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Numbering Negatives



Dear List,

We have acquired about 18,000 35mm negatives from a defunct newspaper.  They
are in strips  and are housed in slots on 8 1/2" x 11 1/8"  polyethylene
negative pages.  They are roughly in chronological order by issue of the
newspaper.  The photographer labeled most of the groups of slides by the
name of the event he was photographing.

What is the best way to number/index these?  Have you had experience with
large groups of negatives?  (Well, this is a large group to us!)

Thanks for any suggestions you may have on how to gain bibliographic control
of this collection.

Jan Hart, CA, CRM
City Archivist
Irving Archives, Irving Public Library
P.O. Box 152288
Irving, Texas 75015-2288
Voice: 972-721-3729
Fax: 972-721-8056
E-mail:  jhart@irvinglibrary.org
www.irvinglibrary.org

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