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Because of the high acid content, newsprint paper yellows and crumbles with age. It's fragile and there is little you can do at home to prevent deterioration.

For the short term, you could insert the pages into acid free, clear plastic pockets. (The kind you get from office supply stores aren't acid free, you will need to go to a place that sells art or photographic supplies.)

You could also wrap it in acid free tissue and put inside a portfolio or acid free boxes. (See note above.)

Folding it will hasten tears. Heat, humidity and bugs are other problems. Without knowing your long term plan for the papers, it's hard to know the best solution for you.

If you want to keep copies of articles to pass down to your grandchildren, you can take them to a copy store and have them copied on acid free paper. If you want to keep copies for a museum, the tissue and boxes are the best answer. (Again, they need to be stored in a cool, dry, bug-free place.)

Call your local newspaper, library, or history museum and talk to them about long term storage.

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