Negatives, circa 1910s, 1940s-2001
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Access note. Series contains fragile materials in the form of still film negatives. Contact Research Services for access. Nitrate negatives are slated for digitization.
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Titles come from box labels indicating location of the darkroom (termed "house" and "office") where the photographer's negatives were originally stored when collected by the library. The negatives have been given basic processing. Original film negatives are generally closed to use. Over 1300 contact sheets as well as finished prints offer alternative access to a selection of thousands of Kwilecki's images.
The negatives are in 35 mm as well as 126 mm strips; also included are some cut frames and sheet film. Contact sheets in the collection from earlier years (1970s to early 1980s) are almost exclusively in 35 mm format.
Eleven 8x10 inch black-and-white cellulose nitrate sheet film negatives of uncertain origin were also found among the safety negatives. These were removed for preservation purposes and are slated for digitization. They may represent Kwilecki's earliest work or may be the work of another unidentified photographer, and may date to the 1930s or 1940s.
Also includes two glass plate negatives of unknown provenance of a picnic or outing with men and women in a group, circa 1910s (also slated for digitization).
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Access note. Collection contains fragile audiovisual materials that need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.
Access note. Collection contains fragile materials in the form of negatives. Corresponding photographs for some negatives are available in the collection; nitrate negatives and glass plates have been digitized. Contact Research Services for access.
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