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Austin Plann Curley

is a conservator at the Huntington Library. He previously worked at the Folger.
How to Make a Librarian Panic
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How to Make a Librarian Panic

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Adrienne Bell Austin Plann Curley Elizabeth DeBold Renate Mesmer

Co-authored by Elizabeth DeBold (Curatorial Assistant), Renate Mesmer (Head of Conservation), Austin Plann Curley (Book Conservator), and Adrienne Bell (Book Conservator). With special thanks to Kevin Cilurzo (Conservation Intern).   As some of our respondents observed in their comments on…

Building a Replica of the John Wilkes Booth Diary
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Building a Replica of the John Wilkes Booth Diary

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Guest Post by Folger conservator Austin Plann Curley “You can’t always get what you want.” So said the Rolling Stones in 1969. Such was the case for the Folger Shakespeare Library in our recent request to borrow the Diary of…

The mystery of gridded paper
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The mystery of gridded paper

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A guest post by Austin Plann Curley For a blank sheet of paper, we thought this one was pretty interesting. But before we get to what exactly it is, let’s refresh our understanding of how paper is made. Prior to…