Comments on: Video: Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ lands at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ library /news/2016/04/29/video-birds-of-america-lands-at-the-bates-library/ Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Jay Burns /news/2016/04/29/video-birds-of-america-lands-at-the-bates-library/#comment-262976 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:56:00 +0000 /news/?p=101038#comment-262976 In reply to JEAN NEELY.

Hi Jean. Good question. Director of Muskie Archives Pat Webber explains that when handling the huge pages of a book like the Bien, it is actually better to use your bare fingers, the reason being that gloves make the hands and fingers more clumsy and less aware of the paper, and thus you are actually more liable to tear a page when turning it with gloved hands. Best, Jay Burns.

]]> By: JEAN NEELY /news/2016/04/29/video-birds-of-america-lands-at-the-bates-library/#comment-262975 Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:37:00 +0000 /news/?p=101038#comment-262975 Is it not protocol to handle archival materials like this with cotton gloves, not bare hands? Just wondering.

]]> By: Bob Muldoon /news/2016/04/29/video-birds-of-america-lands-at-the-bates-library/#comment-262941 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:01:00 +0000 /news/?p=101038#comment-262941 Can this be kept on display during Reunion weekend? Prints by the Englishman Robert Havell were sold for $65000 as far back as 1966. Are the value of these prints comparable? The printers name here is Bien?
Here is Audubon’s text accompanying the blue jay print: “Reader, look at the plate in which are represented 3 individuals of this beautiful species–rogues though they may be, and thieves, were it fit for me to pass judgment on their actions. See how each is enjoying the fruits of his knavery…”

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