resources

For more information about photographic negatives, check out these resources:

Bowser, Eileen and John Kuiper. A Handbook for Film Archives. Brussels: FIAF, 1980.

Fischer, Monique, and Andrew Robb. “Guidelines for Care and Identification of Film Base Photographic Materials.” Topics in Photographic Preservation 5 (1993): 117-122.

Gordon, Paul L., ed. The Book of Film Care. Kodak Publication H-23. Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1983.

Heckman, Heather. “Burn After Viewing, or Fire in the Vaults: Nitrate Decomposition and Combustibility.” The American Archivist, Vol. 73, No. 2 (2010): 483-506.

Hovarth, David G. The Acetate Negative Survey: Final Report, A project funded by the University of Louisville and the National Museum Act. Louisville, KY: University of Louisville, 1987.

National Park Service’s Conserve O Gram 

Northeast Document Conservation Center’s Photograph Preservation Leaflet

Nishimura, Douglas W. “Film Supports: Negatives, Transparencies, Microforms, and Motion Picture Films.” In Storage of Natural History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach. Iowa City, Iowa: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, 1995.

Puglia, Steven T. “Negative Duplication: Evaluating the Reproduction and Preservation Needs of Collections.” Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1989.

Reilly, James M. IPI Storage Guide for Acetate Film. Rochester. NY: Image Permanence Institute, 1993. https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/webfm_send/299.

Reilly, James M., Peter Z. Adelstein, and Douglas W. Nishimura. Preservation of Safety Film: Final Report to the Office of Preservation, National Endowment for the Humanities. Rochester. NY: Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991.

Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, and Diane Vogt-O’Connor. Photographs: Archival Care and Management. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006.

Valverde Valdés, María Fernanda. Photographic Negatives: Nature and Evolution of Processes. Rochester, NY: Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation, 2005. https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/webfm_send/302.

Wilhelm, Henry, and Carol Brower. The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. Grinnell, Iowa: Preservation Publishing Company, 1993. http://wilhelm-research.com/book_toc.html.