ABOLITION & EMANCIPATION

Part 6: Papers of William Wilberforce, William Smith, Iveson Brookes, Francis Corbin and related records from the Rare Books, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Technical Note

Our microform publications are prepared and produced in accordance with recommended and established guide-lines for the production of microform of superior quality.  These conform to the recommendations of the standard guides to good microforming and micropublishing practice.

Attention should be drawn to the nature of the original material.  As with all manuscript sources the inking is variable.  Darker and lighter inks, or a dark ink and a light pencil note, can appear on the same page.  Some sections are barely legible in the original.  There are instances when the manuscript has been badly stained, discoloured, or faded with exposure to light over a period of time.  Some pages are torn, crumpled or cropped.  Occasionally volumes have been tightly bound and material is slightly obscured in the inner margin.  The curvature towards the spine of such volumes inevitably results in some distortion of the text.   Sometimes the original paper is quite thin and this results in showthrough which can make the manuscript difficult to read.  Every effort has been made to minimise these difficulties and some openings are microfilmed more than once in an attempt to bring out all the features of the original.  Nevertheless these original characteristics present difficulties of image and contrast which stringent tests and variations of density cannot entirely overcome.

The most responsible care has been exercised in the filming of this unique collection and every effort has been made to ensure that this microform publication meets the standards established by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

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