"Burdick became a fixture at the museum by the late 1950s, when he relocated to New York City. He moved a small oak desk from his home into a corner of the print department.
He used water-soluble glue to paste his collection into 640 albums measuring 12 ½ inches by 15 inches. Burdick photocopied the backs of cards that had vital information and mounted them on facing pages. He took care to ensure the cards were properly grouped and arranged in aesthetically pleasing ways."
I remember reading a similar account in "The Card"
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