Your Baby Treasure Time Capsule: How to Preserve Lasting Memories from Baby's First Year

by Reinhold, Janet E.

• ISBN13: 9781891406362
• ISBN10: 1891406361
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS GROUP

Summary

This handbook illustrates how to create a lasting collection of memories from a child's first year by combining basic preservation techniques with suggestions on what types of items a family historian may want to capture. Preservation fundamentals such as why photos fade and how to prevent that from happening; what makes some papers disintegrate while others stay intact; and which electronic media have the longest life expectancy and are ideal for long-term storage are clearly explained. Archival enclosures are also discussed, with the goal of ensuring the baby's items will remain in good condition for decades. Tips on starting a baby's genealogy, a detailed glossary, and contact information for archival companies are also included.

Author Biography

Janet E. Reinhold is the author of How to Bury a Time Capsule (If You Really Want to Do That), A Sampling of Time Capsule Contents, and Your Time Capsule: Brainstorming Container & Ceremony. She is trained in Department of Defense preservation and packing techniques and has helped more than 500 large companies preserve their memorabilia. She lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Preface	vii
Figures	xii
Tables	xiii
Introduction	xiv
1 A Time Capsule?
We Are Here, Now	2	(1)
Boxes of Time	3	(1)
Books of Time	4	(3)
Temporary lime Capsules	7	(1)
Formal lime Capsules	8	(3)
Small Archival Capsules	11	(1)
When It's a Time Capsule Tradition	11	(5)
2 Your Baby's Treasures™
An Archival Keeping-Place	16	(1)
Makes a Lasting Gift	16	(1)
Contents of the Baby Treasures™ Set	17	(9)
3 Planning Baby's Time Capsule
Why Baby's lime Capsule?	26	(2)
When to Begin?	28	(1)
What Will Baby Do This Year?	28	(1)
Collecting Time Capsule Items for Baby	29	(1)
What May the Future Bring?	30	(1)
Who Will Write Messages?	30	(1)
The Sealing Ceremony	31	(1)
Where Will You Place the Capsule?	32	(1)
When Will Baby Open the Capsule?	32	(2)
4 Choosing Baby's Items
The Collector's Roles	34	(1)
15 Ideas for Contents	35	(1)
Letters for the Future	36	(4)
Life on the Day Baby is Born	40	(6)
Photos, Clippings, & Magazines	46	(1)
18 More Great Ideas for Items	47	(3)
How to Begin Baby's Genealogy	50	(8)
So Many Choices	58	(2)
5 Considering Baby's Items
What Does Time Do to Things?	60	(6)
Considering Paper Documents	66	(1)
Considering Photographs	67	(1)
Videotapes & Digital Media	68	(2)
Considering Clothes & Fabrics	70	(1)
What Not to Put in the Time Capsule	71	(3)
6 Preparing Baby's Items
Basic Tips for Materials	74	(1)
What to Do with Documents	74	(4)
Storing Photographs	78	(4)
What to Do for Artifacts	82	(4)
What About Babys Clothing?	86	(2)
What to Do with Metal Items	88	(1)
What Ors Old or Damaged?	88	(2)
7 To Put It Away
Make Final Decisions	90	(1)
Follow Packing Tips	90	(1)
Close the Capsule	91	(1)
Have a Sealing Ceremony	91	(2)
If You Make Up a Time Capsule	93	(2)
Place Your Time Capsule	95	(1)
Final Thoughts	96	(2)
Glossary	98	(12)
Tips & Resources	110	(4)
Ancestor Guide Chart	112	(1)
Family Group Sheet	113	(1)
Bibliography	114	(3)
About the Author & Designer	117	(1)
Index	118