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Taylor, Maureen Alice.

Preserving your family photographs : how to organize, present, and restore your precious family images / Maureen A. Taylor.

Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, ©2001.

246 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Publisher Fact Sheet Shows how to organize & store photographs for future generations to enjoy. Readers will learn how to care for family photos, identify different types of damage, learn basic conservation techniques, buy the proper storage materials, then organize & safely display the family photo archive.

Photographs -- Conservation and restoration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Photograph collections -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Photographs in genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Photography of families -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Digital preservation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Handbooks and manuals.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-242) and index.

Introduction: Preserving Our Past for the Future -- Stories Worth Saving -- Retaining the Original Order -- Photo Identification Techniques -- Adding to Your Collection -- A Family Collection Through the Generations -- Sentimental vs. Market Value -- Checklist: Getting Ready -- The Preservation Facts -- Damage to Photographs -- Should You Clean Your Pictures? -- Storage Considerations -- Take Care of Your New Images -- Mailing Photographs -- Choosing a Storage Facility -- Copying Methods -- Scanning the Images -- Printing Digital Images -- Digital Information Online -- Know the Law Before You Copy -- Checklist: The Preservation Facts -- Cased Images: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes -- Daguerreotypes -- Handling Suggestions -- Ambrotypes -- Tintypes -- Telling Them Apart -- Cases -- Frequently Asked Question -- Checklist: Cased Images -- Photographic Prints and Negatives -- The Nineteenth Century -- Identifying the Process -- Card Photographs -- Candid Photographic Prints -- Paper Supports -- Surface Treatments -- Resin-Coated (RC) Papers -- Photographic Albums -- Negatives -- Film-Based Negatives -- Checklist: Photographic Prints and Negatives -- Color -- Deterioration -- Instant Color -- General Suggestions for Color Prints and Negatives -- Film and Glass Slides -- Movie Film -- Hiring a Professional Photographer -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: Color -- The Digital Age: The New Family Album -- Digital Photography History -- Computer Files -- Photo CDs -- Online Photo Community -- Photo Suppliers -- Preservation Issues -- Family Pages and Extended Family Sites -- Designing a Family Home Page -- Privacy Issues in the New Family Album -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: The Digital Age -- Professional Help: Conservation and Restoration -- Why You Need a Professional -- What Can a Conservator Accomplish? -- Disaster Preparedness -- Water Damage -- What to Save in Case of Disaster -- Restoration -- Airbrush Restoration -- Digital Restorations -- Paper Print -- Becoming a Professional -- Checklist: Professional Help -- Ways of Organizing (Keep It Simple) -- Ways to Organize -- Finding the Time -- To-Do List -- Indexing Systems -- Sample Inventory of the Smith Family Collection -- Photo Software and Databases -- Organizing Slides -- Museum Registration Methods -- Chronological Methods -- Hiring a Professional Organizer -- Becoming a Photo Curator -- Special Consideration: Organizing Before You Donate -- Checklist: Organizing -- Safe Scrapbooking -- Albums -- Rubber Stamping -- Sheet Protectors -- Stickers -- Family Memorabilia -- Lamination vs. Encapsulation -- Artifacts -- Creating the Scrapbook -- Digital Scrapbooks -- Consult the Experts -- Supplies for a Safe Scrapbook -- Rules for Safe Scrapbooking -- Checklist: Safe Scrapbooking -- Three Family Collections -- The Taylor Family Collection -- The Betlock/Virnig Collection -- The Emison Family Collection -- Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Using Your Photographs in a Family History -- Displaying Family Photographs -- Family Reunion Activities -- Creating a Better Family Photo Collection -- Checklist: Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Conservators -- Magazines -- Societies and Organizations -- Copying and Restoration Services -- Archival Storage Facilities -- Cellulose Nitrate Storage -- Conference Lectures--Repeat Performance -- Web Sites of Interest -- Professional Study Programs -- Accredited Degree Programs in Library Science -- Degree Programs in Archival Training -- Digital Photography and Restoration.

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