This first step is significant since it serves as a model for the treatment of the rest of the materials in the archives, especially in reference to documents of greater historical value. During a month of intense and qualified work, Mr Diego Aguado carried out an accurate preventive conservation treatment which included the removal of elements harmful to document preservation (metal objects, plastic, adhesive tapes...).
In addition, to ensure the integrity of the documents, custom-made documentary cases were created for each one, using appropriate materials and free of harmful agents. Similarly the documentation received an archival organisation treatment that involved the classification, ordering and description of the material to facilitate its identification, consultation and placement in the archival collection.
"We are sure that this effort represents a first step and a reference model to ensure all the documents of great value preserved in the Archive of the Postulation for the Causes of Saints of the Salesian Family," Fr Cameroni said.
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