Preserving Your Belongings

 The Field Guide to Emergency Response (https://store.culturalheritage.org/site/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=FAIC-2) is our go-to recommendation for salvaging collections in disaster situations. But if you would like a physical resource that discusses a wide range of materials and focuses on preventing damage and dealing with small-scale disasters (like finding bugs in a box of old quilts), we recommend Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions by Don Williams (retired Senior Conservator of the Smithsonian Institution) and Louisa Jaggar.

Publisher Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Stuff/Don-Williams/9780743264167

Digital Library: https://archive.org/details/savingstuffhowto0000will