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37.
NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD
                      
least likely; organic material away from damp; water colors away from strong light: wood where insects are least to be feared, and so on.
3. Assemble your packing materials according to the kinds of object to be packed.
These are likely to include paper, cardboard, wood, cloth of various kinds, various soft fillings such as excelsior and sawdust, boxes of various sizes and materials.  What is best used and what will serve in necessity is described later.
4. Organize your labor.
Give each man a definite type of job, or the handling of a particular kind of object, so that he becomes used to it.
5. Number each [[underlined]]packed[[/underlined]] object or case, and list them.
These numbers and lists are not the same as those of separate objects and serve a different purpose.  Make lists in triplicate
(i) To check packages and cases out of the old location
(ii) To check them into the new location
(iii) For the driver of the vehicle
6. Plan your transport
Allot objects or cases to definite vehicles, according to capacity.  A good system is to number each vehicle, and chalk the corresponding number on