1) Safety Issues in photographic restoration workshops

• Toxic materials and conditions in the laboratory

• Toxic conditions found in the field

• Prevention and safety

• Instruments: Gloves, masks, eye protection, ventilation

• Proper disposal

 2) Organization of a restoration lab

• Instruments, procedures, layouts

 3) Definitions and glossary

• Book structure, paper terms, and procedures

 4) Identification of materials and processes

• Early Photography
  o    Daguerreotypes
  o    Ambrotypes
  o    Collodion wet plate
  o    Gelatin Silver
      Glass plate
      Metal plate
      Film

•    20th Century photography

o    Black & White emulsion
Film negatives
  Paper positives

•  Color Photography

    Colorization
    3 emulsion layers (Kodachrome)

•    Negatives

•    Paper prints
•  Polaroid

•  Slides: black and white, color
•    Digital photography
  Formats
Digital storage devices

•    Copies & Reproductions:

Ferro-Gallic Print, Aniline Print, Blueprint, Cyanotype Print, VanDyke Print, Photostat Wash-Off Print, Diazo Prints, Hectograph Copy, Gel-Lithograph, Lithographic Print, Offset Lithography, Electrostatic Print, Electrostatic Xerox Copy.

 7)  Theory of Management and Restoration of Photographic Materials an Reproductions

8) Restoration of Photographs and Reproductions

•    Documentation of existing conditions
•    Consolidation : mending, patching, lining
•    Cleaning: dry, washing, solvents
•    Presentation: treatment and retouching of lacunae
•    Documentation of restoration work