All pamphlets are housed in acid free manila envelopes.

All pamphlets are destapled and sewn, if necessary mended.

Mending is done only where structurally necessary and/or when even careful handling would cause additional damage.

If the pamphlet consists of more than five sheets and the paper is of heavier weight, a cradle may aid in punching holes through the center of the fold .

If the paper is weak, but not torn it usually suffices to adhere a Japanese paper guard to the inside of the most inner page fold and the outside of the most outer page fold. This prevents the thread from cutting into the paper.

PHOTOCOPIES

If the pages of a pamphlet are too brittle for any type of repair, cover and pages are photocopied and bound (s. bound photocopy)

The original is retained as master copy.

SINGLE-SECTION PAMPHLET

a) Cover: text weight

Bibliographic Information

German Militarism and its German Critics. No.13, March 1918.

DESCRIPTION

Twelve page pamphlet, stapled through the fold with two staples. Cover text weight, detached from pamphlet, front and back of cover separated. Edges of cover worn ,

TREATMENT

Removed staples (staple removal). Trimmed back damaged part of gutter margins of cover. Mended other edges of cover pages with Kizukishi. Added hinge to front cover, slightly longer than page and wide enough to wrap around onto back cover .

Positioned mended front and back covers to align with pamphlet at fore edge, top and bottom.

Placed face down onto sandwich of first silicon release paper then waste paper. Pasted protruding hinge. Being careful not to disturb page alignment, removed waste sheet. Used silicone release paper to pull hinge up, around and over onto back cover. Used clean, dry brush to adhere hinge to paper. Opened cover page and removed text . Set covers aside to dry between blotters under weight. After drying, reassembled cover and text.

Sewed pamphlet style .

SINGLE-SECTION PAMPHLET

b) Cover: cover weight

Bibliographic Information

James M.Freeman. True Story of the Capture of Emilio Aguinaldo. 1927.

DESCRIPTION

Single section pamphlet, stapled through the fold with two staples. Cover .02 thickness. Good overall condition .

TREATMENT

Cleaned covers with eraser crumbs. Removed staples. Punched holes with awl, using cradle. Sewed pamphlet style.

THREE SECTION PAMPHLET

Bibliographic Information

Monumental Records Vol.1, No 2, January 1900. 27.8cm X 19.1cm X 0.5cm

Condition/Description

Three section pamphlet. Side stapled through text and back cover . Some pages uncut.

Cover

Cover paper same weight as text . Front cover damaged with missing areas along spine, also top and bottom corner at fore edge are missing . Taped to back cover with two strips of scotch tape . Adhesive fused with paper substrate. Left permanent marking.

Text

First page individual leaf, damaged along spine with missing areas at bottom inner margin .

TREATMENT

Cover

Scotch tape was dried out and popped off easily. Part of adhesive fused with paper substrate. Removed adhesive residue left on surface, with acetone. Cleaned surface with eraser crumbs. Trimmed along spine margin. Covered losses along outer edges with Okawara from back of page , , , . Edged top edge from backside with Kizukishi . Adhered strip of Sekishu as hinge to outside of spine margin of front and back cover .

Wrapped hinges of cover-pages around first respectively last section and adhered with paste.

Pamphlet sewn with unsupported sewing.

Marked sewing stations on spine. Spaced markings for three paired stations between kettle stitches .

Once sewn, a strip of pasted Kizukishi is centered over spine extending onto sides by 3mm,

then stippled to the spine . This consolidates the spine, keeps the sections from shifting and protects the sewing thread.

MULTI SECTION PAMPHLET

Bibliographic Information

Christian Theodore Blegen. A Report on the Public Archives. 1918. 24cm X 17cm X 1cm

Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Condition/Description

8 section pamphlet, stapled through the text block with two staples . In order to be able to read the text, pages have to be held open . Paper cover: cover weight. Only spine of cover glued to spine of text. No text on spine. Overall condition is good.

 

Materials used

Sekishu: 2 strips length of text, 25mm wide each

Kizukishi: 1 strip length of text, slightly wider than spine

Wheat starch paste

Linen thread

Treatment/Description

Cover

Pulled off front and back cover. Trimmed spine edge. Adhered hinge to each spine edge. After the pamphlet has been sewn the hinges will be adhered to the spine. Since there is no information on the spine cover, no attempt is made to save it.

Text

Cleaned spine of paper and glue. Removed staples. Pulled sections apart. A hinge is added to first and last section . First section is placed on waste paper, back side up. Applied paste 5mm wide to spine edge. Placed prepared strip of Sekishu onto pasted area with 15mm extending beyond spine edge as free hinge. Folded free hinge over onto front of section. Repeated for back section. Assembled sections. Marked sewing stations on spine. Spaced markings for three paired stations between kettle stitches. Sewed with unsupported sewing.

After sewing the cover papers will be adhered to the free hinges.

To consolidate spine, applied wheat starch paste.

Cover

Using waste paper, applied paste to one free hinge and positioned cover, making sure it adhered all along. Repeated on other side. Set aside to dry under weight.

A strip of pasted Kizukishi wide enough to extend onto covers is centered over spine then stippled. This consolidates the spine, keeps the sections from shifting and protects the sewing thread .