Dust in the Wind
Ten thousand books. Three-hundred-and-twenty hours. Four vacuum cleaners. One suitcase full of bricks. That is what it took to clean up after a construction ...
Gerald Ford Conservation Center
What We Found
Vanderzee Prayer Book
Earlier this year, the Ford Conservation Center took on a project to conserve an interesting piece of the History Nebraska collection. The item was unique in its own ...
Post Fire Conservation
The J. Huston Tavern in Arrow Rock, Missouri, was built by Joseph Huston in 1834 and served as the first permanent hotel in town. And this young prairie town did get a ...
Ripped to Repaired
The Ford Center regularly conserves a variety of family documents, many of which have interesting familial and historical connections. In the case of one recent Ford ...
A Homestead Heirloom
Ford Conservation Center staff recently worked on bringing an almost 150-year-old family heirloom back to life. This project was a framed homestead certificate, which ...
Storage Recommendations for Family Archives
At the Ford Conservation Center, we often work with documents and paper memorabilia that have been in clients’ families for years. Heirlooms like old letters, ...
Portraits of Omaha’s 1898 Indian Congress
The Paper Lab at the Gerald Ford Conservation Center recently completed the treatment of four photograph albums from the Omaha Public Library collection. They depict ...
5 Things Damaging Your Photographs
Want more at-home conservation resources? We've got you covered.
October is Archives Month
Your family's heirloom photographs are special treasures. Taking ...
Reviving “Lucy” the Milliner’s Doll
A delicately detailed doll named “Lucy” has been in the History Nebraska collection since the mid-1900s. She originally belonged to a woman named Ida Epley Davis, who ...
Flowers in the Attic
(Posted June 19, 2019)
The original wallpaper in the attic of Willa Cather's childhood home is an artifact with a rich historical and literary significance. Our ...
Christmas in Falls City
Twinkling lights, crisp winter air, bright packages adorned with bows, festive food--no matter what holidays you celebrate (or don’t), the holiday season can be a ...
Conserving a Midwestern Family Legacy
The Gerald Ford Conservation Center recently preserved two documents from the life of Lillie Gillilan Chambers (1885-1972). The first was her high school diploma, which ...
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