Volume 6, Number 3, Sept. 1984, pp.13-14
WAAC Resource File, a comprehensive card file system of conservation resources containing over 300 entries covering all areas of conservation. Available for $20 to WAAC members and or $25 to non-members. Postage paid. Write to Tatyana Thompson, 1024 S. Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90019.
Jack Thompson is in the final stages of producing his seventh conservation videotape: Paper Cleaning: Wet and Dry Methods. Additional tapes not mentioned in the May issue are: Ebru: Paper Marbling in the Turkish Tradition and Elements of Book Conservation: Manuscript Books. Preliminary work is beginning on Water Gilding: Methods and Materials. For further information write Thompson Conservation Laboratory, 1417 N.W. Everett, Portland, OR 97209.
A limited number of copies of the following publications will be printed in 1985:
Conservation and Restoration of Leather, Skin and Parchment Compendium from the Nordic Advanced Education Course, 3-14 April 1978, Kulturen Museum, Lund, Sweden. (English translation, pending funding and authorization.)
Recent Advances in Leather Conservation Papers and discussion from the FAIC Refresher Course, 25-30 June 1984, Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Please send your name and address before 30 September 1984 indicating an interest in one or both publications to: Toby Raphael, Division of Conservation, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 25425.
Prudent Practices for Disposal of Chemicals from Laboratories, National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418, 1983, 282 pages, $16.50.