Volume 17, Number 3
Aug 1993

Editor's Page

A Thank-You to Supporters

The editor and trustees of Abbey Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, want to express our appreciation for support received from the people and organizations listed below as well as from those who gave smaller amounts.

All donations are considered as going to Abbey Publications (thus contributing to both the Abbey Newsletter and the Alkaline Paper Advocate). In the last 12 months, a total of $4417 has been received.

Donors are listed below as Benefactors ($1000+), Sponsors ($500+), Patrons ($100+), and Contributors ($25+).

Benefactors

Bridgeport National Bindery

Sponsors

Gaylord Bros.

Patrons

Timothy D. Barrett

Joan T. Batchelor

Campbell-Logan Library Bindery

Pamela Darling

Robert W. Frase

James W. Mason

Elizabeth Morse

New York Community Trust--James Talcott Fund

Ocker & Trapp Library Bindery

Lily Powell-Froissard (Assoc. Sauver les Documents...)

Elaine R. Schlefer

Nancy Carlson Schrock

Susan G. Swartzbburg

One anonymous patron

Contributors

Anchor Hand Bookbinding

Nelly Balloffet

Sarah A. Buchanan

Jane Dalrymple-Hollo

Betsy Palmer Eldridge

Carlo Federici

Carolyn Jane Gammon

Pat Grey

Hilary Kaplan

Gerald Lundeen

Jan Merrill-Oldham

Murray Millar

Julia Miller

Myra Jo Moon (deceased)

Tawny Ryan Nelb

Brian E. O'Connell

Roberta Pilette

Patricia Reyes

Eric C. Shoaf

Martha M. Smith

Robert L. Snow

James G. Stephens

Joan ten Hoor

Carolina Veenstra

Marilyn Kemp Weidner

James K. Wellvang

William Minter Bookbinding

John C. Wright

The Abbey Newsletter: Bookbinding and Conservation is issued eight times a year and has about 1250 subscribers. All subscriptions are for the calendar year. New subscribers automatically receive all issues published in the current year, unless they request otherwise, until September 1; after that, it is assumed that the subscription is for the following year. Checks or international money orders may be made out in U.S. dollars or English pounds, payable to Abbey Publications; send to 7105 Geneva Dr., Austin, TX 78723, USA. International payments can be made by VISA or Mastercard. This is a nonprofit corporation set up to encourage preservation of the written record, including the use of lasting materials in the creation of records.

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Authors' opinions and descriptions of products or services in this Newsletter are not to be taken as endorsements or policy statements by the publisher.

The Abbey Newsletter is selectively indexed in Art & Archaeology Technical Abstracts and the Institute of Paper Science & Technology Abstract Bulletin. All issues but v.1 #2 are in print, and each volume has its own index. Interim indexes for the current volume are available on request.

The Editor encourages readers to photocopy freely from the Newsletter; but the Editor's permission must be obtained before making more than 20 copies of lengthy or signed articles. This allows any necessary corrections to be made before duplication.

Abbey Publications is a nonprofit tax-exempt corporation (tax ID #87-0436104). Its other publication is the Alkaline Paper Advocate. It is the policy of Abbey Publications to use alkaline paper for both newsletters. In recent years, the paper has been Weyerhaeuser Cougar Opaque, which meets the ANSI standard (Z39.48-1984).