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                                    Resources

                                    Museum Textile Services Handouts

                                    Costume and Textiles Storage Guidelines
                                    Vacuuming Textiles
                                    Conservation Netting
                                    Rolling Textiles
                                    Quilt Storage and Handling
                                    Template for an Archival Drawer Liner
                                    Making and Attaching a Velcro Header
                                    Making and Installing a Velcro Slat
                                    Hanging Large Textiles
                                    Retrofitting Dress Forms
                                    Building T-Bar Supports
                                    Customizing Mannequins

                                    Internship Guidelines
                                    Internship FAQs

                                    Slide Shows & Videos

                                    Civil War Flag Conservation
                                    The Connecticut State Battle Flag Project
                                    Changeable Silk Bonnet: Before and After
                                    Peruvian-American Conservation Collaboration
                                    Natural Dyes of Peru
                                    Care of Textiles
                                    Conservacion de textiles (Spanish)
                                    Picture

                                    Publications by Camille Breeze

                                    Peruvian-American Conservation Collaboration
                                    Hats off to Wet Cleaning!
                                    Master's Thesis on Ancient Peruvian Textiles Part 1 Part 2
                                    A Survey of American Tapestry Conservation Techniques
                                    The Evolution of American Tapestry Conservation
                                    Tapestry Conservation: an Annotated Bibliography
                                    The History of Tapestry Conservation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
                                    Stepping Out From Behind the Tensioner
                                    Threads of Time: Five Hundres Years of Tapestry From the Blau Family
                                    History Recorded: Harvard's Signature Quilts
                                    Preventative Conservation of Samurai Armor 
                                    Conservation of Wall Coverings at Gillette Castle
                                    Digitally Printed Textiles in Costume Collections and Living-History Museums
                                    Camille Myers Breeze's Resume


                                    Disaster Response and Planning Resources

                                    Salvage at a glance: Textiles
                                    Salvaging Water Damaged Textiles—AIC
                                    Flood Recovery Book - Emergency Salvage of Textiles
                                    Disaster Recovery: Teaching Textile Salvage Techniques to the First Response Team
                                    Tips For the Care for Water-Damaged Family Heirlooms and Other Valuables—AIC
                                    Freezing wet textiles
                                    Disaster Recovery at the University of Alberta
                                    Rescuing Water Damaged Textiles During LA's Urban Riots

                                    General disaster response
                                    AIC: If you’re First…
                                    Harvard University Library: Checklist for first response to an emergency
                                    National Archive: Salvage Procedures for book and paper resources
                                    Conservation Online: Disaster preparedness and response
                                    Heritage Preservation: Resources for Response and Recovery
                                    National Park Service:  Primer on Disaster Management and Response
                                    National Archive: Disaster Response and Recovery
                                    Freezing works of art

                                    Disaster Planning
                                    dPlan: The Online Disaster Planning tool for Cultural and Civic Organizations 
                                    Heritage Preservation: Resources for Emergency Planning and Preparedness

                                    Free PDFs on various conservation topics

                                    Before Framing Textiles—Minneapolis Historical Society
                                    Condition Reporting
                                    Framing Textiles—Minneapolis Historical Society
                                    Historic Housekeeping Manual—Minneapolis Historical Society
                                    Low Temperature Insect Treatment—Canadian Conservation Association
                                    Managing a Mold Invasion—Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
                                    Pest Chart—Textile Museum
                                    Removing Mold from Leather—Canadian Conservation Association
                                    Textile Mounting—Minneapolis Historical Society
                                    Chlorine Dioxide: A Treatment for Mold—Archival Products


                                    Additional resources, most of which are free

                                    Conserve-o-grams, everyone’s favorite conservation leaflets.
                                    A variety of resources are on the American Institute for Conservation website. 
                                    Northeast Document Conservation Center’s Preservation Leaflets. 
                                    Getty Conservation Institute publications available for free. 
                                    A three-part Museum Handbook from the National Park Service. 
                                    Resources from International Centre for the Study of the Preservation.
                                    Regional Alliance for Preservation specialized bibliographies. 
                                    CCI notes are available individually or in a binder. 
                                    AASLH provides technical leaflets, special reports on many museum topics. 
                                    Low-cost technical inserts from Illinois Heritage Association.

                                    Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop Reports

                                    2010 Huaca Malena Report
                                    2009 Huaca Malena Report

                                    2008 Huaca Malena Report
                                    2007 Huaca Malena Report
                                    2006 Huaca Malena Report
                                    2005 Huaca Malena Report
                                    2004 Huaca Malena Report
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