Volume 21, Number 3
Sep 1997

Editor's Page

A Thank-You to Supporters

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

All donations go into the Abbey Publications account, thus contributing to the Abbey Newsletter, the Alkaline Paper Advocate, the Abbey pH Pen, North American Permanent Papers, and our telephone information service. In the last 12 months, donations from readers have totaled $5945.

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

Sponsors

Bridgeport National Bindery
Gaylord Bros.
Terry O. Norris

Patrons

Acme Bookbinding
Elizabeth S. Banks
Bark Frameworks
Joan T. Batchelor
Benchmark
John Boral
Sally Buchanan
Custom Manufacturing Inc.
Evelyn Frangakis, in memory of Susan Swartzburg
Harlan Greene
Information Conservation Inc.
Kater-Crafts Bookbinders
Library Binding Service
National Institute for Conservation
Tawny Ryan Nelb
New York Community Trust
Ocker & Trapp Library
Bindery
Mark Reeves
Ingrid Rose Co. Ltd.
Elaine R. Schlefer
Nancy Carlson Schrock
University Products
Duane Watson
Wert Bookbinding

Contributors

Nelly Balloffet
Lisa Cziffra
D & M, Inc.
Jane Dalrymple-Hollo
James Dast
Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Robert L. Feller
Frames of Mind
William Fuller
Carolyn Jane Gammon
Mary Todd Glaser
Maria Grandinette
Joyce Johnson
Margaret H. Johnson
Karen Jones, in memory of Susan Swartzburg
Fred Jordan
Hilary A. Kaplan
Jeanne Lewisohn
Gerald Lundeen
Shirley Lyon
Marlene Matalon
Jan Michaels, in memory of Susan Swartzburg
Sandra Nyberg
Eleanor Quandt
Jeff Rigby
Hilda Robbins
Martha M. Smith
Tamara Swora-Gober
Taylor Made
Mary Ann Tyrrell
Deborah Wender
and one anonymous contributor

Corrections

The 764 telephone number for Kendra Lovette given in the last issue (p. 26) is bad. Use 410/863-1473 instead.

Also in the last issue, at the bottom of p. 18, it says "National Historical Preservation and Records Commission" instead of "National Historical Publications...

Most of Vol. 16-20 is Online

Some of the major articles, and all or most of the smaller material (news, literature, positions, etc.) have been put online by Walter Henry in Conservation Online (CoOL). The major articles that are not listed, or are listed but not transcribed, are waiting for us to ask the authors and former publishers for permission to reprint. This involves finding addresses for people who may have moved, then writing to them and waiting for an answer.

The Abbey Newsletter: Bookbinding and Conservation is issued eight times a year and has about 1040 subscribers. All subscriptions are for the calendar year. New subscribers automatically receive all issues published in the current year, unless they request otherwise, until October 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, payable to Abbey Publications; send to 7105 Geneva Dr., Austin, TX 78723, USA. Foreign checks must have the name of a U.S. bank printed on the front. International payments can be made by VISA or MasterCard.

Beginning with 1997, personal subscriptions are $45; institutional subscriptions $55, and subscriptions for full-time students and unpaid interns $20. Overseas air mail is $15/year.

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The Abbey Newsletter is selectively indexed in Art & Archaeology Technical Abstracts, and the Institute of Paper Science & Technology Abstract Bulletin. All issues are in print, and each volume has its own index. It is the policy of Abbey Publications to use permanent paper for both newsletters.

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