Volume 17, Number 2
Sep 1993

Editor's Page

A Thank-You to Supporters

The editor and trustees of Abbey Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, want to express our appreciation for support received from the people and organizations listed below.

All donations are considered as going to Abbey Publications (thus contributing to both the Abbey Newsletter and the Alkaline Paper Advocate). Since September 1992 we have been listing donations received during the previous twelve months, rather than those received during the current calendar year. In the last 12 months, a total of $4362 has been received.

Donors are listed below as Benefactors ($1000+), Sponsors ($500+), Patrons ($100+), and Contributors ($25+).

Benefactors

Bridgeport National Bindery

Sponsors

Gaylord Bros.

Patrons

Timothy D. Barrett
Joan T. Batchelor
Campbell-Logan Library Bindery
Pamela Darling
Robert W. Frase
James W. Mason
Elizabeth Morse
New York Community Trust--James Talcott Fund
Ocker & Trapp Library Bindery
Lily Powell-Froissard (Assoc. Sauver les Documents...)
Elaine R. Schlefer
Nancy Carlson Schrock
Susan G. Swartzbburg One anonymous patron

Contributors

Anchor Hand Bookbinding
Nelly Balloffet
Sarah A. Buchanan
Jane Dalrymple-Hollo
Carlo Federici
Carolyn Jane Gammon
Pat Grey
Hilary Kaplan
Gerald Lundeen
Jan Merrill-Oldham
Murray Millar
Julia Miller
Myra Jo Moon (deceased)
Tawny Ryan Nelb
Brian E. O'Connell
Roberta Pilette
Patricia Reyes
Eric C. Shoaf
Martha M. Smith
Robert L. Snow
James G. Stephens
Joan ten Hoor
Carolina Veenstra
Marilyn Kemp Weidner
James K. Wellvang
William Minter Bookbinding

The Abbey Newsletter: Bookbinding and Conservation is issued eight times a year and has about 1250 subscribers. All subscriptions are for the calendar year. New subscribers automatically receive all issues published in the current year, unless they request otherwise, until September 1; after that, it is assumed that the subscription is for the following year. Checks or international money orders may be made out in U.S. dollars or English pounds, payable to Abbey Publications; send to 7105 Geneva Dr., Austin, TX 78723, USA. International payments can be made by VISA or Mastercard. This is a nonprofit corporation set up to encourage preservation of the written record, including the use of lasting materials in the creation of records.

    Full-time students & unpaid interns   $20
    Personal subscriptions:               $40
    Institutional subscriptions:          $49

Paid advertisements, except for job ads, are not accepted. Job advertisements are billed at the rate of $50 for the heading and the first ten lines (55-60 characters per line), plus $2 per line thereaf-ter. Any notice that is appropriate and newsworthy will be printed if there is room for it. Written contributions and bits of news are welcome. Claims for issues never received will be honored within six months of publication. Defective issues will be gladly replaced on request.

Authors' opinions and descriptions of products or services in this Newsletter are not to be taken as endorsements or policy statements by the publisher.

The Abbey Newsletter is selectively indexed in Art & Archaeology Technical Abstracts and the Institute of Paper Science & Technology Abstract Bulletin. All issues but v.1 #2 are in print, and each volume has its own index. Interim indexes for the current volume are available on request.

The Editor encourages readers to photocopy freely from the Newsletter; but the Editor's permission must be obtained before making more than 20 copies of lengthy or signed articles. This allows any necessary corrections to be made before duplication.

Abbey Publications is a nonprofit tax-exempt corporation (tax ID #87-0436104). Its other publication is the Alkaline Paper Advocate. It is the policy of Abbey Publications to use alkaline paper for both newsletters. In recent years, the paper has been Weyerhaeuser Cougar Opaque, which meets the ANSI standard (Z39.48-1984).