Interesting purple stuff on the pages

[Cheri Mello]

Thank goodness for color scans!

What is this purple stuff on the pages?  http://goo.gl/Qi9m4i

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[Marilyn Thompson]

Did they wash the page with something?

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[Cheri Mello]

The wash is applied with a brush and is uniform.  This is something that looks like it permeated the books...dampness, a kind of bug...I don't know.

[Anthony Soares]

My guess would the book had been damp at some point and this is residue of some type of mold,I am probably wrong but it is my guess.

Tony

[Cheri Mello]

Tony S,

There are some pages that have clearly been wet.  I don't know if it was the humidity, it rained and the books got wet or what.  The weird thing is that it's purple!  Maybe there's purple mold in the Azores??

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Anthony Soares <asoare...@gmail.com> wrote:

My guess would the book had been damp at some point and this is residue of some type of mold,I am probably wrong but it is my guess.

Tony

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[Anthony Soares]

Cheri, 

 I believe  color depends a lot on the source of nutrient and age of, I think it is referred to as a colony, and probably species too. I have see some wild looking molds in other countries.

Tony

[Isabella Baltar]

That's an advanced stage of mold, Cheri. The humidity in Azores is extremelly high exposing their archives and library to mold, that spreads very fast with the spores through the air. I work in Book Conservation and Restoration and have seen several books in that way, purple, here in US. Unfortunately, and usually, no treatment remove the stains caused by humidity and mold, the stains can be minimized, but it will be there forever. The mold can be stopped with the correct treatment.

 

Isabella Baltar

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[Cheri Mello]

The only mold I've seen has been black.  The mildew is brown.  I know it's humid there.  The old archive in Ponta Delgada had no humidity control.  They just opened the window!  The newer archive has central air and is most likely humidity controlled.  I can't remember what the archive was like in Angra.  Never been to the one in Horta.  All the ones in America are central air with humidity control.

Never knew it could turn purple though!  Interesting to know!

Thanks,

[Isabella Baltar]

I went to Terceira for two reasons, one to do research on my family and the second one, where I spent most of my time, was to help the BPARAH on the conservation of their archives and library.

 

Unfortunately, only one room of the library has humidity control (for the rare docs and books) otherwise all the windows are open. The worst on this situation, besides the lack of money, is that, believe me, there is no acid free paper on the market in Portugal. Such a basic thing here in US, where you find everywhere. So, it took me and Marcolino Candeias, the director of BPARAH, a lot of time trying to find a source of acid free paper and conservation material in Portugal and we didn't find, we even talked with Torre do Tombo conservators. The only solution is: everything must be imported and the burocracy instead of helping just makes things worst. It is very sad.

 

Next time I go to Terceira, maybe later this year, I will take with me conservation material for them to use. A donation for BPARAH and I hope to get people to help me on that.

 

Isabella Baltar

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[rcapodc]

Isabella,

 

Would it be better to buy the archival paper here and mail it or what?

 

Rosemarie

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[Altino Demelo]

Looks like they might have used the paper as a blotter to get ink residue off their fingers.

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[Tish M]

Hello Isabella,

I applaud your work.

Tish

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[Ricardo Chaves]

Isabella, GREAT blog, loved the photo colorizing article!

Ricardo Chaves

[MaryAnn Santos]

Isabella, might you consider one of the "crowd sourcing" internet sites to raise money for this project. I certainly would donate. 

MaryAnn Santos

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[Isabella Baltar]

Yes, MaryAnn, I have been considering it and talked to BPARAH about it. Razoo (http://www.razoo.com/) is one fundraiser that I may use in the future for that.

 

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[Cheri Mello]

Repost for Isabella Baltar,

Rosemarie,

 

One of the options is sending directly from US to BPARAH and I may consider that as well, and I can help anyone willing to do that as well. There are some other materials, basic materials like book cloth, that they need to cover the books. For now they are using normal fabric, the ones that we buy at a craft store. I can't turn my eyes off from that, especially because we all use they archives and library for free.

 

Tish, thank you, I do it from my heart.

 

Well, this is going to be my last post regarding this subject on the list. We cannot forget this is a genealogy, azorean genealogy group. Anyone who is willing to help BPARAH can send a private email to myportuguesegen at gmail com and I will send photos, a pdf about the situation at Terceira library and how we can help them.

 

Isabella Baltar

[MaryAnn Santos]

That's great. Let us know when you've started.

Best,

MaryAnn