RE: arsclist Relative humidity and storage

["Farrington, Jim" <jfarrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The standard articles on this topic are by Richard Warren of Yale. They
appeared in the ARSC Journal, 24/2 (1993) and 25/2.(1994). Gerry Gibson from
the Library of Congress has also written on storage problems of cylinders
and early discs, and Steve Smolian has written on audio tape (I believe that
both of their work was incorporated into the Warren articles). Hope this
helps.

Jim Farrington
Sibley Music Library
Eastman School of Music

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:20 PM
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> Subject: arsclist Relative humidity and storage
> 
> 
> 
> I'm new to the list and was wondering if there is an accepted standard
> relative humidity and temperature guideline for storage of 
> the following
> types of media:
> 
> Brown wax cylinders
> 2 minute black wax cylinders
> 4 minute black wax ("Amberol") cylinders
> Celluloid cylinders (Indestructibles and Blue Amberols)
> Berliner discs
> Standard shellac discs
> Wire recordings
> LP's
> Instantaneous discs i.e. "acetates", "soft cuts", "lacquers", 
> etc. (a rose
> by any other name...)  both paper and metal base
> Plastic dictation media (including 'Soundscriber' discs, 
> 'Audograph' discs,
> and 'Dictabelt' types)
> Reel to reel audio tape
> 
> Are the guidelines similar for all formats in question, or do 
> they differ
> depending upon the type of material (wax as opposed to 
> shellac, specific
> formulation, etc.)?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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