Books

Preservation

Caring for Your Family Treasures: Heritage Preservation, Jane S. Long and Richard W. Long.

Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions, Don Williams and Louisa Jaggar .

The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New: A Simple Repair Manual for Book Lovers, Margot Rosenberg and Bern Marcowitz (St. Martins Griffin, 2004). Read review>>

Dating and Identifying Photos

Family Photographs, 1860-1945: A Guide to Researching, Dating and Contextualizing Family Photographs, Robert Pols.

How Prints Look, William M. Ivins, Jr. (Beacon Press, revised edition, 1987). Read review>>

How to Identify Prints, Bamber Gascoign (Thames & Hudson, 1986). Read review>>

More Dating Old Photographs by Halvor Moorshead.

Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints, James M. Reilly. Order book>>

History

The Scrapbook in American Life, Susan Tucker, Katherine Ott , and Patricia Buckler, editors (Temple University Press, 2006). Read review>>

Digital Photography

Digital Photography for Busy Women: How to Manage, Protect, and Preserve Your Favorite Photos, Laura Oles (Compass Trade Press, 2006). Read review>>

Digital Printing Start-Up Guide, Harald Johnson.

Mastering Digital Printing, 2nd ed., Harald Johnson (Course Technology PTR, 2004). Read review>>

The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers, Peter Krogh.

Out of Print

Conservation of Photographs (Kodak Publications, No F-40), George Eaton.

Magazine Articles

“Beyond Preservation”, Gene Amoroso, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 3 No. 2 June/July 2004, pp. 141-142.

“Concerns with Adhesive Definitions in the Craft and Art Industries”, Joseph Callahan, Scrapbook Retailer, December 2002/January 2003, pp. 104-106.

“Effects of Enclosure Papers and Paperboards Containing Lignins on Photographic Image Stability”, Daniel M. Burge, James M. Reilly, and Douglas W. Nishimura, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 41 (2002) pp. 279-290.

“How Far To Acid-Free?”, Brian Twede, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 2, No. 6, February/March 2004, pp. 125-126.

“Just What Is The Photographic Activity Test?”, Daniel Burge, Picture Framing Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2, February 1996, pp. 10-12.

“Keeping It Safe: Adhesives: A Sticky Situation”, Anne Wilbur, Memory Makers Magazine, No. 14, September/October 1999, pp. 98-99.

“Keeping It Safe: Understanding the PAT”, Anne Wilbur, Memory Makers Magazine, No. 10, January/February 1999, p. 18.

“Preservation Q&A: Archival Quality Testing”, Daniel Burge, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 2, No. 2, June/July 2003, pp. 127-131.

“Preservation Q&A: How Long Will My Scrapbook Last”, Daniel Burge, Scrapbook Retailer Vol. 2, No. 3, August/September 2003, pp. 135-139.

“Preservation Q&A: Preventing and Responding to Water Damage”, Jannette Hanna and Daniel M. Burge, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 4, October/November 2005, pp. 142-145.

“Preservation Q&A: Preventing Mold”, Daniel Burge, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 2, No. 4, October/November 2003, pp. 133-138.

“Preservation Q&A: What is Photo-Safe”, Daniel Burge, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 2, No. 5, December 2003/January 2004, pp. 122-125.

“The Lowdown On Lignin-Free”, Daniel Burge, CNA, Vol. 56, No. 676, June 2000, pp. 48-51.

“Toward Standardization In The Scrapbook Industry”, Daniel Burge, CNA, Vol. 55, No. 664, June 1999, pp. 104-105.

“What Are They Talking About: Ways to Describe Adhesives and Tapes”, Joseph Callahan, Scrapbook Retailer, February/March 2003, pp. 128-130.

“What’s Archival, Really?”, Kyle Ondricek, Scrapbook Retailer, Vol. 3, No. 2, June/July 2004, pp. 133-134.

Other Publications

SOS Saving Our Scrapbooks, Jeanne English and Al Thelin, Porch Swing Publishing. Escondido, CA, 1999.

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