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Making the Transition: Digital Archiving for Historic Preservation

This thesis is a case study following the acquisition of a collection of photographs into the Avery Center for African American Research and addresses how materials may be treated for cataloging. It follows the collection from its arrival at the center to how its contents are evaluated. There is a brief history in the development of photographic materials given to provide background information so the reader may understand why some of the materials in the acquired collection are decomposing. Further background is given into the discovery of deacetylation and what potential problems it may cause. The thesis covers how basic testing was done on the collection to determine the extent of its damage. The final stage of the paper covers what needs to be accomplished at the Avery for the collection to be cataloged digitally and suggestions are made for how this process might be carried out. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY