Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Introduction IX
5. Chapter 1:1743-1846: Early History of the APS Collections and Their Care
6. Binding as Collections Care 4
7. Other Early Preservation Efforts 8
8. Chapter 2: Restoration and Conservation from the Twentieth Century to the Present
9. Preservation and the APS Library Building 13
10. Commercial Binding, Repair, and Rebinding 18
11. 1900-1920: William Berwick (1848-1920), Paper Restorer 19
12. 1935-1939: Carol Rugh (later Carolyn Horton), Book and Paper Conservator 25
13. 1942-1949: Helen A. Price, Book Conservator 31
14. 1948-1985: Willman Spawn, Book Conservator and Binding Historian 32
15. 1960S-1970S: Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt, Bookbinders and Restorers 36
16. 1986-2003: Hedi Kyle, Book Artist and Conservator 39
17. Conservation at the APS Library & Museum Today 41
18. Chapter 3: Generations of Re-Treatment at the APS Library & Museum
19. David Rittenhouse, Diaries, 1784-1785 and 1792-1805, Mss.B.R5id 44
20. Vocabulary of the Delaware Indians, Mss.497.V85 no.17 49
21. Charles Willson Peale, Diary Vol 1,1765-1767, MSS.B.P31 62
22. James Thackara and John Vallance, Plan of the City of Washington, 1792, PrintedMaps 68
23. Minutes of the Indian Treaty Council Held at Easton, 1757, MSS.970.5M659.1 72
24. Benjamin Franklin, Ledger A andB, 1730-1740, Mss.B.F8sf6.5 79
25. Chapter 4: Considerations for the Re-Treatment of Library Materials 87
26. Index 93