Regarding tabloid-sized archival storage boxes, there are at least a few places to check. The first would be Hollinger Corporation (www.hollingercorp.com). They're the granddaddy of archival product companies and are recognized by professional archivists as producing some of the highest quality archival supplies.

Other companies include either University Products (http://www.archivalsuppliers.com/) and Gaylord Brothers (http://www.gaylord.com/lobby_gaylordmart.asp?), both of which are well-respected.

Here are some vendors of archival boxes as well as folders and other storage material:

http://www.hollingercorp.com/ (recently merged with “metal edge” and has been the standard against which other archival boxes have been measured for decades.

http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/ also carries archival boxes but I mention them especially for a better selection of “portfolio boxes” and “presentation boxes”. However, note that much of their material is intended for photographs so that, while it is acid-free, it is not buffered and therefore offers less protection.

Other good companies in the field include: University Products , and Conservation Resources .

Better for single sheets than entire newspapers, I also like using Itoya portfolios when plastic is okay instead of paper for storage. They are polypropylene and quite inexpensive. They’re available at most good art supply stores and many places on the web. They come as small as 4x6” (sized for standard snapshots but they work for some paper money and small documents) and as large as 18x24”.

Thanks for the great suggestions, everyone. Now none of our readers has an excuse not to treat their library right with professional archival storage products. -Editor

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