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Development of the PMG Wiki

In 2009, the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) launched the AIC Wiki with funding assistance from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), a division of the National Parks Service. . This year the three existing Photographic Materials Conservation Catalog printed chapters became online wiki pages. Three other chapters that had been started prior to the AIC Wiki launch were also included in the new PMG wiki. Various photographic materials bibliographies were added as well. Over time, new chapters and pages have been added, edited and moved as deemed necessary by the PMG Wiki Committee Chair and Members. For more on the PMG Wiki, see AIC News Article dated March 2023.

Photographic Materials Conservation Catalog

At the 1989 Kansas City Winter Meeting, the Photographic Materials Group nominated a catalog organizing committee to survey the membership about initiating a photographic materials conservation catalog similar in concept to the Paper Conservation Catalog (PCC). Committee members, Nora Kennedy, Sarah Wagner, and John McElhone, surveyed the membership to determine the need for such a resource, if the PCC format would be a good format to follow, and if members would volunteer to become chapter compilers and contribute to outlines. The results of this survey were presented at the AIC-PMG Meeting in Richmond in 1990. The membership endorsed the idea of starting a conservation catalog, with the understanding that a rigid production schedule could not be initiated due to the limited size of the membership and volunteer nature of the project.

Photographic Materials Conservation Catalog published Chapters

Inpainting
Published	1994
Compilers	Debra Hess Norris, Kathy Gillis, Alison Luxner
Contributors	Gary Albright, Theresa Andrews, Barbara Brown, Hilton Brown, Debora Derby, Marc Harnly, Greg Hill, Anna Hoffman, Marion Hunter, Nora Kennedy, Michael Lee, Barbara Lemmen, Joy Turner Luke, Holly Maxson, Constance McCabe, John McElhone, Paul Messier, José Orraca, Zora Sweet Pinney, Nancy Reinhold, Kim Schenck, Carol Turchan, Sarah Wagner.

Cased Photographs
Published	1998
Compiler	John P. McElhone
Contributors	Gary Albright, M. Susan Barger, Valerie Baas, Lee Ann Daffner, Deborah Derby, Tom Edmondson, Monique Fischer, Chris Foster, Lynne Gilliland, Marion L. Hunter, Jr., Wayne King, Barb Lemmen, Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart, Angela Moor, Ian Moor, Peter Mustardo, Debbie Hess Norris, Nancy Reinhold, Andrew Robb, Elena Bulat, and Annabelle Chabauty.

Exhibition Guidelines for Photographic Materials
Published	2004
Compilers	Doug Severson (1992 -1993), Stephanie Watkins (1993-2004)
Contributors	Catherine Ackerman, Nancy Ash, Sarah Bertalan, Jean-Louis Bigourdan, Barbara N. Brown, Ed Buffaloe, Carol Crawford, Corinne Dune, Thomas M. Edmondson, Debra Evans, Julia Fenn, Betty Fiske, Gwenola Furic, Judy Greenfield, Doris Hamburg, Marc Harnly, Pamela Hatchfield, Cathy Henderson, Nancy Heugh, Ana Hofmann, Emily Klayman Jacobson, Martin Jürgens, Nora Kennedy, Daria Keynan, Lyn Koehnline, Barbara Lemmen, Holly Maxson, Constance McCabe, John McElhone, Cecile Mear, Jennifer Jae Mentzer, Jesse Munn, Rachel Mustalish, Douglas Nishimura, Leslie Paisley, Sylvie Pénichon, Hugh Phibbs, Dr. Boris Pretzel, Dr. Chandra Reedy, Nancy Reinhold, Andrew Robb, Grant Romer, Kimberly Schenck, Douglas Severson, Tracey Shields, Angela Thompson, Sarah Wagner, Clara von Waldthausen, Dr. Mike Ware, Stephanie Watkins, Dr. Paul Whitmore, Faith Zieske, Edward Zinn.

Photographic Materials Conservation Catalog Chapters In Progress before 2009

Silver Mirroring Treatment Strategies
Initiated	1991
Compiler	Lyzanne Gann
Contributors	Thomas M. Edmondson, Lyzanne Gann, Toshiaki Koseki, John McElhone, Douglas Nishimura, Sylvie Penichon, Stephanie Watkins

Humidifying, Drying, and Flattening
Initiated	1991
Compilers	Humidification: Erin Murphy (2000-2005), Flattening: Jiuan-Jiuan Chen (2000-2005; 2006-2008), Stephanie Watkins (2009)
Contributors	Gary Albright, Brenda Bernier, Luisa Casella, Jiuan-Jiuan Chen, Lee Ann Daffner, Thomas M. Edmondson, Monique Fischer, Martin Jürgens, Nora W. Kennedy, John McElhone, Jennifer McGlinchey Sexton, Amanda Maloney, Paul Messier, Erin Murphy, Jenelle Norris, Stephanie Watkins

Glass in Photographic Materials
Initiated	2007
Compiler	Katharine Whitman
Contributors	Katharine Whitman, Amanda Maloney

PMG Wiki Committee Members and Terms (Chronological)

Tess Hamilton - Co-Chair (May 2023 - current)

Natasha Kung - Co-Chair (May 2023 - current)

Fernanda Valverde - Committee member (January 2022 - current)

Emma Cieslik - Committee member - Wikimedia support (January 2021 - current)

Luisa Casella - Chair (July 2020- May 2023); committee member (July 2013 - April 2023)

Amanda Maloney - Committee member (March 2014 - April 2023)

Alejandra Mendoza - Committee member (July 2020 - April 2023)

Stephanie Watkins - Chair (Feb. 2007 - July 2020); committee member (2002 - 2020)

Jennifer McGlinchey Sexton - Committee member (April 2014 - June 2020)

Laura Downey Staneff - Committee member (summer 2012 - Dec. 2013)

Sarah Freeman - Committee member (Jan. 2009 - July 2013)

Conservation Catalog Committee Members and Terms

Sarah Freeman - Committee member (Jan. 2009 - July 2013)

Lisa Barrow - Committee member (Feb. 2007 - Jan. 2009)

Stephanie Watkins - Chair (2007-2020); committee member; chapter compiler and contributor (Oct. 1993 - 2020)

Nora Kennedy - Chair (2002 - Feb 2007); committee member (1992-2007); organizing committee (1989-1991)

John McElhone - Committee member (1993 - 2012); chapter compiler and contributor

Debra Hess Norris - Committee member (1993 - 2002); chapter compiler and contributor

Andrew Robb - Catalog Organizing Committee chair (1995)

Sarah Wagner - Chair (1993 - 1995); committee member (1993 - 1995)

Doug Nishimura - Committee member (1993 - ?)

Stephen Puglia - Committee member (1993 - ?)

Constance McCabe - Committee member (1993 - ?)

Doug Severson - Committee member; chapter compiler (1993)

PMG Wiki Timeline

Pages Added By Year
2023	Mold Remediation - Page has been geratly revised and updated. Chloé Lucas (Compiler) working with Cecilia Salgado, Susana Hoyos, Vanessa Castillo Collodion Negatives - by Katherine Miromonti [Treatment of Crayon Portraits] - Luisa Casella (Compiler)
2022	Training in Photograph Conservation - Emma Cieslik has created page structure and added information Crystoleum Process - Compiler: Anna Seweryn
2021	Gelatin Dry Plate Negative - Elsa Thyss became Page Compiler Photograph Conservation Definition and Evolution - Luisa Casella Page Compiler
2020	Photograph Conservation Materials and Tips Photograph Conservation Laboratories Photograph Conservation Training What is a photograph? Photograph Conservation Definition and Evolution of the Field Photograph Conservation Initiatives in the World Dye Diffusion Processes Introduction to PMG Wiki Releasing, Detaching, and Separating Foxing (Mold and Foxing Remediation was renamed Mold Remediation) - Chloé Lucas became Page Compiler PMG Wiki Committee Roles and Definitions was revised and can now be found on the Discussion tab of the PMG Wiki landing page. Contributing to the PMG Wiki Page was changed into a Help page PMG Blank Chapter Template was changed into a Help page Citing the PMG wiki section was added to the Contributing to the wiki page.
2019	Gels
2017	Research Questions History of Dry Mount, Lamination, and Pressure-sensitive Adhesives
2016	Collodion-Chloride Paper
2015	PMG Blank Template Washing, Bleaching, and Stain Reduction Collaborative Workshops Bibliographies Conservation Treatment Bibliographies
2014	Brief History of Photographic Materials Group Preservation of Plastics in Photographic Materials Multi-media, Collage, and Composite Constructions Consolidation and Flattening of Cracks Unmounting History of Mounts Connoisseurship, History, Fakes, Forgeries Emergency Response Salvage Triage (AIC)
2012	Pressure-Sensitive Tape and Attachment Removal Albumen Ambrotype Autochrome Opalines, Opaltypes, Opalotypes Holograms Cyanotype Platinum, Palladium Silver Gelatin Printing-Out Collotype Letterpress/Half-tone Photogravure Salted Paper Negatives
2011	Humidifying, Drying, and Flattening Heliograph Daguerreotype Tintype Carbon Gum Bichromate
2010	Silver Mirroring Digital Prints Photographic Processes Releasing, Detaching, and Separating
2009	Statement of Purpose Inpainting Cased Photographs Exhibition Guidelines for Photographic Materials Examination and Documentation Testing and Instrumental Analysis Environmental Standards and Guidelines Preservation Housing Materials and Formats Emergency Response and Salvage Recovery Mold and Foxing Remediation Preservation of Traditional Color Photographic Materials Preservation of Glass in Photographic Materials Mending, Repair, and Filling Backing, Lining, and Mounting Surface Cleaning

References

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