Volume 1, Number 1
Jun 1994

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 to be intended for Abbey Publications (thus contributing to the Abbey Newsletter, the Alkaline Paper Advocate. In the last 12 months, a total of $8049 has been received from those listed below as well as from many who gave smaller amounts.

A Trustees' Fund has been set up to receive donations from Abbey Publications' trustees. As of May 30, it had $1350 in it. This brings the total of donations for the last 12 months $9399.

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

Benefactors

Barbara Lubin Goldsmith Foundation
Cross Pointe Paper Corp., Miami Mill
New York Public Library

Sponsors

Bridgeport National Bindery
Gaylord Bros.
Guild of FACTS

Patrons

Acme Bookbinding
Archivart
Joan T. Batchelor
Benchmark
John Boral
Sally Buchanan
Greg Campbell
Pam Darling
Paula DeStefano
Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Information Conservation Inc.
Elizabeth Morse
National Institute for Conservation
New York Community Trust - James Talcott Fund
Ocker & Trapp Library Bindery
Restoration Source
Elaine R. Schlefer
Nancy Carlson Schrock
Marshall Swartzburg
William Minter Bookbinding
One anonymous patron

Contributors

Francis Archer
Nelly Balloffet
Tim Barrett
The Bookbinders Company
Connie Brooks
Margaret Child
Michèle Cloonan
Lisa Cziffra
Ursula Dreibholz
Maria Fredericks
Mary Todd Glaser
Harlan Greene
Pat Grey
Fred Jordan
Hilary A. Kaplan
Erich Kesse
Jeanne Lewisohn
Gerald Lundeen
Marlene Matalon
Holly Maxson
Jan Merrill-Oldham
Jan Michaels
Terry O. Norris
Sandra Nyberg
Brian E. O'Connell
Shaun Padgett
Diane Paldan, in memory of Myra Jo Moon
Bonnie Parr
Hilda Robbins
Ruth-Ann Rohman Ingrid Rose
Isamu Sakamoto
Eric C. Shoaf
Martha M. Smith
James G. Stephens
Taylor Made Co.
Joan ten Hoor
Mary Ann Tyrrell
Duane Watson
Marcia Watt
Wei T'o Associates
James K. Wellvang
Larry Wood
John C. Wright
Two anonymous contributors

Correction

A report which appeared in either this newsletter or the Abbey Newsletter in the last year or two, said that 100% of all Swedish paper is alkaline. This should have been 100% of all uncoated paper.

Free Books

At the office we have two copies of the 1993 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 15.09: Paper; Packaging: Flexible Barrier Materials; Business Imaging Products. This is the volume that includes the four ASTM standards for permanence of paper, and much more. It has 1368 pages and weighs a bit over four pounds. Since we now have the 1994 volume, we will send it to the first person who requests it and is willing to pay for postage and handling, $15.00.

We also have a spare 1993 Walden's ABC Guide to Paper Production Yearbook, a 650-page directory of manufacturers, converters, sales agents and representatives and paper merchants. This normally costs over $100. We will send this to the first person who sends us $12 for postage and handling.

The Alkaline Paper Advocate is issued six times a year and has about 450 subscribers. Subscriptions (which include a free pH pen and a list of Useful Addresses) 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 previous year is sent out in the first quarter. Individual subscriptions, and uncomplicated subscriptions from institutions, are $35; full-time students $20; institutions $45. All issues are in print and indexed. Checks should be made out to Abbey Publications, 7105 Geneva Dr., Austin, TX 78723. Visa/ Master Card payments are convenient for payments from abroad, but for domestic payments we prefer checks drawn on a U.S. bank.

This is a nonprofit corporation set up to encourage preservation of written records, including the use of lasting materials in their creation. No paid advertisements are accepted, but anything with news value will be printed if there is room for it. News items and information may be sent or called in at any time. Readers are encouraged to copy or circulate issues and parts of issues, and to reprint unsigned articles and news items; but the Editor's permission must be obtained for reprinting lengthy or signed articles.

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