Jose Orraca conservation papers, 1970-2005.

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Jose Orraca conservation papers, 1970-2005.

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Papers and treatment reports of photo conservator José Orraca. The bulk of the collection is comprised of accession books, treatment reports, and slides of treatments. Treatment reports are filed in three different ways. Some are filed by client name, and others by accession number. A third group is labeled "Paid invoices"; these are grouped by year and usually include a copy of the treatment report. Only a partial index to the treatment reports is available. Almost all slides are filed by accession number. The slide collection also includes images of Orraca's conservation lab, the Winterthur conservation lab, and some images which are not of conservation treatments. Of particular interest among these are slides of old photos of Puerto Rico. Other files document Orraca's teaching career and his involvement with organizations such as the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and APOYO. He collected information about the history of photography and photographic processing, including motion picture film processing, and about photo conservation. The collection includes copies of Ojo, a newsletter published by Orraca. The collection also includes information about workshops which Orraca held at his conservation studio in the years 1993-2005. Some papers and treatment reports written by students in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation are found. Correspondence files include both personal letters and business correspondence. Account books document income and expenses for 1983-1995. Unusual items in the collection include three photos of child laborers printed by Lewis Hine's photo studio; several photos of English author D. H. Lawrence taken in New Mexico and Mexico; and a notebook and kit for making bromoil prints, acquired from the estate of Josef Breitenbach. A little correspondence with Georgia O'Keeffe is also in the collection.

85 boxes : ill.

eng,

spa,

Winterthur Library

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