Liz,

You can try checking the title below for a list of map dealers and map
restoration services. The book is a little dated but I was able to find
local contacts from this book.

Eshelby, Yvonne. /Sheppard's International Directory of Print and Map
Sellers/. 2nd ed. Farnham, Surrey: R. Joseph, 1992.  Z286 M3 S44 1992

Good luck!

Angie

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Subject:        Looking for map/paper conservator
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:54:27 -0700
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To all,

I have a good friend that has a 1852 wall map (Jacob Monk, United States
and Central America), mounted on rods, that is in need of some
restoration. She is very interested in finding someone to stablize this
map, including but not limited to reattaching the lower rod which has
come loose. I've seen it, and it is laminated and apparently NOT mounted
on linen (only paper), and the lamination state is poor -- cracked, et al.

She had someone look at it in the 1970s about remounting it (a local
framer, I don't know his quals on restoration) and he said it was "too
fragile to mount on backing".

One note: this is not the only map she has that is worth conserving
(some more worthy of attention than this one), so there could be more
activity in the future.

The client is in Portland, Oregon; West Coast (Oregon and Washington
preferred.)

Would you recommend anyone to contact for advice or assistance? Thanks
for all your suggestions. I'll be happy to collect your suggestions and
repost them to the list.

Liz Paulus
Map Librarian at Large
Portland, Oregon
lgp at well dot com