Abbey Publications
Selections from North American Permanent Papers
Ellen McCrady <abbeypub@flash.net>
1998

North American Permanent Papers, 3rd ed. E. McCrady, ed. June 1998. 60 pp. ISBN 0-9622071-4-4. $19.50 plus postage, from Abbey Publications, 7105 Geneva Dr., Austin, TX 78723 (512/929-3992, Fax 512/929-3995, e-mail abbeypub@flash.com).

This edition includes for the first time a section in which manufacturers were invited to describe briefly each of their archival products that had special characteristics not referred to in the ANSI/NISO standard for paper permanence.

In the main section, 400 papers are listed by their main use, and by company. Telephone numbers are provided for each of the 33 paper companies. All of the papers meet the specifications of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992, Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives.

Six brief chapters follow the lists of papers. All chapters but those by Wilson and Adelstein have been revised.

Table of Contents

Introduction

ONE The Papers

Part I: Lists of permanent papers

by company

by type of paper (selected categories)

Part II: Special archival products

Companies listing products in Part II

List of products by type:

Archival board

Watermarked office papers, permanent, for use in dissertations

Paper or board for safe storage of photographs

Dark- or bright-colored permanent paper or board

Handmade and artist' papers

Buffered groundwood

Types of archival paper or board the company can make on request

How to find the papers

Glossary of terms

TWO Permanence and Papermaking

Development of permanent record papers, by W.K. Wilson

The nature of permanence

Papermaking facts

THREE Standards and Testing

The ANSI/NISO Z39.48 standard and other standards

Permanence testing by purchaser

FOUR The Photographic Activity Test

Paper products as enclosures for photographic images, by Peter Z. Adelstein

FIVE The Questionnaire

Instruction sheet

Survey forms, Part I

Survey forms, Part II

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