October 17, 2006
Humidification is coming along slowly. We set up a small chamber a week ago, but it took almost 24 hours for the rolled documents to begin to relax, and the small chamber wouldn't hold too many documents. We've set up a larger chamber, and hopefully the work will go faster.

Of the documents we set out more than a week ago I sorted some today. The days flat on the table, covered by folders, have allowed some things to relax a bit, and I bought paint brushes to brush away the century of dirt that had accumulated on some documents. I found a cache of items from Susan Negley that indicate she was a member of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York, and then involved in the Colonial Dames of Texas after she married William Negley in 1885 and moved here to San Antonio. I also sorted through a number of school assignments from Gertude Negley from the spring of 1916.