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1 ANDARO | Ontne 960, 64 ° Office Memi ® . VanAUI ¢ UNITED STASZS GOVERNMENT D-49583 ad TO : ay ::. - DATE: March 13, 1946, FROM : a f. E un f . - ‘ - ra a :* , SUBJECT: adore’ tler, Certificate of Marriage, Se IN |! Private Will and Political Testament; | OF Ar: tose 9 4 . Examination for War Department i/\ ie farsor aw. our : Mr. henson There is transmitted herewith the Laboratory report of the tie Bepsa Document analysis of the above papers for MIS. | Miss Canty These papers were, when received, mounted on cardboard pages oh leather binder, each being covered with cellulose sheets fastened with scotch tape for protection. / To conduct the necessary examination, in accordance with express statements of MIS, several pages were removed from the covers. Since this endangered the specimens and additional preparations will be needed for perma- nent maintenance, this removal was confined to the minimum for "random tests". Pages 1 and 2 of the Marriage papers (the most questionable), the last (signa- ture) pages of the "Private Will" and the "Political Testament" were the only ones completely removed. (ne. or two of the covers of other pages were lifted to gain access to the paper, but otherwise the mountings were not disturbed. It was found that rubber cement was used at the top and corners to fasten the original papers to the cardboard. In replacing those removed no additional adhesive was added and at no time was anything placed on the papers (in the nature of a test reagent, solvent, adhesive or any other Laboratory material such as might be applied in an examination). For permanent retention and display, it is assumed that each page will be properly prepared, the Japanese silk or pressure cellulose methods of mounting being employed. The latter of these is the method used by Archives which has the necessary machinery and trained technicians. The Japanese silk method is used by GPO special binders (there are only a few in the U. S. properly skilled) at the Library of Congress. The Bureau may wish to suggest such to the MIS. ’ The present mountings were restored in the leather binder and the . specimens Ql to Q17 inclusive and Kl to Kl) inclusive are transmitted herewith for personal delivery to, MIS with the report if desired. Photographic copies have been prepared for the records of the Laboratory. /D'TAPR1 8 194 Fd fi wm %, , . vt fe ae a CAA/dab fe 4 YAR uv \ a en eae