Debora Mayer
Visiting Lecturer
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
​Debora Mayer is the Helen H. Glaser Conservator at the Weissman
Preservation Center at Harvard University. Debora plays a leadership
role in paper conservation across the Harvard University Library and is
the libraries senior-most paper conservator responsible for the care and
treatment of rare and unique materials, largely unbound and ranging
from historic documents to works of art on paper held in special
collections. Prior to coming to Harvard University in 2008 Debora had
been the principal of an independent paper studio for the past fifteen
years servicing cultural institutions and private collectors throughout
New England. Her professional experiences also include an internship at
the Fogg Art Museum-Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at
Harvard University, Assistant Paper Conservator at the Conservation
Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia, and Associate
Paper Conservator at the Winterthur Museum. Debora has expertise in
material identification with special emphasis of fiber identification.
She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation and has
served in the Book and Paper Group, the Photographic Materials Group,
and on the Education and Training Committee. Debora holds a BFA from
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MS in Conservation from
the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
(1982). Mayer returns annually to WUDPAC to teach fiber microscopy.
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