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Re: scrapbooks



Actually I was going to mention that my friend who is
a consultant explained about how hard they try to
preserve your family's history with these using
semi-archival procedures that Beth detailed.

Eileen is actually concerned about keeping her photos
as well as displaying them in these albums, so she has
duplicates made. One sits in a box as an "original"
and the other is cropped and put into her album.

I don't know which is better for preserving one's
family history: Eileen has lovely albums explaining
all the trips, fun things for her family of six. I
have taken lots of pictures of my toddler but they
either sit in an acid-free box or get sent to
grandparents. And my daughter loves to see pictures of
herself so I would like to get them into some state
where she can see them, but so far am worried about
all those little toddler fingerprints.

cheers,
Lisa Demers


--- Beth Harris <bharris@HOLLINS.EDU> wrote:
> I assume you are talking about Creative Memories.  I
> guess I'm sticking my
> neck out here but may I say a word or two in their
> defense?  I believe the
> literature claims they used Henry Wilhelm, author of
> The Permanence and
> Care of Color Photographs, as a consultant  The
> materials are acid- and
> lignin-free.  They also strongly encourage you to
> document all the "what,
> where, when and why" of the photographs.  They also
> recommend storing
> photos in good environments (away from light,
> humidity, etc.).  Photo
> corners and sleeves are available for those who
> don't want to use the
> double-sided tape directly on their photos.
>
> On the other hand, they do encourage cutting photos
> (they call it
> cropping),  which certainly isn't a recommended
> archival procedure.  They
> recommend against cutting "older" photographs (also
> polaroids) but the
> problem with this reasoning is that eventually
> photos taken today will be
> "old" to another generation.  They also don't tell
> people that color photos
> aren't going to last as long as the B&W's.  (A fact
> that I try very hard
> not to think about since my of my photos are in
> color.)   In addition,
> putting these photos in albums requires one to put
> their fingers all over
> the photos but nothing is said about cleaning off
> the oils off the photos
> when done.  No doubt, folks with CM albums will find
> their finger prints
> have been preserved along with their photos!  (By
> the way, does anyone
> recommend - - or not recommend -- PEC-12 Archival
> Photographic Emulsion
> Cleaner?  This is supposed to safely clean finger
> prints, dirt, etc. of
> photos.)
>
> OK, by now you've guessed it...I've attended a few
> CM classes myself
> (gasp!).  My sister used to be a consultant and
> begged me to try it (she
> was trying to drum up business)--what could I do?!!
> She's my sister!!  She
> would have never forgiven me if I hadn't helped her
> out.  I've been hiding
> my dark secret from my archival collegues ever since
> for fear of being
> shunned!!  :)
>
> I still feel nervous about certain aspects of CM and
> I'm certainly not
> endorsing it to archival patrons but in my opinion,
> CM is far better than
> the album of wonderful old photos my 71 year old
> mother has of her parents
> and great grandparents but no information.  I have
> repeatedly asked her to
> identify the photos for me but she hasn't done it
> yet.  Right now, they are
> just neat old photos of strangers which carry no
> personal meaning for me.
> I'm afraid that she'll never get around to it or
> forget so much that the
> information won't get saved and I'll be clueless
> about my family history.
> I'll just have to keep after her to do it.  Sigh!
>
>  OK...fire away..just be gentle!
>
> I'd love to hear other's opinions, too, especailly
> about the PEC-12.
>
>
> At 09:19 AM 8/7/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Just this morning on the FOX news there was a big
> thing
> about>scrapbooking... they have all the little
> stickers and special cutters
> and paper and everything all there; for a small fee
> you can ravage and
> destroy your family archives, excuse me, I mean
> create cute scrapbooks, to
> your heart's content.  ....
>  At least they claim to use archival supplies, not
> the rubber
> cement-sticky-tape of the past.
>
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