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>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:32:35 -0500
>From: Marianne McKee <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: Atlas of Louisiana  publication By Historic New Orleans
>Collection         <fwd>
 
 
 
Unsure this will reply directly to list, but I would like
to tell you of our experience at the Library of Virginia.
 We have just finished the photography of images for our
Virginia atlas, Virginia in Maps: Four Centuries of
Settlement, Growth, and Development, which the Library will
publish next year.  Many of the maps we wished to show are
in books -- they are some of the most important maps -- but
we did not remove them.  The photographer would build up
the area underneath the map so that there would be a
flatter surface, often a piece of glass would be placed
over the map to flatten it.  Great care was given in the
handling of the book and map throughout the process with
excellent results.  Preserving the integrity of the map in
its "personal" environment was very important so that
people would realize how the map originally appeared.  I
will be glad to answer any other questions you may have.
 
Marianne McKee
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA  23219
804/692-3575
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From:   Johnnie Sutherland
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>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:39:53 -0600
>From: Gerald Patout <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Atlas of Louisiana  publication By Historic New
Orleans
>Collection
 
 
 
Dear Map Colleagues,
 
    Related to an upcoming Historic New Orleans Collection
publication,
The Atlas of Louisiana, I am attempting to get a diversity
of opinion
from other map librarians and professionals  in regard to
possibly
utilizing some of the folded maps that are found in rare
books in our
collections.  Other maps are being considered for this
publication, but
do not pose these problems of being attached to a rare
book, being
folded and brittle !
 
    Has anyone ever encountered a map publication project
where some of
the maps to be used were folded in rare books and these
maps were either
unattached from the original book or where some maps were
actually
flattened and used for the publication without disbinding
the book  and
unattaching (or removing) the map ?
 
   We have several maps we are considering for our
publication, however,
the maps are found folded into rare and unique books . . .
they are
obviously brittle and will require that they be flattened
in order to
get the necessary photographic copy for publication.  Our
committee in
planning this project has asked me to touch base with other
map
librarians, professionals and preservationists as to their
thoughts on
these types of maps, the notion on taking the map out of
the book
entirely  or disbinding the book, photographing the map and
then,
rebinding the map and book.  Our main concerns are the
possibility of
losing the aesthetic value of the book and the maps after
the maps have
been taken out or the preservation issue related to
unfolding and
flattening these maps and then re-folding them and placing
them back
into the books.
 
     We would certainly appreciate hearing from our map
colleagues and
any insight and direction in formulating a strategy for
this project
would be highly appreciated.
 
 
Gerald F. Patout, Jr., Head Librarian
Williams Research Center  /  Historic New Orleans
Collection
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