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Nitrate negatives
I did a project with nitrate negatives about 15 years ago. At that time we did do some research to see how others were handling their negatives. I thought that what they did was very interesting. Where I was, they put in a plan to store the negatives in a location with good ventilation and check the negatives once every two months. This allows for increased circulation of air plus one can discard any problems-or at least separate them from the bulk. One of the locations we looked at-I think it was the Illinois Historical but I cannot remember, had their negatives stored in a well ventilated, fireproof room that was separate from the main collection. They also checked theirs on a very regular basis. The insurance issue is an interesting and very big concern. I would check that out. Hope this is a help. Note that we did copy negatives as well as two prints of each negative and stored them in different places so that if there was a problem, we would have some record.
Joan Goodbody
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