Cheryl--

Professional pest control is your best bet. If you've got vermin inside 
the records boxes, may need to take more aggressive steps. Fumigation and 
gels rarely penetrate inside boxes which, by way of the hand-holes, can 
become instant sanctuaries stocked with yummy paper for silverfish, 
roaches, etc to feast on while the world beyond the box is hostile to 
them. If live bugs are found inside the boxes, then you could end up 
infesting your work environment when retrieving the boxes. If this 
scenario is likely, find out where Purdue's nearest industrial freezer is 
located and ask if you can store bagged & sealed records there for 48 
hours (shrinkwrap also works well). Going this route will require 
additional 12-24 hours of thawing before unbagging the boxes and accessing 
the requested materials, but all bugs will be dead and mold (if any) will 
be dormant.

Hope this helps,

Stephen Cohen, Records Manager
MetLife \ Legal Affairs
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036-6796
212-578-2373
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