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

在国家科学基金会的支持下，哈佛大学皮博迪博物馆将整理其收藏的大约50万张照片。它将在一个专门用于这一目的的房间里安装环境控制装置。其中包括一个空气过滤系统。将会安装特制的粉末涂层钢架单元，并配有适当的存储外壳，这将提供一种具有成本效益的方法，长期保存敏感的历史摄影材料。计算机化的货架清单将有助于研究人员。尽管皮博迪博物馆收藏的彩色幻灯片已经得到保存并妥善储存，但鉴于目前的储存条件，这一无价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，有些已有130多年的历史。这些照片一起跨越了考古学、文化人类学和物质人类学以及已不复存在的文献遗址、人和文化的范围。照片是一种重要的科学资源，皮博迪博物馆的藏品被广泛用于研究目的。这一奖项将确保这些材料的生存，并增加科学界对它们的可及性。

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.