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Procedures - Baltimore Sun Ledgers labels

1. Remove the ledger from the phase box.

2. Write down current title and date on the inventory sheet (see attached).  The title should be written on the box already.

3. Erase all writing from the box.  Use the silk eraser!

4. The new title should be written horizontally along the spine of the book, with the words running from the top of the book to the bottom in three lines.  If the spine is too small please write the title in the upper left hand corner of the front of the box.  Pencil only!

5. New title format:

Baltimore Sun Financial and Selected Labor Records
Title of ledger, date
Ledger (blank space - we will number the ledgers once they have all been housed)

Example:

Baltimore Sun Financial and Selected Labor Records
Property Adjustment Analysis Record, 1951
Ledger

6. Return the book to the box and secure.


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