Library volunteer, Mary Connolly has diligently been working to repair tears in an 1885 map of New Haven, shown in the lower picture. The map was literally in pieces before Mary set about to repair it. She is using Kizukushi, a thin long fibered Japanese tissue made from the Kozo plant used extensively in archival repair work. Torn strips of the tissue are applied in a reversible process using wheat starch paste
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| Mary Connolly repairing rips and tears in 1930s issues of The Branford Review and East Haven News |
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| Mary just finished repairing this 1885 Price Lee Company City Directory map |
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