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Preserving Your Ancestor’s Textiles and Handmade Treasures

Melissa Barker
Oct 29, 2021
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Introduction
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Not all Textiles are the Same
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Handling Textiles
8m 46s
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Displaying Textiles
6m 55s
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Cleaning and Mending
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Housing Textiles
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Climate Control
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Conservators
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Learn from an archivist the best practices to preserving your ancestor’s textiles and handmade items. Everything from Grandma’s quilt, that old Christening gown, your Dad’s letterman jacket and military uniforms. These textiles and handmade items need special care and consideration when it comes to preservation and storage.

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Melissa Barker
Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes
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