2 Eugene Ostroff Preservation of Photographs (1967) 8. 3 Georgia O'Keeffe Conditions for the Alfred Stieglitz Photographs and Photogravures (1972) 21

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1 Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Note to the Reader xi xiii xv xvii Part I History of Photograph Conservation ι READING ι Thomas Frederick Hardwich, Esq. On the Action of Damp Air upon Positive Prints (1856) 2 2 Eugene Ostroff Preservation of Photographs (1967) 8 3 Georgia O'Keeffe Conditions for the Alfred Stieglitz Photographs and Photogravures (1972) 21 4 José Orraca I Philosophy of Conservation (1974) 26 5 Walter Clark Conservation Center and Laboratory: What Are the Objectives? (1974) 4 6 Robert A. Weinstein and Larry Booth Collection, Use and Care of Historical Photographs (1978) γ 7 James M. Reilly Stability Problems of 19th and 20th Century Photographic Materials (1980) 40 8 Ian L. Moor and Angela Moor The Imperfect Image (1982) 48 9 Klaus B. Hendriks and Brian Lesser Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: Photographic Materials (1983) Anne Cartier-Bresson A New Discipline: Preservation and Conservation of Photographs (1987) 58 π Constance McCabe and Lisha Deming Glinsman Understanding Alfred Stieglitz' Platinum and Palladium Prints: Examination by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (1995) Nora Kennedy The Coming of Age of Photograph Conservation (1996) 88

2 13 Paul Messier Notes on Dating Photographic Paper (2006) Grant B. Romer What Is a Photograph? (2010) 107 Part II Silver Image Structure and Stability m READING 15 Philip H. Delamotte, Hugh W. Diamond, T. Frederick Hardwich, T. A. Malone, John Percy, Henry Pollock, and Geo. Shadbolt First Report of the Committee Appointed to Take into Consideration the Question of the Fading of Positive Photographic Pictures upon Paper (1855) Thomas H. James The Stability of Silver Filaments (1965) Calvin S. McCamy and Chester I. Pope Redox Blemishes Their Cause and Prevention (1970) Edith Weyde A Simple Test to Identify Gases Which Destroy Silver Images (1972) '4^ 19 Douglas W. Nishimura, James M. Reilly, and Peter Adelstein Improvements to the Photographic Activity Test in ANSI Standard IT9.2 (1991) Timothy F. Parsons, Glen G. Gray, and Irwin H. Crawford To RC or Not to RC (1979) 21 Larry H. Feldman Discoloration of Black-and-White Photographic Prints (1981) 22 Masaaki Torigoe, Kunioki Ohmura, Shunzo Yagami, and Haruhiko Iwano Long-Term Preservation of Black-and-White Photographs (1984) 23 George T. Eaton History of Processing and Image Stability (1987) 24 Klaus B. Hendriks On the Mechanism of Image Silver Degradation (1991) '7' l88 2o6 2 ' Part III Silver, Mercury, and Gold: Philosophical and Practical Approaches in the Preservation of Daguerreotypes Z 37 READING 25 Eugène Veillât Process for Restoring Stained and Oxidized vi Old Prints to their Original Condition (1850) 2 3 8

3 2Ó Charles van Ravenswaay An Improved Method for the Restoration of Daguerreotypes (1956) Ruth K. Field Cleaning of Daguerreotypes (1958) Irving Pobboravsky Daguerreotype Preservation: The Problems of Tarnish Removal (1978) Alice Swan The Preservation of Daguerreotypes (1981) Mogens S. Koch and Anker Sjøgren Treatment of Daguerreotypes Using Hydrogen Plasma (1984) Grant B. Romer Guidelines for the Administration and Care of Daguerreotype Collections (1989) M. Susan Barger and William B. White Corrosion Removal: Electrocleaning (1991) Thomas M. Edmondson and M. Susan Barger The Examination, Surface Analysis, and Retreatment of Eight Daguerreotypes Which Were Thiourea Cleaned in 1977 (1993) 284 Part IV Albumen Print Materials: Manufacture, Structure, and Treatment 293 READING 34 Mathew Carey Lea An Examination Into the Circumstances Under Which Silver Is Found in the Whites of Albumen Prints (1866) Gary E. Albright I The Conservation of Albumen Prints (1980) James M. Reilly, Nora Kennedy, Donald Black, and Theodore Van Dam Image Structure and Deterioration in Albumen Prints (1984) Paul Messier and Timothy Vitale Effects of Aqueous Treatment on Albumen Photographs (1994) Valerie Baas, Christopher Foster, and Karen Trentelman The Effects of Four Different Wet Treatments on Albumen Photographs (1999) 325

4 Part V Photographic Negatives: Problems and Issues 337 READING 39 Martine Gillet, Chantai Gamier, and Françoise Flieder Glass Plate Negatives: Preservation and Restoration (1986) Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart An Analysis of Image Deterioration in Wet-plate Negatives from the Mathew Brady Studios (1992) 35' 41 John M. Calhoun Storage of Nitrate Amateur Still-Camera Film Negatives (1953) Vilia L. Reed How to Work Restoration Magic on Wrinkled Negatives (1980) Douglas Munson The Pellicular Burlesque (1997) 3$ 44 Peter Z. Adelstein From Metal to Polyester: History of Picture- Taking Supports (1987) David Horvath The Acetate Negative Survey: Final Report (1988) Monique C. Fischer and Andrew Robb Guidelines for Care & Identification of Film-Base Photographic Materials (1993) 4 ' 47 Jean-Louis Bigourdan Stability of Acetate Film Base: Accelerated-Aging Data Revisited (2006) 4 7 Part VI The Preservation of Color Photography 4 2 ' READING 48 David C. Hubbell, Robert G. McKinney, and Lloyd E. West Methods for Testing Image Stability of Color Photographic Products (1967) Peter Z. Adelstein, C. Loren Graham, and Lloyd E. West Preservation of Motion-Picture Color Films Having Permanent Value (1970) Henry Wilhelm Color Print Instability: A Problem for Collectors and Photographers (1978) Robert J. Tuite Image Stability in Color Photography (1979) 47' 52 Charleton C. Bard, George W. Larson, Howell Hammond, and Clarence Packard Predicting Long-Term Dark Storage Dye Stability Characteristics of Color Photographic Products from Short-Term Tests (1980) 49

5 53 Peter Krause Preservation of Autochrome Plates in the Collection of the National Geographic Society (1985) Bertrand Lavédrine and Jean-Paul Gandolfo The Addition of Color. Autochromes: Analysis and Conservation of a Color Photography Process (1998) 512 Part VII Developing Criteria in the Conservation of Photographs: Collection Management and Treatment 525 READING 55 Louis-Alphonse Davanne and Aimé Girard Applied Chemistry Note on the Causes of Deterioration of Positive Photographic Prints and on a Means of Restoring Them (1855) Alice Swan Conservation Treatments for Photographs: A Review of Some of the Problems, Literature and Practices (1978) Alice Swan Problems in the Conservation of Silver Gelatin Prints (1981) Klaus B. Hendriks, Ben L. Tom, Christopher Sergeant, Chris Evans, Jack Melnick, Pierre Poitras, and Doug Nishimura Experiments on the Restoration of Discoloured Black-and-White Photographs in Chemical Solutions (1984) Charles T. Isaacs Statement from the Committee on Intensification (1985) James M. Reilly Preserving Photograph Collections in Research Libraries: A Perspective (1991) Debra Hess Norris Preservation Planning for Diverse Photographic Holdings (1991) José Orraca Developing Treatment Criteria in the Conservation of Photographs (1991) Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart The Allowable Temperature and Relative Humidity Range for the Safe Use and Storage of Photographic Materials (1996) Debra Hess Norris Surface Cleaning of Damaged Photographic Materials: Current Practice and Concerns (1999) Klaus B. Hendriks The Evaluation of Conservation Treatments (1995) 62 3

6 Part VIII Exhibition Practice 633 READING 66 Photographic Society of London Preparing Photographs for Exhibition (1892) Henry Wilhelm Monitoring the Fading and Staining of Color Photographic Prints (1981) Douglas G. Severson The Effects of Exhibition on Photographs (1986) 654 ' 69 Grant B. Romer Can We Afford to Exhibit Our Valued j Photographs? (1986) Nancy Reinhold The Exhibition of an Early Photogenic Drawing by William Henry Fox Talbot (1993) John McEIhone Determining Responsible Display Conditions for Photographs (1993) ^9 \ 72 Sarah S. Wagner, Constance McCabe, and Barbara Lemmen Guidelines for Exhibition Light Levels for Photographs (2010) 684 ; Appendices 691 APPENDIX A Robert A. Weinstein and Larry Booth Early Photographic Process Identification Guide (1977) 692 Β C James M. Reilly Major 19th-century Photographic and Photomechanical Processes: Flowchart (1986, adapted 2009) 694 Monique C. Fischer and Andrew Robb Identification of Film-Base Photographic Materials: Instructions and Chart (1993) 696 Further Reading 699 About the Editors 7/2 Advisory Committee 714 Index 716