AUTHOR INFORMATION

STEPHANIE WATKINS is head of paper conservation at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. She earned a master of arts and certificate of advanced studies in conservation from the State University College at Buffalo and a bachelor of fine arts degree, magna cum laude, from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was the senior conservator and head of conservation services for the Missouri State Archives and Local Records Preservation Program when her presentation was given at the AIC 26th Annual Meeting in June 1998. She has also worked or interned at the Intermuseum Laboratory, the Northeast Document Conservation Center, the Library of Congress, the Phillips Collection, the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, and the Dard Hunter Paper Museum. She is an AIC professional associate. Address: Conservation Department, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box 7219, Austin, Tex. 78713-7219