Behind the Scenes Workshops 2008

A Rare Opportunity to Learn About What Happens at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Most Workshops are Free!

Black and White Photographs and Negatives: Identification and Preservation
Megan Peacock, Digital Collections Librarian & Technical Services Archivist for Cody Institute for Western American Studies
Oct. 18, 2008
10 a.m. – Noon
Cost: $10 Members, $15 Non-members

As part of Archives Month, the BBHC offers a workshop focused on providing a general overview of basic black and white photographic processes, including daguerrotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes and glass plate, nitrate, and acetate negatives. We discuss how to identify most types of negatives and some of the types of prints. Basic preservation and housing principles that help keep collection material stable are discussed as well. Many examples are provided from the McCracken Research Library’s photographic collections. Participants are welcome to bring samples or questions from their personal collections if interested.

More Information

For more information and to register for these workshops contact Megan Wasp or by phone, 307.578.4028.