Preservation Glossary

Created in partnership with Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia, the Preservation Glossary defines useful preservation terminology and includes three chapters, outlined below:

• Damage Glossary: terms that may be helpful in understanding and describing damages or condition.
• Materials Glossary: Materials that may be encountered or used in the storage, exhibition or transport of collections.
• Preservation Glossary: Terminology that may be encountered in the preservation of archives and other collections.

The Preservation Glossary was created in March 2022 by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts in partnership with Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia as part of the Community Stewardship Program.