Volume 5, Number 1
Mar 1992

Editor's Page

A Thank-You to Supporters

The editor and trustees of Abbey Publications, Inc., want to express appreciation for support received from the people and organizations listed below. So far this year $3,278 has been received.

All donations are considered as going to Abbey Publications (thus contributing to both the Abbey Newsletter and the Alkaline Paper Advocate). Donors are classified as Benefactors ($1000+), Sponsors ($500+), Patrons ($100+), and Contributors ($25+).

Benefactors: Miami Paper Corp.

Sponsors: Acne Bookbinding Co., Inc.

Patrons: Pamela W. Darling, New York Community Trust, Elaine R. Schlefer, University Microfilms, Inc., University Products, Inc., and William Minter Bookbinding & Conservation, Inc.

Contributors: Anchor Hand Bookbinding Catherine Atwood, Ronald Becker, Wesley L. Boomgaarden, Constance Brooks, Sherry Byrne, Elizabeth Cziffra, Jane Dalrymple-Hollo, James C. Dast, Judith Fortson, Doris Hamburg, Margaret H. Johnson, George B. Kelly, Jr., Eric Mac Donald, Kathleen Orlenko, Marie Payne, Eleanor Quandt, Eric C. Shoaf, Willman Spawn, James Stephens, Ann Swartzell, Technical Library Service, Inc., Marcia A. Watt, Marilyn Kemp Weidner, James Kent Wellvang, and William K. Wilson.

Corrections

• First, an amplification of a correction, about different ways of calculating recycled fiber content in the U.S. and Canada: On p. 55 of the December issue, it should have also explained that in Canada mill waste (broke) cannot be counted, whereas in the U.S. it can.
• In the December issue, on the front page, E.B. Eddy was said to have only one alkaline mill. It actually has three, if you count the Hull and Ottawa mills separately, and add in the American n-till in Port Huron. (This does not count production of acid grades on special order, or of other grades besides printing and writing.) Here is the text as it should have read in the December issue:

Noranda Forest Recycled Papers, in Thorold, Ontario (formerly Fraser Inc.), went alkaline in November 1990. Of the 12 fine paper mills in Canada, five are alkaline and one (Provincial Papers in Thunder Bay) is neutral. The alkaline mills are CPFP in Dryden, E.B. Eddy in Hull and Ottawa, Island Paper in New Westminster, and Prince Albert Pulp & Paper, a division of Weyerhaeuser Canada. E.B. Eddy has one other alkaline mill, in the U.S. (Port Huron, Michigan).

pH Pens

The Abbey pH Pen can be purchased in Canada through BFB, a division of University Products. Their number is 416/858-7888.

The chlorophenol red solution in the pens has been made stronger, to give a darker mark that is easier to interpret. The price has also been raised by about 19%, to cover the overhead costs that are a bit higher than originally estimated. (Much of this overhead has to do with distribution arrangements both -domestic and foreign, quality testing including natural aging and getting customers' logos imprinted on the pens. These have all proven to be time-consuming.)

The new prices are as follows:

The Alkaline Paper Advocate is issued six times a year and has about 500 subscribers. Subscriptions (which include a free pH pen) are on a calendar year basis: All start with the first issue of the year, unless otherwise requested, and end on Dec. 31, or after the last issue of the year has appeared. An index for the year is sent out in the first quarter. Individual subscriptions, and uncomplicated subscriptions from institutions, are $30; full-time students $20; others $40. All issues are in print and indexed. Checks should be made out to Abbey Publications, 320 E. Center St., Provo, UT 84606.

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Indexed selectively in the Abstract Bulletin of the IPST, Paper and Board Abstracts (PIRA International) and Art & Archaeology Technical Abstracts.

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