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Articles, press releases and other information on Bill Gates' new Corbis high-security, underground, sub-zero long-term photograhy preservation facility
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Sub-Zero Preservation Storage


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-Zero Cold Storage for the Permanent Preservation of Photographs, Motion Picture Films, Books, Newspapers, Manuscripts, and Historical Artifacts

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Henry Wilhelm (left) and Mark McCormick-Goodhart stand in the cold storage vault at Wilhelm Imaging Research Inc., in Grinnell, Iowa. The vault is part of a three-year research project in preservation for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The doors of the cabinets that line the walls are fitted with sealing gaskets that protect the negatives, film, and prints stored within the freezer units. (Photo by Carol Brower Wilhelm - July 2002)

 
 

"High-Security, Sub-Zero Cold Storage For the PERMANENT Preservation of the Corbis-Bettman Archive Photography Collection"

Authors: Henry Wilhelm with Ann C. Hartman, Kenneth Johnston, Els Rijper, and Thomas Benjamin
Date: Posted May 17, 2004

 
Number of pages: 6
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"The Design and Operation of a Passive Humidty-Controlled Cold Storage Vault Using Conventional Freezer Technology and Moisture-Sealed Cabinets"

Authors: Mark McCormick-Goodhart and Henry Wilhelm
Date: Posted May 17, 2004
 


Number of pages: 7
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Companion Poster PDF
From IS&T Archiving Conference
Poster Size: 44x96 Inches

Date: Posted May 17, 2004

 
Number of pages: 1
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Guidebook from Canadian Council of Archives on "Cold Storage of Photographs at the City of Vancouver Archives"

Author: Sue Bigelow, Conservator

Date: Posted May 17, 2004

 
Number of pages: 36
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"On the Cold Storage of Photographic Materials in a Conventional Freezer Using the Critical Moisture Indicator (CMI) Packaging Method"

Author: Mark McCormick-Goodhart
Date: Posted July 31, 2003
 
Number of pages: 28
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"Images on Ice — Cold Storage Freezes Time for Photographic Film and Prints"

Authors: E. Sapwater with Contributing Writers Kirstin Mortensen and Helen Johnston.
Date: April 1999 from PEI magazine

 
Number of pages: 8
File Size: 182k
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"The Cold Storage of Photographic Collections Using Conventional Freezer Storage," given at the 14th Annual National Archives and RecordsAdministration Preservation Conference: Alternative Archival Facilities, held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C on March 25, 1999.

Author: Mark McCormick-Goodhart
Date: March 25, 1999

 
Number of pages: 18
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"The Allowable Temperature and Relative Humidity Range for the Safe Use and Storage of Photographic Materials"
Journal of the Society of Archivists,
Vol. 17, No. 1, 1996

Author: Mark McCormick-Goodhart
Date: Posted July 31, 2003

 
Number of pages: 15
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