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24 years ago

I have a cookbook that my Mother had written by hand w/ some of her favorite recipes. I want to preserve them as best I can. I know the paper she wrote it on was not acid free or anything since it was written 40+ yr ago and it has already yellowed and the ink has turned colors on some pages. But I do want to preserve her handwriting if possible. She died about 15 yr ago and I have very few handwritten things left. I know I can scan them onto acid free paper (when and if DH ever gets it hooked up to the "puter), but then what to do w/ the real pages? You are all so great w/ ideas I am hoping someone can offer suggestions.

Thanks,

Jane (Pookie)

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pam
24 years ago
If it were me...I would scan the pages, and mount those in a scrapbook. And get another scrapbook just for the original pages and mount those too. If I could, I would use corner mounts. Of course that book would be handled with utmost carefullrility and not very often. But at least the pages are taken care of the best way you can.
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pam
24 years ago
I agree with Pam, scan the recipes for your book. You may want to try laminating the originals to preserve them. Boy I wish I had my Moms or Grannies recipes but they never wrote anything down!! it was all by memory. Good Luck!
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