The Original

• 1). Avoid exposure to sunlight, moisture and extreme temperatures, which causes these newspapers to deteriorate quickly. Unheated garages and humid basements are poor places to store clippings.
  
  
• 2). Turn out the lights! Light causes a reaction with the acid in the paper that darkens it.
  
  
• 3). Refrain from folding the clipping. Folding causes undue wear and also allows two surfaces of newsprint to come in contact, which shortens the newsprint's life.
  
  
• 4). Stay away from staples and paper clips. Interaction between metals and a newspaper clipping will create permanent marks on the paper.
  
  
• 5). Keep newspaper clippings separate from other paper items you're attempting to preserve.
  
  
• 6). Check your stationery store for a polyester-film folder with a sheet of alkaline-buffered paper as the backing.
  
  
• 7). Slip the unfolded newspaper clipping in the folder.
  
  
• 8). Keep the folders in file folders and boxes constructed of high-quality, acid-free, alkaline-buffered materials.
  
  
• 9). Choose a cool and dry location such as a closet in an air-conditioned room as a storage place for the boxes.