Photographic service and control of photographic records at Trinity

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:o-, All Coaacrusd FEB t 6 uhotographic s a r ^ o a and control of phoxogruphic reeoi^is at Trin;lty aa v.Titton paragraph of hia memorandum ao that if emy group leador -Hishea to have ooatrol of hia own records that ia parfeotly poaaibl© and aoceptebls to Jack. In tho long sua it Hill probably proTO nior© aatisfaotcry, judging froia paat Qxpariencoj to have nagatives and papar reoorda kept 1:^ his organization in tha fireproof safa ^ i c h will be providad in the eaoxp building No, 1. Attentica ia called particularly to rj|aok*s requeat for notlfioation prior to April 1 for posaible daraanda for any other shapes of films or papera than thoaa listed on the first paga of hia ntaoioranduni (aea below). * 1 , Photographlg Saanflet We shall have photogrephlo aerrice availabls at ^Trinity e«mtinuoualy« atartlag Maroh 15> T^kn a e r ^ a e will ba in tha direot oharoe of T/5 Etaeut D, Wftllis.. All gfloaral mattara ooaoaming photographie policy ahould b« taken up witlt J, S* Maak, but everything oonoaxning specific photographs should ordinarily be hondlad dlraetly wltix Wallia. vitallis trill be equipped with the following oamaras for taking pioturesi y^m*'"' turret aowie oamara for 50* magazinaa l6 nxa film, any length up to 100' 35 zaa film, any length up to 100* to prepare for any other shapes whioh might introduce special problems, <9.g«,

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r a t l ^oric ia expectsd to b© of -•;os ortior Oi %rio or thxea v.S'SicSc living and working conditions ae^e,ssary at such asite as 'rrir.i;y, .-oobi-aed '..'i-i'i tiis Iraportancs and Jl«{iree of ciaa a if i cation of the phot;:^i,riip;iio reoorda that '..111 ba handled there, I propcsa to s s t an a ayotem of oon'^rol tThereby '•-he roaponsibility for the safei^eepinc of photographia recordo and "or the •uoniroi of a l l of the printing fro-a each negafciva will be oentraliaed, Tiith thjs Qxcsption o.f possible inatsncea i n vjhich responsible people outaido the optioa tjroup naiy wish to aaourae these resp on sibi i it iso. "Tha proposal in d e t a i l , based on sucsestions aiade by Pvto Harold C<, :5errs ia "'Unlaaa arran^jeiTieata are .cado otherwise, as noted i n the iaat pajc'ecraph of this aanoranduffl, the following rales shall apply to all Trinity photographic recordss ^Every photographic negative end every <sxposod but undeveloped f xL-a or plate that i a turned o'^er t o the photographic service dopai-tment will reaain in the custody of tha photographic service depai-tment for the duration of the T r i n i t y -ccst. Ne^ativea ^ i l l not be l e n t out except in cases where objecti"9» readinjin .iHist b^ xixad.0 en the negative rather thea on a positive, and, in case suoh reading ara t o bo iiiada, thay w i l l be made i n the reeding room of the optics laboratory ranch house, 3ati5) Building No. 1. All negatives that a i e not photo^yraphically good and £111 that are irrelevant will be dispoaed of by burning ao soon aa perniission Jor the burning i a obtained froiE tha person who submitted than, Th© remaining aecatives will bo nuinbered before being printed. One contact p r i n t from saoh nsijative will ba mounts on the envelope ^hioh will bo the permanaat container of the negative, ercapt in the oese of long strips (including trotion picture fil n) of which no auch file print will bo made. Tbo prints made in addition to the file priai are to be listed in a permanent record book by date, nunbsr of prints, aiao of p r i n t s , and*person to whoa delivered. All negatives, when not in the laboratory' i'or proc(jssing or issued to the reading room, will be kept in a fireproof nafo, -' An sscoption t o t h i s procedure occurs in the case of .-miterial sent away f >i^ proesaaingo Two kinds of material laay be processed away froni T r i n i t y : 1. Certain nsaterial requiring senaotoiuetrio control or other extraordinary precautions in dovelojrasit may bo sent to our darkroom in Gaisna Bui-ldingo