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RE: preservation of negatives/slides/prints



Diana,

Perhaps these links will be helpful

http://www.archivalmethods.com/ 

http://www.nccn.net/~cmautz/sleeves.htm 

http://www.gaylord.com/ 

http://www.genealogicalstorageproducts.com/ 

http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping 

http://www.metaledgeinc.com/ 

http://www.mvarchivalsupplies.com/archival/index.htm 

http://www.talas-nyc.com/ 

http://www.universityproducts.com/main2.html 

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/citation_databases/science
.html 

Don Bryant


-----Original Message-----
From: Diana Bloomfield [mailto:dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:10 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: preservation of negatives/slides/prints

Hi all,

A photographer friend of mine died recently, and her husband contacted me
about her prints, negatives, and slides.  He wants to be able to archivally
preserve those for her kids  and asked me about the best way to go about
doing that.  My immediate answer is to simply place everything in the
appropriate archival storage sleeves,  
place in an archival storage box, and keep away from light and heat.   
Am I missing something?  Does anybody have other advice?  I'm assuming the
prints would be the most vulnerable to fading and damage, but is it worth
scanning everything to digital format?  I realize we might not be using CDs
in 10 years time, or less, but I assume whatever we are using could be
copied again.  Anyway . . . if anybody has any better suggestions, let me
know.

Thanks!

Diana