Rolled Documents: Part 1

This is an example of the rolled documents found in the collection. Small stacks of letters have been rolled in newspaper and tied with twine. From the outside, we see that the acidic newspaper has turned dark brown. It is likely that the acid has also migrated into the enclosed letters, making areas of that paper brown as well. Because these letters have been rolled for so long, it will probably be difficult, or will take a long time, to flatten them.