HEIRLOOM CARE

Take Care of your Family Treasures

Grandma's quilt, Aunt Ida's lacework and embroidery, Great Uncle John's military uniform and pins, your children's art projects, wedding albums, travel souvenirs, and baseball card collections. All these and the other items in your attic, closets, and display cabinets require proper handling in order for their personal and monetary value to survive.

PAPER
As most of our treasured keepsakes are on paper, including photographs, scrapbooks, artwork, letters, books, and newspapers, close attention to the kind of paper that is used for these documents and the materials surrounding them in storage is important for their long-term care. Storage and display location and techniques are equally important in maintaing healthy paper documents and keepsakes.

TEXTILES
Linens, lace, samplers, quilts - the precious handiwork of women and children long ago are now treasured works of art. The display and storage of woven materials must keep in mind the safety of the threads, stitching, and dyes.

HOBBY COLLECTIONS
Whether you are a collector of baseball cards, 1950s aprons, railroad memorabilia, or Star Trek collectibles, you want to be certain each item in your collection is displayed, stored, and handled properly. Storage must be professional to maintain the integrity and potential trading value of each piece, and organized so that you can quickly find the item you're looking for.

STORAGE
The goal of the storage of valuable keepsakes is to provide protection from irreversible damage. The most harmful external enemies to papers, textiles, and other sensitive materials are

1) sunlight: ultraviolet rays can bleach, heat, and dry;
2) animal infestation: wood lice, mice; insects;
3) water: flooded basement or high humidity.
4) extreme temperature changes: spaces that are very cold in winter and very hot in summer.

Caring for your Treasures is now easier than ever.

ARCHIVE QUALITY HEIRLOOM PRESERVATION KIT AVAILABLE NOW

Each Heirloom Preservation Kit includes:

-..2 museum-quality acid-free storage boxes (11 3/4x13 3/4x 4 7/8")
-..1 museum-quality acid free textile storage box (18x40x6 1/4")
- 25 sheets of acid-free tissue paper (11x14") for wrapping and lining
- 25 museum-quality clear polyester ziplock bags (12x15")
- 10 museum-quality clear polyester protector sleeves (for 8 1/2x11" pages)
-..1 professional archive-grade fine-point permanent black marker for recording names, dates, & notes

Family Heirloom Preservation Kit - $129.95 (plus shipping)

Payments by check or money order are also accepted. Please send payment to:

Legacy Cottage - Heirloom Preservation Kit
2111 Green Street
Waltham, VT 05491

Kits will be shipped via the USPS Parcel Post or UPS ground service. Please include correct mailing address.

PRIVATE CONSULTATION AVAILABLE

Personal attention for your private collections is available in the Lake Champlain region of Vermont and New York, by appointment only. Services available include research and organization of photographs, documents, letters; inventory, storage, packing, and display of inheritances and hobby collections; anniversary and memorial scrapbook production; and assisting with appropriate disbursement plans.

Please send a request for more information.

For questions, please send an email now to mimi@legacycottage.com.

Legacy Cottage is owned and operated by professional historian, Mimi Clark. With a master's degree in Public History, Mimi has over 20 years of experience working with historic documents, artifacts, and themes in a variety of settings, including museums, historic sites, photograph collections, and film companies across the country. With each project, Mimi brings a professional approach and joyful curiousity to the discovery, presentation, and care of precious keepsakes and personal histories. Legacy Cottage is a one-stop resource for the materials needed to collect, share, celebrate, and store family stories and mementos.

Mimi Clark is a member of the National Council on Public History. The public need for the best historical information and analysis motivates every undertaking of NCPH. The council believes that the study of the past provides the soundest basis for making intelligent choices on how to resolve the problems of the present.