Ephemera
Madisonville Sesquicentennial Scrapbook
This is an oversized scrapbook owned by the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Library’s Madisonville branch celebrating Madisonville’s sesquicentennial in 1959. The scrapbook contains a variety of media, including silver gelatin photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. It came to the Preservation Lab with significant condition issues caused by an inability to properly display, exhibit and use the scrapbooks due to space restrictions in the library and the size of the scrapbook, which is nearly four and a half feet wide when open. Treatment consisted of creating a new fully encapsulated binding and an oversized, permanent custom mount to support the book, thus allowing users to experience the scrapbook without moving it to a nearby table. View the treatment documentation for this scrapbook.
Collection of Medals
This is a collection of two medals from the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library. The medals were brought to the Preservation Lab to receive proper housing in an archival sink mat for safe long-term storage and display. View the rehousing documentation for these medals.
William Howard Taft Maquette
This maquette of William Howard Taft belongs to UC Libraries’ Archives and Rare Books Library. The green putty maquette is mounted onto a metal rod that is screwed onto a wooden base. It was constructed in the 1990’s in preparation for the construction of a bronze state on the UC campus. Condition issues included the vulnerability of the putty, which is soft to the touch, accumulated dirt, screws protruding from top of the wooden base, and most pressing of all, an oozing accretion of a dark brown material leeching from the base of the maquette and running down the metal rod. Treatment consisted of removing the protruding screws to allow for safe handling and mechanically reducing the dark brown ooze. View the treatment documentation for this maquette.
