James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
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MG-0096, Folder 048
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Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-242) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Preserving Our Past for the Future -- Stories Worth Saving -- Retaining the Original Order -- Photo Identification Techniques -- Adding to Your Collection -- A Family Collection Through the Generations -- Sentimental vs. Market Value -- Checklist: Getting Ready -- The Preservation Facts -- Damage to Photographs -- Should You Clean Your Pictures? -- Storage Considerations -- Take Care of Your New Images -- Mailing Photographs -- Choosing a Storage Facility -- Copying Methods -- Scanning the Images -- Printing Digital Images -- Digital Information Online -- Know the Law Before You Copy -- Checklist: The Preservation Facts -- Cased Images: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes -- Daguerreotypes -- Handling Suggestions -- Ambrotypes -- Tintypes -- Telling Them Apart -- Cases -- Frequently Asked Question -- Checklist: Cased Images -- Photographic Prints and Negatives -- The Nineteenth Century -- Identifying the Process -- Card Photographs -- Candid Photographic Prints -- Paper Supports -- Surface Treatments -- Resin-Coated (RC) Papers -- Photographic Albums -- Negatives -- Film-Based Negatives -- Checklist: Photographic Prints and Negatives -- Color -- Deterioration -- Instant Color -- General Suggestions for Color Prints and Negatives -- Film and Glass Slides -- Movie Film -- Hiring a Professional Photographer -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: Color -- The Digital Age: The New Family Album -- Digital Photography History -- Computer Files -- Photo CDs -- Online Photo Community -- Photo Suppliers -- Preservation Issues -- Family Pages and Extended Family Sites -- Designing a Family Home Page -- Privacy Issues in the New Family Album -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: The Digital Age -- Professional Help: Conservation and Restoration -- Why You Need a Professional -- What Can a Conservator Accomplish? -- Disaster Preparedness -- Water Damage -- What to Save in Case of Disaster -- Restoration -- Airbrush Restoration -- Digital Restorations -- Paper Print -- Becoming a Professional -- Checklist: Professional Help -- Ways of Organizing (Keep It Simple) -- Ways to Organize -- Finding the Time -- To-Do List -- Indexing Systems -- Sample Inventory of the Smith Family Collection -- Photo Software and Databases -- Organizing Slides -- Museum Registration Methods -- Chronological Methods -- Hiring a Professional Organizer -- Becoming a Photo Curator -- Special Consideration: Organizing Before You Donate -- Checklist: Organizing -- Safe Scrapbooking -- Albums -- Rubber Stamping -- Sheet Protectors -- Stickers -- Family Memorabilia -- Lamination vs. Encapsulation -- Artifacts -- Creating the Scrapbook -- Digital Scrapbooks -- Consult the Experts -- Supplies for a Safe Scrapbook -- Rules for Safe Scrapbooking -- Checklist: Safe Scrapbooking -- Three Family Collections -- The Taylor Family Collection -- The Betlock/Virnig Collection -- The Emison Family Collection -- Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Using Your Photographs in a Family History -- Displaying Family Photographs -- Family Reunion Activities -- Creating a Better Family Photo Collection -- Checklist: Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Conservators -- Magazines -- Societies and Organizations -- Copying and Restoration Services -- Archival Storage Facilities -- Cellulose Nitrate Storage -- Conference Lectures--Repeat Performance -- Web Sites of Interest -- Professional Study Programs -- Accredited Degree Programs in Library Science -- Degree Programs in Archival Training -- Digital Photography and Restoration.
Rev. ed. of: Archives & manuscripts--administration of photographic collections. 1984.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Photographs in archival collections -- 2. History of photographic processes -- 3. Reading and researching photographs -- 4. Appraisal and acquisitions -- 5. Accessioning and arrangement -- 6. Description and cataloging -- 7. Preservation -- 8. Integrating preservation and archival procedures -- 9. Reference services and the research room -- 10. Legal and ethical issues of ownership, access, and usage -- 11. Copying and duplication -- 12. Digitizing photographs -- 13. Outreach : public programs, public relations, and fund-raising
Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 10
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and index.
Contents
Galveston Tri-Weekly News introduction to the Note-Book -- 1. The Battle below New Orleans -- 2. Ship Island, the Pearl River, and Lake Pontchartrain -- 3. Pensacola -- 4. New Orleans -- 5. The Mississippi River -- 6. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Donaldsonville -- 7. The Return to Pensacola and Ship Island -- 8. The Capture of Galveston -- 9. Matagorda Bay -- 10. The Battle of Galveston -- 11. The Capture of U.S.S. Hatteras -- 12. A New Commander -- 13. Mississippi Sound -- 14. The Swamps of Louisiana -- 15. Butte a la Rose -- 16. Mobile Bay -- 17. The Return to the Teche Country -- 18. The Battle of Sabine Pass -- 19. Letters from Prison.
Summary
Information about the inner workings and day-to-day life aboard U.S. Naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the major river systems of the Trans-Mississippi.