Thank you Tim, your essay was very helpful!

Jaime Henderson

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Styrofoam is the recommendation made by Mark McCormick-Goodhart.  He
would allow any type of cooler.

On-the-other-hand letting everything warm up for a few days, which would
make for an "EASY" transfer process will do harm very little.  Its all
in the "time out of storage" calculations; see my cold storage essay at
the URLs below

Tim Vitale

Paper & Photography Conservation
Oriental Scrolls & Screens in the Western Manner Digital Facsimiles &
Digital Image Restoration Remastering still Film to Digital [distorted
too] Archive & Collection Surveys Video & Film Preservation Surveys
Preservation & Imaging Consulting

Vitale Art Conservation
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Video Preservation: http://videopreservation.conservation-us.org/ (2007)
Albumen Photography website: http://albumen.conservation-us.org/ (2001)
Brief History of Imaging Tech: http://vitaleartconservation.com/bhit.pdf


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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:26 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Cold Storage relocation


Hello All,

Our small photo archive will be relocating to a new building and we will
be moving two cold storage refrigerators and their contents (primarily
negatives).  In years past our consulting photo conservator was very
specific about the negatives from cold storage being moved in Styrofoam
coolers.  For obvious environmental reasons I am opposed to using many
Styrofoam coolers.  Are plastic coolers (such as Igloos) just as good at
the Styrofoam?
Also, we are currently in San Francisco and will be relocating to
another San Francisco location - does anybody have any recommendation
for vendors who are experienced with moving cold storage collections and
may supply the materials necessary for the move?

Regards,

Jaime Henderson





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