Re: New Year's resolutions

I also plan to do this :)
My idea was to put the negs into archival plastic sleeves, whichever size is
appropriate, and then make acid-free boxes from archival foamcore. Each neg
size would be in appropriate sized box for easy access. (You could make
tagged "dividers" from mountboard so negs could be stored upright.) Plus,
you can write on the tags and the outside of the box easily. I think a small
box or division for each year would be the best approach - altho as my
"seniority" increases this may become a problem of course!
Once the boxes are constructed sloth can set in until a new set of boxes is
needed.

 Btw, in N.Z. we don't seem to have 4x5 neg sleeves available - is this an
option in the U.S.?

Kate - Happy if belated Holiday Greetings
----- Original Message -----
From: <wcharmon@wt.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: New Year's resolutions

> The list has been way too quiet for the holiday season, so I thought I
would
> throw out a wacky idea that has been germinating in my mind during the
> precious few idle moments that holidays generally bring: What if I
actually
> organized my negatives, and I don't know, maybe even filed them in some
sort
> of logical sequence?
>
> So how do incredibly self-actualized, virtuous and organized people
actually
> do this? I'm thinking that an ideal system would be organized around the
> common human need for over-simplification and sloth. So what is the
> simplest and easiest system that might actually work? My system of
> organizing by 'piles' may have reached it's logical end now, and some of
the
> piles look dangerously close to their maximum angle of repose.
>
> Clay
>
>
>
>
Received on Sun Dec 28 16:57:48 2003