In my former job I was an architectural archivist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.  We stored mylar drawings wrapped around archival cardboard tubes for years at a time with no damage.  The large diameter (about 6 inches) of the tubes keeps you from rolling them too tight.  Once you have your drawings wrapped around the tube you cover them with some archival paper and tie them with string to keep them secure.  I used four pieces of string per tube.  Each tube would weigh about 20 pounds.  For just moving the drawings with no storage you could skip the archival grade on the materials.

If you wanted to move them flat I would advise putting paper between the drawings and make sure they don't have room to move about a lot because the corners of the drawings will take damage.


Eric Gater MA MLIS
University Records Manager | Texas A&M University Libraries
Purchasing and Stores Building | 330 Agronomy Road, Suite 160
College Station, TX 77843 | ph. 979-458-1470
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McKee, Robert W.
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 2:22 PM
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Subject: transporting bulk Mylar drawings

Good afternoon,

I have been scratching my head over how to move a couple thousand 24" x 36" Mylar drawings.  They currently hang in high-density blueprint storage cabinets, which cannot be moved full.  The individual drawings have reinforced holes by which they hang (if you're not familiar with Mylar drawings, they are extremely heavy).

There is some concern about transporting them flat (i.e. piled one foot high in multiple Speedpaks); the concern being the drawings could rub against one another and the ink might flake off.  There is a similar concern for the idea of rolling them up in tubes.

Surely there is some sage advice in Listserv Land.

Thank you,
Bob

Robert McKee
Records Manager
The Laclede Group, Inc.
720 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-342-0615 office
314-452-9851 cell


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