Here are a few books to get you started on the preservation of photographs:
 
Rempel, Sigfried.
  "The Care of Photographs." (New York: Lyons & Burford, 1987)
ISBN 0-941130-48-7
 
Keefe, Laurence E.
  "The Life of a Photograph: Archival Processing, Matting, Framing and
Storage." (Stoneham, MA: Butterworth Publishers, 1990) -- 2nd ed.
ISBN 0-240-80024-9
 
Eaton, George T.
  "Conservation of Photographs." (Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1985)
ISBN 0-87985-352-2
 
Reilly, James M.
  "Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints." (Rochester,
NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1986)
ISBN 0-87985-365-4
 
There are plenty of other sources out there, but these have good resource
lists and should get you off to a good start.
 
With every good wish,
 
Steven
 
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