preservation of old negatives

Dear All,
We I am working in a archive in Nepal. Our archive is doing
digitization of the old photos and negatives of 19th and early 20th
century. We are facing the problems with the negatives as some of the
negatives are wrapped in the ordinary paper which has caused sticking
of emulsion of the negatives with the paper. If we try to remove it
mechanically in dry or after moistening, the emulsion get sticked in
the paper and the negatives gets spoiled. I kindly request you all to
share if you have any idea how to remove the paper from the negative.

Sajan Subedi
Reprographer
Nepal

On Nov 2, 1:31 am, wrote:
Dear All,
We I am working in a archive in Nepal. Our archive is doing
digitization of the old photos and negatives of 19th and early 20th
century. We are facing the problems with the negatives as some of the
negatives are wrapped in the ordinary paper which has caused sticking
of emulsion of the negatives with the paper. If we try to remove it
mechanically in dry or after moistening, the emulsion get sticked in
the paper and the negatives gets spoiled. I kindly request you all to
share if you have any idea how to remove the paper from the negative.

Sajan Subedi
Reprographer
Nepal

I would urge you to contact Kodak and stop handling these negatives
immediately. It requires expertise that you do not have.

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Dear All,
We I am working in a archive in Nepal. Our archive is
doing
digitization of the old photos and negatives of 19th and
early 20th
century. We are facing the problems with the negatives as
some of the
negatives are wrapped in the ordinary paper which has
caused sticking
of emulsion of the negatives with the paper. If we try to
remove it
mechanically in dry or after moistening, the emulsion get
sticked in
the paper and the negatives gets spoiled. I kindly request
you all to
share if you have any idea how to remove the paper from
the negative.

Sajan Subedi
Reprographer
Nepal


Try contacting the United States Library of Congress or
the Getty Museum both of which have experts in photo
preservation, contact information for both is on the web.
The problem you describe is a common one and not easy to
fix.

Also look at the Conservation On Line site at:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

The American Institute for the Preservation of Historic and
Artistic Works at:
http://aic.stanford.edu/

The archives of the journal published by the AIC is at:
http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/

But I strongly advise talking directly to an experienced
conservator.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

try to put them in between anti-negatives

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Dear All,
We I am working in a archive in Nepal. Our archive is doing
digitization of the old photos and negatives of 19th and early 20th
century. We are facing the problems with the negatives as some of the
negatives are wrapped in the ordinary paper which has caused sticking
of emulsion of the negatives with the paper. If we try to remove it
mechanically in dry or after moistening, the emulsion get sticked in
the paper and the negatives gets spoiled. I kindly request you all to
share if you have any idea how to remove the paper from the negative.

Sajan Subedi
Reprographer
Nepal