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
2407 Telegraph Avenue #312
Oakland, CA 94612

510-594-8277
510-508-4162 cell
510-891-1602 fax

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Website: http://vitaleartconservation.com/
Resume: http://vitaleartconservation.com/vitale_long-resume_v21.pdf
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


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Henderson, Jaime M
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:26 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
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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