Response to Storage & Retrival Methods for Negatives

I store my 35mm negatives in the type of sheets that hold a full 36 exp. roll. Most brands I have seen allow for notes to written on the sheet. I make a contact sheet of each page on 81/2" X 11" and store the negatives and their corresponding archivally processed contact sheets in a purpose made binder. BTW I prefer the "top loading" style of neg holder. I have fund that the end loding type can create scratches on the neg. Just make sure you don't use vinyl, it will eventually destroy the negs. I am presently using the horizontal top loading neg sheets and archival binder from Franklin Industries.(Aparently the Smithsonian uses this brand so they must be doing something right. I will post their website if anyone is interested. I don't have this info at hand right now.) In addition to the proof sheets I number each page of negs and have a table of contents at the beginning of each book with a brief discription of each frame.

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