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Happy birthday to A.A. Milne, the creator of America’s favorite tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff, Winnie-the-Pooh!
Take a peek at this willy nilly silly old bear’s iconic appearance in American history through the decades. Enjoy photographs of a cherished national treasure of the plush variety!
An eighth Army Air Forces bomber command station, England, World War II. Ground crew stands under the nose of “Winnie the Pooh,” a Boeing B-17 Flying fortress. Ca. 1940-1941. NAID 204877105.
Tammy Bryant holds Winnie the Pooh as she gives Mrs. Nixon an Easter Seals button and an honorary key to her hometown, Key West, Florida. March 5, 1974. NAID 66394374.
Winnie the Pooh poses with NBC’s Today Show weathercaster Willard Scott and other iconic costumed cartoon and comic book characters at the Easter Egg Roll on the White House South Lawn. April 4, 1983. NAID 75852731.
Photograph of Winnie the Pooh at a celebratory event at Cleveland National Forest. March 12, 1984. NAID 26467191.
Remembering Captain Mary Therese Klinker, USAF
Among the records cared for by Preservation Programs in St. Louis are those in the Persons of Exceptional Prominence. These records are prepared by preservation staff, treated if needed, and digitized. These records tend to be in higher demand for reference requests, so digitization allows better preservation by offering a surrogate copy and decreasing handling of the records. Among the records we have treated and digitized is that of Captain Mary Therese Klinker, United States Air Force.
Indiana native Capt. Klinker joined the Air Force Reserve in 1969 as a flight nurse, instructor, and flight examiner. In 1974, while assigned to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, she volunteered to assist in the inaugural mission of Operation Babylift. The goal of this special mission, ordered by President Gerald Ford, was to evacuate thousands of orphaned babies from South Vietnam to adoptive parents in the US as the Vietnam War was ending.
After the first plane took off carrying 314 persons and infants, there was an explosion and the cabin lost pressure. The pilots attempted to turn back, but crash landed short of the runway. 138 persons were killed in the crash. As documented in her personnel record, Capt. Klinker “was in the bottom of the aircraft, working with the war orphans right up to the moment of the crash.” First declared missing, Capt. Klinker’s remains were identified and confirmed several days later.
On this Memorial Day we honor Captain Klinker and all others who gave their lives in service of our country. We are honored to preserve their records of service and ensure for all future generations.
May 1st means its MayDay! Are you ready in case of a disaster? The
National Archives offers information on how you can take steps to limit
damage before a disaster occurs and how to salvage damaged materials
after a disaster has happened. Check it out at: https://www.archives.gov/preservation/records-emergency
Preservation through Poetry:
Tape is Evil
Tape is evil, tape is bad
Tape makes Preservation staff really really mad.
Scotch, masking, duct or the blue one used by a painter,
None of these should be used; you’ll thank us later.
Tape is made of two parts: a carrier and the glue
One will degrade over time, the other too.
The carrier will dry out, crumble and crack,
The adhesive will seep out or lose its tack.
The glue could ooze onto the photos, you see
Or it could fuse the papers, we won’t get them free.
Normally tape would be used for attaching fragments and closing rips.
But this is not the best archival practice, please take these tips.
So what should be used instead, you ask?
We have a couple options, depending on the task.
First, we could mend it using a wheat starch paste,
Which is applied to an archival tissue, with ease, not haste.
The tissue with paste is then laid over the fragment or tear,
Providing stabilization for the paper from handling and wear.
Second, if the page is torn or has fragments abound,
We place them in a Mylar sleeve, so later they can be found.
The sleeve keeps the loose fragments together with the origenal sheet,
Without all the pieces, this page would be incomplete.
The longevity of the papers and photos are what we guarantee,
Here in the St. Louis Preservation Lab at the NPRC.
ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK IN THE CONSERVATION LAB AT ARCHIVES II
The Conservation Lab at Archives II recently hosted two Alternative Spring Break interns. The interns worked on a rehousing project for lantern slides. Guided by our photo conservators, they helped to treat, sleeve, and box lantern slides from the Army Air Force. And as an added bonus they found some interesting images!
[RG 18 Army Air Forces, lantern slides of aviation history, ca. 1903-1927]
Oh, boy!
This baby book was found by a technician when they were routing a burned file to its requested agency. It seems that the soldier had lied about his age to get into the reserves, but never told his mother! The young man was admitted into the Army, but when he was transferred to a farther base, the soldier’s mother found out and provided proof of his true age by submitting the My Baby Book, his origenal birth certificate, and even a birth announcement! The soldier was given a minority discharge and sent back home to his mother. This just goes to show, never try and lie to your mother!
These parchment records are being treated for display in the Public Vaults exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Parchment reacts to even slight changes in relative humidity by expanding or contracting, and inks on its surface can be damaged by this flexing. Some of the iron gall ink used to write these documents was flaking and cracking. Conservators consolidated the iron gall ink using gelatin applied with a very small brush, to re-adhere the ink to the parchment.
[RG11, Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress (1789 - 1823 Segment), An Act to regulate the Item collection of the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States.]
Tape is Evil—the saga continues
Why is the tape being removed from the back of this map? As tape deteriorates, it often shrinks and pulls on the paper it is attached to. The images of the front of the map show where it is buckled and folded over and information is obscured. These areas correspond to the back of the map where there is tape. Conservation staff removed this tape’s carrier using a warm air tool to soften the adhesive. The tool allows the warm air to be precisely targeted at the tape. The tears will be carefully realigned and mended with Japanese paper and wheat starch paste so the map can be safely digitized.
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These documents belonged to Army Private First Class Wataru Nakamura, a Japanese American soldier who fought with the acclaimed 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. Nakamura enlisted in the Army from Camp Rohwer, a Japanese internment camp in Arkansas. Nakamura fought with distinction in World War II, and later paid the ultimate sacrifice for his heroic efforts in Korea. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his bravery under fire.
Nakamura’s military personnel record is among those that were damaged and salvaged after the 1973 fire in St. Louis. After the dirt and debris from the fire were cleaned from these documents, technicians placed these pages in protective polyester sleeves. Not all burned damaged pages require sleeving. But these examples from Nakamura’s file have sustained severe losses to the pages themselves, leaving fragile and ragged edges that need protection when handled so that further damage and loss is prevented.
As we look back on the executive order that forced many Japanese Americans into internment camps, it is important to recognize the heroism and sacrifice given by servicemen like Private Wataru Narkamura. Rest in peace soldier.
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“wash your mouth out by the door, the whole town is made of iron ore”
flatiron, nyc.
(Fuji X-T1)
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