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"Barrow Papers (New Series)" refers to the William James Barrow Papers (New Series), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.
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Aribert, [no first name], and Bouvier, [no first name]. 1920. Durability, preservation, and deterioration of paper and analysis of methods of manufacture of ancient papers to determine the factors that produce durability. Paper Makers Monthly Journal 58, no 6 (June): 187, 189.
Baker, John P. 1981. Preservation programs of the New York Public Library: Part one, the early years. Microform Review 10, no. 1: 25-28.
________. 1982. Preservation programs of the New York Public Library: Part two: from the 1930s to the '60s. Microform Review 11, no. 4: 22-30.
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________. 1995. Conversation with author. Austin, Texas, 8 April.
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Barrow develops process for preserving valuable papers and manuscripts: Mariners Museum expert perfects machine which revolutionizes work. 1939. Newport News [Virginia] Daily Press, Sunday Morning 12 February. Newspaper clipping in scrapbook, "The Mariners Museum at Newport News, Virginia" 2. Mariners Museum Library and Archives.
Barrow invents unusual job . . . [1940]. Richmond [Virginia] Times-Dispatch. n.p., n.d. Clipping from "Scrapbook", comp. 1981: [8]. Barrow Papers.
Barrow, James Abbott, twin son of William James Barrow. 1987. Interview by author, 13 June, Richmond, Virginia.
Barrow, Ruth Gibbs, wife of William James Barrow. 1987. Interview by author, 13 June, Richmond, Virginia.
Barrow, Sallie Archer. 1967. Letter from [Richmond, VA] to Verner [W.] Clapp, Washington, D. C. 16 June. Manuscript, "Scrapbook", comp. 1981: [33-35]. Barrow Papers.
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Barrow, William James. 1937. Letter from Newport News, Virginia. to H. K. Haviland, Celluloid Corp., Newark, New Jersey. 11 September. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia. to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 13 January. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia. to Augustus E. Giegengack, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 12 April. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia, to William McL. Ferguson, Newport News, Virginia, 17 February. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia, to Loyd H. Sutton, Washington, D. C. 2 April. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Loyd H. Sutton, Washington, D. C. 18 April. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 24 April. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Ernest W. Spencer, Washington, D. C. 25 April. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Dr. James A. Robertson, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland, 6 September. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Augustus E. Giegengack, Washington, D. C. 2 May. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 2 May. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 11 July. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Morris S. Kantrowitz, Washington, D. C. 22 July. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 5 August. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Barrow method of laminating documents. Journal of Documentary Reproduction 2 (June): 147-151.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia, to U. S. Avery, Celluloid Corporation, New York City. 21 November. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 6 February. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 13 February. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Technical Division, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 18 January. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 18 January. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 13 February. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Dr. Frederick W. Shaw, Richmond, Virginia, 11 January. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to Lyman J. Briggs, Washington, D. C. 31 March. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 29 April. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 12 May. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 6 December. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to A. E. R. Westerman, Director of Chemical Research, Ontario Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada, 9 October. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to A. E. R. Westerman, Director of Chemical Research, Ontario Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada, 26 October. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1940. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, 3 January. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1940. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, 14 February. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1940. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, 4 March. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1940. Letter from Richmond, Virginia to Loyd H. Sutton, Washington, D. C., 14 October. Carbon copy of typescript with attachment, "Comment on examiners reply of August 28, 1940". Barrow Papers.
________. 1940. Letter from Richmond, Virginia, to U. S. Avery, Celluloid Corporation, New York City. 2 October. Also, correspondence with Ralph P. Manny. Pyraglass, Inc., and U. S. Avery and others, Celluloid Corporation, both of New York City, February 1938 to October 1940. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1941. Letter from Richmond, Virginia to A. E. R. Westerman, Toronto, Canada, 21 February. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1941. Letter from Richmond, Virginia to B. W. Scribner, Washington, D. C. 4 March. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1941. Letter from Richmond, Virginia to Herbert F. Launer, Washington, D. C. 6 March. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1941. Letter from Richmond, Virginia to Howard A. Poillon, President, Research Corporation, New York, 26 March: 2. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1941. Letter from Richmond, Virginia to Felix Halluin, Superintendent of Library Printing & Binding, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 5 May. Carbon copy of typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. [1941]. Review of Protection of documents with cellulose acetate sheeting. by B. W. Scribner. Typed carbon draft written for American Archivist. Barrow Papers.
________. 1942. Method for preserving documents and the like. United States Patent no. 2,301,996. United States Patent Office 17 November.
________. 1943. Restoration methods. American Archivist 6 (July): 151-154.
________. 1953. an evaluation of document restoration processes. American Documentation 4: 51.
________. 1955. Manuscripts and documents: Their deterioration and restoration. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
________. 1960. Manufacture and testing of durable book papers based on the investigations of W. J. Barrow. Richmond: Virginia State Library.
________. 1966. Speech to the National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century and guests in honor of Mrs. Hiden. Typescript notes for speech ghosted by John Jennings, Director of the Virginia Historical Society. 20 October: 2. Barrow Papers.
Besse, S. W., [1941]. Letter from Newport News, Virginia to William James Barrow, Richmond, Virginia. Manuscript. Barrow Papers.
Briggs, Lyman J. 1938. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia. 18 January. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 24 March. Typescript with attachment, "Investigation of Cellulose Sheeting for Protection of Documents". Barrow Papers.
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Church, R. W. (ed.) 1959. Deterioration of book stock: Causes and remedies. Two studies on the permanence of book papers conducted by W. J. Barrow. Richmond: Virginia State Library.
Clapp, Verner W. 1971. the story of permanent, durable book paper, 1115-1970, Scholarly Publishing 1: 107-124, 4: 229-245, 7: 353-367.
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________. 1989. the need for a re-evaluation of the use of alum in book conservation and the book arts. Book and Paper Group Annual 8: 13-14. Washington, D. C.: American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
________. 1989. Draft note no. 20: the Barrow party line 7 July: 1-3. and Thomas Elliot Conroy. 1989. Typescript letter from Berkeley, California to author, Ka'a'awa, Hawaii. 3 August.
________. 1991. Draft note no. 34: the wisdom of mass deacidification. Typescript duplicated, 23 January: 20.
________. 1992. Personal communication (telephone) with author. 7 August.
Council on Library Resources. 1961. a laboratory for research in book materials. Council Board Review 61-1. 2 June. Barrow Files, Washington, D. C. Cited in William J. Crowe. 1986. Verner W. Clapp as opinion leader and change agent in the preservation of library materials. Ph.D. diss. Indiana University.
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De Valinger, Leon 1943. Letter from Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware to William J. Barrow, Richmond, Virginia, 13 October. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
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Ex-president of restoration business dies. 1988. Obit. Richmond [Virginia] News Leader 2 July: n.p.
Ferguson, Homer L. 1936. Letter from Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia to R. D. W. Connor, Washington, D. C. 28 July. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
Gannett, Henry. 1904. a gazetteer of Virginia and West Virginia. United States Geological Survey, Bulletin, No. 232. Reprinted 1980. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.
Giegengack, Augustus E. 1938. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 27 April. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
Grove. Lee E. 1966. John Murray and paper deterioration. Libri 16, no. 3: 194-204.
Hall, Gösta. 1926. Permanence of paper. Paper Trade Journal 82, no. 14 (8): 52-58.
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Iiams, Thomas M., and T. D. Beckwith. 1935. Notes on the causes and prevention of foxing in books. Library Quarterly 5 (October): 236-244.
Jarrell, T. D., J. M. Hankins, and F. P. Veitch. 1936. Deterioration of book and record papers. Technical Bulletin 541 T. Washington, D. C.: United States Department of Agriculture.
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Kantrowitz, Morris S. 1940. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Richmond, Virginia, 20 October. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
Kantrowitz, Morris S., Ernest W. Spencer, and Robert H. Simmons. 1940. Permanence and durability of paper: an annotated bibliography of the technical literature from 1885 A.D. to 1939 A.D. Technical Bulletin No. 22 Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office.
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Kimberly, Arthur E., 1936. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia. 25 May. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1936. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia. 25 September. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1936. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia. 1 October. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
Kimberly, Arthur E., and Adelaide L. Emley. 1933. Deterioration of book papers in libraries. Bureau of Standards, Miscellaneous Publications 140: 7.
Kimberly, A. E., and B. W. Scribner. 1934. Summary report of Bureau of Standards research on preservation of records. National Bureau of Standards, Miscellaneous Report No. 144. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office.
________. 1937. Summary report of Bureau of Standards research on preservation of records. Bureau of Standards Miscellaneous Publications 154: March.
Klemm, Paul. 1932. Permanence or durability of paper. Wochenblatt fuer Papierfabrikation 63, no. 32 (6 August): 607-609 and 63, no. 33 (13 August): 625-626. Translated and summarized in Morris S. Kantrowitz, Ernest W. Spencer, and Robert H. Simmons. 1940. Permanence and durability of paper. Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office.
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________. 1941. Note to the file, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 3 March. Photocopy of a holograph note, untitled, signed H. F. Launer, From William K. Wilson, 1987. Personal correspondence from McLean, Virginia, 30 December.
________. 1941. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Richmond, Virginia, 19 March. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
Library expert elected fellow of art society, W.J. Barrow, archives worker for state, is honored. 1936. Richmond [Virginia] Times-Dispatch 23 August: n.p. "Scrapbook". comp. 1981: [5]. Barrow Papers.
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________. 1829. Practical remarks on modern paper, with an introductory account of its former substitutes; also observations on writing inks, the restoration of illegible manuscripts, and the preservation of important deeds from the destructive effects of damp. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and London: T. Cadell: 119. Cited in Lee E. Grove. 1966. John Murray and paper deterioration. Libri. 16, no. 3: 194-204.
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________. 1930. Permanence standards for paper. Paper 53, no. 24 (14 June): 4-5, 38; 53.
________. 1930. Permanence standards for printing and writing papers. Printing Industries 52: 21-25.
________. 1931. Bureau of Standards studies on the deterioration of paper. Paper Makers Monthly Journal 69, no. 4 (April): 154-158.
________. 1931. Report of Bureau of Standards research on preservation of records. Library Quarterly 1, no. 4 (October): 409-420.
________. 1937. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia. 21 January. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1937. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia. 9 September. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1938. Degradation of sulphate fiber by bleaching. Paper Industry 19 (February): 1279-1280.
________. 1938. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 26 July. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 3 January. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 23 January. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
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________. 1939. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 26 April. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1939. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 4 May. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
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________. 1940. Letter from Washington, D. C. to William James Barrow, Newport News, Virginia, 8 March. Typescript. Barrow Papers.
________. 1941. Protection of documents with cellulose acetate sheeting. Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office.
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