{"id":17698,"date":"2017-09-28T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=17698"},"modified":"2017-09-28T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:58:30","slug":"45th-annual-meeting-book-paper-session-may-30-2017-treatment-305-a-love-story-presented-by-kathy-lechuga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2017\/09\/28\/45th-annual-meeting-book-paper-session-may-30-2017-treatment-305-a-love-story-presented-by-kathy-lechuga\/","title":{"rendered":"45th Annual Meeting – Book & Paper Session, May 30, 2017 – “Treatment 305: A Love Story” presented by Kathy Lechuga"},"content":{"rendered":"

In her talk \u201cTreatment 305: A Love Story,\u201d Kathy Lechuga, book conservator at the Indiana Historical Society, described a deep relationship with a treatment technique that was years in the making.\u00a0 Kathy punctuated her talk with references to Prince lyrics, which she used to emphasis her love for the versatility of her new favorite treatment technique.\u00a0 Treatment 305 was originally developed at Princeton and was presented by Brian J. Baird and Mick Letourneaux in 1994.\u00a0 It is described in the Book and Paper Group Annual, in an article which may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The talk began with a summary of why Kathy has found this technique useful, what sort of books this treatment is typically used for, and how it relates to the Indiana Historical Society mission statement.\u00a0 Typically, she has found it useful for printed books from the late 18th<\/sup> to 19th<\/sup> century, which fit into the \u201cmedium rare\u201d category.\u00a0 As this category of book treatment isn\u2019t often addressed, I enjoyed hearing two talks related to medium rare books, including Quinn Ferris\u2019 talk, \u201cMedium Rare: An innovative approach to the space between special and general collections.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 As Kathy described, the books in this category within her institution included collections that are used frequently for research and exhibits, and the ultimate goal of treatment was to improve mobility and durability while maintaining an aesthetic appearance that was harmonious with the books\u2019 time periods.<\/p>\n

Kathy was inspired by the Treatment 305 technique, because it helped in many ways to meet her desired treatment goals.\u00a0 She found this technique appropriate for books with a weak binding and a strong text block, and found that it would allow her to create a tight back structure while minimizing the inherent weakness of the historic structure.\u00a0 However, she did decide to experiment with deviations from the exact Treatment 305 technique as described in the original 1994 article, in order to better accommodate the needs of specific volumes, and to incorporate more contemporary treatment practices.<\/p>\n

The majority of the talk centered around four case studies which incorporated slight variations on the Treatment 305 technique.\u00a0 The books included in the case studies were similar in that all were missing significant portions of their original binding components, such as their spines, one board, or both boards, and dated to the late 18th<\/sup> century or 19th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 The treatment was varied slightly in each case study, in order to accommodate the needs of each particular volume. All four case studies varied slightly, although common features included minimal spine linings and new boards constructed from two pieces of 4-ply board which had been laminated together.<\/p>\n

One component of one case study which really caught everyone\u2019s attention, and resulted in a few audience questions, was Kathy\u2019s use of a screen-printing kit to replicate the title information on the spine of a book.\u00a0 I also thought this was a great new tool to consider, because replicating an original spine is called for on occasion, and using new materials to replicate an aged aesthetic can be a challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In her talk \u201cTreatment 305: A Love Story,\u201d Kathy Lechuga, book conservator at the Indiana Historical Society, described a deep relationship with a treatment technique that was years in the making.\u00a0 Kathy punctuated her talk with references to Prince lyrics, which she used to emphasis her love for the versatility of her new favorite treatment … Continue reading “45th Annual Meeting – Book & Paper Session, May 30, 2017 – “Treatment 305: A Love Story” presented by Kathy Lechuga”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,23,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual-meeting","category-book-and-paper","category-specialty-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}