How do I preserve my old newspaper?

For information on caring for your historic newspaper issues, please see this guide, created by staff in the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress:

Preserving Newspapers

 

Also see this additional information:

• National Archives' "How can I preserve an important edition of a newspaper?"

• Smithsonian Institution's blog, "How do I preserve my newspaper?"

• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Technical Leaflet Series, No. 15 "Preparing and Digitizing Brittle 19th- and 20th- Century Newspapers"

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