Preservation of Mixed Media Photographic Collections at the Peabody Museum, Harvard

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，哈佛大学皮博迪博物馆将对其收藏的大约50万张照片进行整理。它将在一个专门用于此目的的房间里安装环境控制装置。包括一个空气过滤系统。此外，还将安装带有适当储物框的定制粉末涂层钢架单元，这将为长期保存敏感的历史摄影材料提供一种经济有效的方法。计算机化的货架清单将有助于研究人员。虽然皮博迪博物馆馆藏的彩色幻灯片得到了保存，并被妥善保管，但鉴于目前的储存条件，这些宝贵藏品的其余部分可能会变质。这些材料构成了极其重要的科学数据体，其中一些已有130多年的历史。这些照片涵盖了考古学、文化和体质人类学、文献遗址、不再存在的人和文化的范围。照片是重要的科学资源，皮博迪博物馆的藏品被广泛用于研究目的。该奖项将确保这些材料的保存，并增加它们对科学界的可及性。

With National Science Foundation support, the Peabody Museum of Harvard University will curate the approximately half a million photographic images in its collections. It will install environmental controls in a room dedicated to this purpose. Included is an air filtration system. Custom-fitted powder coated steel shelving units with proper storage enclosures will be installed and these will provide a cost effective means of long-term preservation of sensitive historical photographic materials. A computerized shelf inventory will assist researchers. Although color slides in the Peabody Museum holdings have been conserved and placed in proper storage, the remainder of this invaluable collection is subject to deterioration given current storage conditions. These materials constitute an extremely important body of scientific data and some are over 130 years of age. Together these photographs span the range of archaeology, cultural and physical anthropology and document sites, people and cultures which no longer exist. Photographs constitute an important scientific resource and the collections at Peabody Museum are widely used for research purposes. This award will assure the survival of these materials and increase their accessibility to the scientific community.