to reduce ingrained grime, reduction of adhesive residues from old repairs, and reinforcing previously-repaired tears and creases.
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To observe the 150th anniversary of the Preliminary Emancipation and its exhibition Sept 21-24 at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the document came to conservation for examination and treatment.  A NARA senior conservator completed conservation treatment including careful surface cleaning of the pages to reduce ingrained grime, reduction of adhesive residues from old repairs, and reinforcing previously-repaired tears and creases.

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