Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-27
1GENEALOGYI

All communications for this DEPART
| meut should be addressed To the score
tary Of the Utah Genealogical society.
Elder Joseph F Smith. Ir.. care II
historians office. Salt Lake city. Utah
DURABLE PAPER FOR BOOKS or
PERMANENT USEFULNESS.
Tho Latter-day Saints are. above an
/ people. most anxious to preserve their
records aud their gonoalogios in such
/ permanent form that the opening years
Of the millennium will find their records
| intact aud secure. For mo- modern poo-
| pie have the same reason for demand
ing OF their scubes and historians ths
| iinmutabilty and durability which is
SO necessary TO our people. 10 rs "out
OF The books that We shall surely ho
judged. The Church bindcry has done
| something towards securing paper ~
excellent quality FOR our temple ANA
other records. But even here improve
ment could be mace, while the people
ut large, ward and stake clerks, and
temple scribes. as well as an the peo-
pie, are not, perhaps, as care ful as they
should be in regard to the inks which
they use, Co transcribc the records on.
10 is for the purpose OF awakening
thought and inquiry on this subject
that We give place here 10 an eNcellen.
circular put out by the New England
Genealogical Historical society:
one Of the important needs OF the
library OF the New England Historic
Genealogical s0cicty-a dcsidegatum
also common TO most llbraries-is that
OF bringing about hereafter the more
general use OF durable paper iu books
Of permanent value. a large proper
ton OF those books i'm this library
which have been published during The
last 80 years are rapidly disinteglatlag.
while the most OF those published mucn
earlier are still In good condition, al
though subjected to the same use and
exposure. Whether "A book viii stand
the ordinary wear and tear of use aud
the chemical action OF hght. tempcia-
ture and moisture Tor many years. per
haps even centuries with only occa-
sional re-blnding. on Will fau To pieces
ln few years. even with the most
careful handling ana frequent c-binl-
ing, depends very largely upon tho
quality Of paper OF which it is made
The use then ot a better quality "
paper for historical biographical and
genealogical books is important TO "a
library as a matter of ultimate econ
omyi IL is likewise important TO Tho
authors and compilcrs for the prolonga-
ton Of the usefulness of their works.
such books are works of permanent
value and, as comparatively few of
these publications are ever likely O.
be reprinted, il bchoOvcs authors and
compilers, as wen as librarians 20 see
90 IL that they are printed on a quality
Of paper which promises Go preserve
the data iutrusted thereto for the ut
most length of time possible or for as
long as such Information shall be Of
human interest.
What constitutes durable book papere
Is il possible To obtain such paper in
sufficient quantity 10 supply the de-
mand for this class OF publications
And If SO. how can IL be secured
Durable book paper consists OF the
very best grade OF pure celulosc
vegetable fibe), beaten or cut to pieces
of the proper length (about 1880 of an
inch. thoroughly feltcd, freed from
acids and Chlorides and sized with "a
minimum amount OF rOsin.
The best cellulose FOR this purpose
comes nom the hbcrs of the cotton
plant. This particular fiber is a thin
walled tube which collapses I'm pecu-
liar twisted manner IN the beating proc
ess. interlaces In the felting process
much better than other fibers and holds
its grasp tenaciously II IS strong heY-
able and durable, but can be seriously
injured by over bleaching and is sub
iect to gradual oxidation II the chem
icals used in the processes Of paper
making are not eliminated. Celluloses
derived from iiax and hemp stand next
in order 10 those from cotton. Those
derived from wood by the sulphite and
soda processes come next, but are in
ferior Ia many respects These wood
celluloses may, however, be used 10 a