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1 Conservation at the Huntington Library Conservación en El Huntington Library Holly Moore Lloyd E. Cotsen Head of Conservation Huntington Library

2 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Founded in 1919, open to the public 1928 Hosts more than 500,000 visitors per year 120 acres of botanical gardens 3 galleries of American and European art Independent research library Henry E. Huntington

visitors per year 120 acres of botanical gardens 3 galleries of

3 The Library Collections Colecciones Six million manuscripts 410,000 rare books Picture here 270,000 reference books 1.3 million photographs, prints, and ephemera The Gutenberg Bible

4 The Huntington Library Provides Access to 1,400 scholars per year in: British and American history & literature The history of science The American west 11 th Century to present Audubon s Birds of America

& literature The history of science The American

5 Early Mexican Imprints / Doctrina cristiana en lengua Mexicana, 1547? Considered 1st Nahuatl imprint of 1 st printed book to transliterate Nahua [Aztec] using Spanish letters Only surviving copy of this printing, original binding

6 Early Mexican Imprints / Doctrina breve muy provechosa delas, 1544 First substantial book printed in the new world Rebound

7 A Conservation Program Progama de Conservación Environmental monitoring Integrated pest management Cold storage Treatment and housing Housekeeping Disaster planning Identifying leather

8 Environmental Monitoring / Integrated Pest Management Manejo Integrado de Plagas Data logger Sticky insect trap

9 Nitrogen Anoxia Chamber La cámara de gas nitrógeno y anoxia 1.5 m 1.8 m Prototype 18 gauge stainless steel shell 1.8 m Three book truck capacity Kills eggs, larvae, adult insects

10 Cold Storage Film Vault / 1.6 C, 30% RH La cámara frigorífíca Color prints, copy negatives, panoramic negatives Nitrate negatives, safety film negatives Color transparencies / slides 16 mm film (and other sizes), film reels

11 The Conservation Labs Laboratorios de conservación High-end treatment of rare materials Treatment of reference materials Housing Review of exhibit and loan materials Education and outreach Removing inactive mold

reference materials Housing Review of exhibit and

12 1963 Bindery / Encuadernación de los libros

13 1981 Book and Paper Conservation Labs Laboratorios de conservación de papeles y libros

14 2005 Conservation Labs / Book Lab Laboratorios de conservación / Laboratorio de libros

15 2005 Conservation Labs / Paper Lab Laboratorios de conservación / Laboratorio de papeles

16 2005 Conservation Labs / Wet Chemical Room Laboratorios de conservación / Salas del tratamiento químico

17 2005 Conservation Labs / Photo and Particulate Rooms Laboratorios de conservación / Salas de fotographía y partícula

18 Conservation Treatment Principles Principios de tratamientos Reversibility Application of repairs that are sympathetic with the original Retention of original material and structure Use of repair materials of highest quality for durability and permanence Mending paper

original Retention of original material and structure Use of

19 19 th Century cloth binding / Page tip-in Encuadernación de tela del siglo XIX

20 Full calf binding / Board attachment with Japanese tissue Encuadernación de piel de cabra

21 Half goatskin and marbled paper binding / Rebinding Reencuadernación con papel decorado y piel de cabra

22 Graphite and ink drawing / Dry cleaning, washing and repair Limpieza en seco del dibujo a tinta

23 19th Century color lithograph poster / Washing and lining Limpieza de litografía del siglo XIX

24 Washing the leaves of a book Limpieza de hojas del libro

25 Sewing a book Maquina de coser libros

26 Housing Cubiertas de libros

27 Website / Nuestra página web

28 Thank you / Graçias Agradecimientos especiales a Aurora Gómez Galvarriato, Directora General del Archivo General de la Nación; Paola D Rugama, Jefa del Departamento de Conservación del Restauración, Archivo General de la Nación; Y Andie Reid, Huntington Library, Research Department

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