To: Jan Wilson From: Prof. Linda Ellis, Director - Museum Studies Program, San Francisco State University; [log in to unmask] Dear Jan: The National Archives of Canada produced an excellent bibliography on "Conservation of Photographic Materials: A Basic Reading List" {compiled by Klaus Hendriks and Anne Whitehurst}, 1988. The address is National Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N3 telephone: 613-995-5138. It includes 11 separate sections: History of Photography, Basic Photographic Technology, Structure and Properties of Photographic Materials, Identification and Dating of Photographic Records, Conservation of Photographic Materials, Duplication and Copying, Processing of Black and White Films and Papers, Colour Photographic Materials, Conservation Treatments, Organization of Photographs, and Publications by the American National Standards Institute on the Preservation and Storage of Photographic Materials. You're bound to find something good in this bibliography. You can also find excellent how-to books from the Society for American Archivists. On Tue, 17 May 1994, Jan Wilson wrote: > Querying for good refs. (books, how-tos, articles) on photograph preservation. > Thanks. >