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Follow NEDCC Stories to learn more about the conservation, digitization, and audio preservation fields, and to view detailed photo galleries illustrating the process of conserving and digitizing rare and significant collections from across the nation. Read about the history of these collections and learn about the organizations that are undertaking important preservation initiatives.

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Disaster Planning in California: Putting the “Ready—Or Not” Project in Perspective
One Book, Many Treatments: Conserving "Poems" by Phillis Wheatley Peters
Conservation and Digitization of Town Death Records
Conservation Treatment of Nat Turner’s Bible
Digitization & Rebinding of a 19th-Century Persian Manuscript
Preserving Community Voice: HBCU Radio Preservation Project at Elizabeth City State University
Digitizing Oversized Scrapbooks
Visiting Researcher Examines the Pastels of James McNeill Whistler
A Case Study in Producing Bound Facsimiles
Frogs and Jazz: A Story on Recording Speeds
Recovering the Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow Broadcast Recordings
The Staff Behind Audio Preservation at NEDCC
A Signature Piece of Florida History
Resources on Photograph Conservation and Preservation
The Staff Behind Book Conservation at NEDCC
Chinese Export Wallpaper at Jekyll Island's Mistletoe Cottage - Part 1: De-installation and Conservation
Chinese Export Wallpaper at Jekyll Island's Mistletoe Cottage - Part 2: Digital Imaging, Digital Restoration, Reproduction Wallpaper Printing
Conservation of Sarah Davenport's Hair Album - Part 1: History of Victorian Hairwork and Background of the Davenport Album
Honoring the Past While Preparing for the Future: Conservation of a 15th Century Manuscript on the Life of St.Augustine
Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris: Conservation Treatment and Digitization of Posters for Exhibit
Preservation Needs Assessment - A Hybrid Model: Helping Organizations Move Forward with Preservation During COVID-19
Conservation of Sarah Davenport's Hair Album - Part 2: Conservation Treatment and Digitization of the Album
2020 Book Conservation Internship at NEDCC - Advancing Your Career in the Age of COVID-19
Taking the Temperature of Digital Collections Management and Preservation: NEDCC Surveys Current Practices
Voiceless Speech: Conservation Treatment of 1913 Women's Suffrage Broadsides for a Missouri Historical Society Exhibit
Under Construction: The Great Deed of Billerica - Conservation Treatment, Digitization, and Rehousing
NEDCC Outreach Conservator Tahe Zalal Discusses Her Work
Conservation of the South Carolina Constitutions - Part 1: The Preservation Catch-22
Conservation of the South Carolina Constitutions - Part 2 - Devoured: When Mold Attacks!
Putting the Band Back Together! Using Cutting-edge Technology to Recover Sounds from the Past
WE THE PEOPLE: Conserving the State of Alabama's Defining Documents
28 Feet Long! 1910 Railroad Elevation Map Conserved and Digitized
A Day in the Life of An NEDCC Audio Preservation Engineer - 100% Attended Transfers for Unique Audio Recordings
Capturing the Past: A Symposium on Photograph Conservation at the Croatian State Archives
NEDCC’S Photograph Conservation Training Initiative in Central and Eastern Europe
Workshop Presented at NEDCC - Construction of Japanese Hanging Scrolls
NEDCC Remembers Gregor-Trinkaus Randall - Long-time Advisory Committee Member
The Radio Haiti Archive Recordings: A Technical Audio Preservation Challenge - The Worst of the Worst
Intertwined with American History: Carnegie Hall History Preserved in Thousands of Theatre Programs
Dimes for the Constitution - Oregon Citizens Crowdfund Preservation of the State Constitution
With All Your Might: Creating the P. T. Barnum Digital Collection Supported by Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Finding a Balance: Conservation of the Dolley Madison Cased Image from the Greensboro History Museum
The NEDCC Staff "Listening Party" - Celebrating the Expansion of the Center's Audio Preservation Service
Ghost Signs Before They Were Ghosts: Preserving a Rare 1913-1914 Photograph Album for the Coca-Cola Archives
Training for Conservators from the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Hidden Gems: The IRENE Technology Helps Preserve a Lost Native Alaskan Dialect
Illumination Beyond Words: Boston Institutions Prepare for a Groundbreaking Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscripts
Shadow Catching: Conservation of Rare Edward S. Curtis Volumes for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Amy Chen: NEDCC's Kress Conservation Fellow in Asian Paintings
Wrought in Lincoln: Town Clerk's Office and Public Library Collaborate to Create Lincoln Town Archives
"Starboard Boat Struck a Whale" - Whaling Logs Conserved and Digitized for the Martha's Vineyard Museum
Looking at the Big Picture: Preserving the Photograph Collections at the Appalachian Mountain Club
The Legacy of an Aviation Legend: Creating Access to Collections at the Igor I. Sikorsky Archives
Keeping it Simple: Conservation Treatment of a Kelmscott Chaucer
Conservation Treatment of Wallpapers at Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill
Mayflower Passages - Conservation and Digitization of the Bradford Manuscript 1630-1650
WWII Veteran's Recording Recovered with the IRENE Technology
Small Town - Big Preservation Efforts - Egremont, MA Preservation Needs Assessment Leads the Way
IRENE Seeing Sound Blog - Audio Preservation Pilot Project
Long-Silent Voices of Poets Recovered with IRENE
A Visit from Edison . . . Early Edison Cylinders Imaged at NEDCC
Schooners, Steamers, and Sloops - Digitization of Historic New England's Nathaniel L. Stebbins Photograph Collection
Conservation Treatment of the Garibaldi Panorama
Daguerreotypes and Book Sleuthing
NEDCC Trains Conservators at the Hemingway Museum, Cuba
1899 Baptismal Certificate Conserved for a Family Collection
'Lost' Paul Revere Letter Preserved: The Power of the Real Thing
Sitting with Woody: Preservation of Guthrie Archives Collections
The Circus Comes to NEDCC! Rare Posters Treated for the Shelburne Museum
From Attic to Exhibit: 1811 Terrestrial Globe Treatment
Massachusetts Archives Treasures Treated at NEDCC
A Hefty Challenge for IRENE: Working with Delaminating Lacquer Discs