r/TheOldPaperArchive

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Old Letter, journal, and note archive

Saving forgotten history both personal and public page by page.

Created May 3, 2016 · restricted

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Saving forgotten history both personal and public page by page.

Feel free to contribute anything in your collection or that you find. Please do not contribute known pieces (unless you own them) or museum specimens (un pubplished letters on display at historical societies, libraries, schools, and the like ARE acceptable to be posted as long as they are not well known. A way to find this out is to google a perfect exert in quotations.). If it is printed in a book please consider that achieved. If possible include the date and what it is about (again only if you can read it). If you letter is under 30 years old please message the admin and say why it needs to be achieved (this isn't a place for your personal letters to be displayed). Any letter older than 30 years old can be submitted without approval but may be removed if it doesn't contribute anything. No letters from before 1950 will be removed regardeless of the context, relevance, or subject as If it made it to be 70 years old it gets a free pass.

palaeography /ˌpælɪˈɒɡrəfɪ/ noun 1. the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources 2. a handwriting of the past

the best way to make a scan of an old letter is to place it on a scanner with clean stiff cardboard behind it. Be careful to not scan it too much as bright lights can fade ink over time. Wearing gloves is not recommended as the oil from clean, dry hands is far less likely to cause damage then the clumsiness of gloved hands. Also take photos of things like handwritten notes in books and diaries as to not damage the spine.

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