Re: Organizing slide collections

[P3D Erlys Jedlicka <erlys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think there is one perfect way to organize slides that will work 
for everyone.

My method has to be loose enough to allow for slides which I think of as 
temporary, that I'm eventually going to discard. I want them to stay with 
the set they are in, but I don't want to get rid of them yet (maybe 
never). I also want to be able to locate a given slide by going through 
the set (box) it is in. The way that works for me is to organize them in 
Kodak slide boxes in date order with the date and description visible on 
the end of the box. The boxes are then stored in a carton, in date order.

I have discovered that my mind is a much better "computer" than anything 
else, so when I want to locate a slide, I look for the set I remember it 
is in, and there it is. My mind also pretty much remembers what I have in 
my collection, so if I want a slide of autumn leaves, I know to look for 
it in the New Hampshire, 1995, set, and I know what is there and how good 
they all are.

Sometimes I remove a group of slides from their sets and make up a box of 
slides to show, from all different groups. I may keep that set around for 
a while, but eventually I want every slide to be returned to its home 
set.

Erlys in Mill Valley


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