{"id":20961,"date":"2022-03-28T10:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.archivalmethods.com\/?p=20961"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:42:47","slug":"the-humble-metal-edge-box-an-acid-free-storage-solution-for-every-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.archivalmethods.com\/the-humble-metal-edge-box-an-acid-free-storage-solution-for-every-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Humble Metal Edge Box – An Acid-Free Storage Solution for Every Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You Make Friends When Packages Please!<\/em> Our acid-free Metal Edge Boxes are made in the USA and offer a great solution for archivally storing collections of all kinds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This National Metal Edge Box Company ad is from a 1918 diary. Over 100 years later this box is still in style and in high demand. The biggest difference is that now the humble metal edge box is the backbone of archival storage!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archives and museums around the world use metal edge boxes to store their collections. That’s because they are one of the most affordable and versatile archival storage options. Sturdy, stackable, attractive, and eco-friendly, they will continue to be widely used for another hundred years. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Metal Edge Boxes Made in USA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Archival Methods manufactures metal edge boxes in a variety of sizes, styles, and colors in our Rochester, New York facility. We use high quality, archival materials. These include acid-free and lignin-free, buffered, heavyweight boxboard and metal edge clamps that are treated with an anti-corrosion black polyester coating.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Claribel adding the metal edging during production.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Stylish and functional, metal edges hold the box sides together and add rigidity and stacking strength, an additional element of protection. They are a much better choice than the ubiquitous shoe box, which is decidedly not archival, and a poor choice for long-term storage of photographs, ephemera, documents, and collectibles that you treasure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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