Photographs: Archival Care and Management

Name/Title

Photographs: Archival Care and Management

Entry/Object ID

2008.013.10

Description

Provides collections care staff with easy-to-implement and comprehensive guidance on the care of all types of photographs. Covers topics including process history, research, and photo identification; appraisal and acquisitions; accessioning and arrangement; cataloging and preservation; legal and ethical issues; and copying and digitizing. Appendices provide guidance on supplies and equipment, workspace design, sources of assistance, learning resources, and sensitive photographs and access issues. Use this resource to: integrate the preservation and research needs of your photographs; develop an effective digitization program; inspire new methods of public outreach and fundraising. Contents: 1. Photographs in archival collections -- 2. History of photographic processes -- 3. Reading and researching photographs -- 4. Appraisal and acquisitions -- 5. Accessioning and arrangement -- 6. Description and cataloging -- 7. Preservation -- 8. Integrating preservation and archival procedures -- 9. Reference services and the research room -- 10. Legal and ethical issues of ownership, access, and usage -- 11. Copying and duplication -- 12. Digitizing photographs -- 13. Outreach : public programs, public relations, and fund-raising. xvi, 529 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2008.013.

Source or Donor

Institution of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections Grant

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift in Honor of America's Collections, 2008

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Photographs--Conservation and restoration--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Photograph collections--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Book Details

Author

Vogt-O’Connor, Diane, Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn

Publisher

Society of American Archivists

Place Published

Location

Chicago, IL

Date Published

2006

Call No.

TR465 .R58 2006

ISBN

1931666172

LCCN

2006045061

Location

Location

Room

Reference/Research, Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler and Diane Vogt-O’Connor with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell, and Kit Peterson. Rev. ed. of: Archives & manuscripts--administration of photographic collections. 1984. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 19, 2008

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023