Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The items that were sent off to be freeze dried came back today. The books from the National Czech & Slovak Library & Museum are back on skids in the NCSLM building in Cedar Rapids. The materials from the African American Museum of Iowa and the Johnson County Historical Society were delivered to the University of Iowa Main Library. We couldn’t wait to see what the books looked like so we opened up a few boxes right away. The items from the JCHS collection were flooded from underground water so they aren’t muddy. These ledgers from the JCHS are wrinkled and show some bleeding of ink — all in all, not too bad!

Here’s hoping the rest look as good.