Conservator's Report Bentley Historical Library Title: Michigan Daily 1895-96 Received: Book bound in tightback style binding. Cover was 3/4 leather with cloth sides. Leather was friable and abraded. Joints were broken. Book was side-sewn by machine. Not original binding. Sewing was sound. Paper was acidic and brittle. Photocopy had been thrown in. Treatment: Disbound book. Picked book to pieces. Added z-fold endsheets. Added new machine-woven headbands. Lined the spine. Rebound in new case-style binding. Rebound in new cover of full cloth. Materials: Archival-quality endsheet paper. Barbour's linen thread. PVA adhesive. Machine-woven headbands. Backing flannel. Solid binder's board. Paper Technologies waterleaf blotter paper. Pyroxylin-impregnated cotton text cloth. 23K gold. Date work completed: March 2010 Signed: Di ah a , ae1amuelson