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How to Store Old Family Negatives

Posted on June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 by Archival Methods

This post focuses on storing and preserving individual medium format negatives from the early and mid-20th century roll film cameras. Many family collections have these…

Different negative formats from the 20th century
Storage

How to Store and Preserve Negatives

Posted on June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 by Archival Methods

Negatives are one of the less stable materials in an archive. Two of the once dominant plastic supports used to make negatives (cellulose nitrate and…

Old sepia photograph of a house mounted on brown board that has been damaged and is stored with a card stock backing board.
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How to Use Acid-Free Backing Boards in Your Archive

Posted on March 26, 2026March 26, 2026 by Archival Methods

Backing board is a useful component in archival storage and presentation supplies. An archival backing board is a piece of acid-free, lignin-free board or card…

Detroit News from 1969 with historic moon landing on the front page stored in buffered metal edge box
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How to Store Newspapers and Clippings

Posted on February 9, 2026February 18, 2026 by Archival Methods

Find out how to properly store newspapers and clippings that you want to save using archival, acid-free, buffered boxes.

Assortment of old photos showing various types of damage
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Agents of Deterioration

Posted on February 4, 2026February 9, 2026 by Archival Methods

We take a look at Agents of Deterioration that can threaten collections in home archives and give you some tips on how to fight them.

Close-up view of a blue 2-1/2" Collector Grade Binder and Slipcase which are covered in archival buckram book cloth
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What is Buckram? What is Book Cloth? A Look at Some of Our Raw Materials

Posted on January 12, 2026February 9, 2026 by Archival Methods

A look at the two types of archival book binding cloth that we use to make our products, which are buckram and Arlington® book cloth.

Disorganized array of old photographs laid out on a table.
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How to Store Old Photos

Posted on January 5, 2026February 9, 2026 by Archival Methods

How to organize and store old photos and preserve them for future generations. From changing storage location to selecting the best boxes.

Storage

Ditch Your Magnetic Photo Albums

Posted on December 22, 2025December 24, 2025 by Archival Methods

Magnetic photo albums are bad for your photographs. Learn why and how to remove the photos and put them into an archival alternative. What is…

Vintage b&w group photo stored inside an archival polyester side loading sleeve.
Storage

Using Plastics in Archival Storage

Posted on September 3, 2025February 19, 2026 by Archival Methods

This blog post looks at plastic as an element in archival storage. It covers which plastics are archival and which ones are not. We’ll go…

Antique papers half inserted into an archival paper envelope
Storage

How to Store Old Letters and Documents

Posted on August 29, 2025January 29, 2026 by Archival Methods

Many people ask us, “how should I store old letters?” There are multiple ways to archivally store letters, photos, and other paper-based items in your…

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