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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Michigan State University Libraries’ Preservation Department maintains a list of Local Book Repair Services” which lists people and companies mostly in south
east Michigan <a href="http://www.lib.msu.edu/preservation/local.jsp">http://www.lib.msu.edu/preservation/local.jsp</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks for the update about the Bentley no longer doing private commissions. (I’ll remind the good folks at MSU Preservation to update their list.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kevin Driedger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Librarian for Conservation and Digitization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">702 W. Kalamazoo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">517-373-9440<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#31849B">Invest in a child’s future today. Support the MDE Culture of Reading.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00B050">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>tandcfirestine@comcast.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 08, 2014 11:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Cathy Cottone '; michlib-l@mail.mcls.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Leather Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I recently was in the same situation as you. I first took our bible to the conservation lab at the Bentley Historical Library at U of M, but they can no longer
do private commissions, so they referred me to the Bessenberg Bindery in Dexter. They specialize in restoring old books including bible repair. I’ve seen some of their work and it is excellent! Here’s their website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.bessenberg.com/bible-repair.html">http://www.bessenberg.com/bible-repair.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Connie Firestine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a> [<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org">mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Cathy Cottone <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 08, 2014 7:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org">michlib-l@mail.mcls.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Leather Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">It is a very hard leather bible that locks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Cathy Cottone, Genealogist<br>
Lyon Township Public Library<br>
27005 S. Milford Road<br>
South Lyon, Michigan 48178<br>
248 437-8800 x104<br>
<a href="http://www.lyon.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">www.lyon.lib.mi.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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