I had the same problems and found what worked best for me is the plastic type sleeves. I found a box of 100 at SAM's that are acid free and archive quality. So far have bought 3 boxes. They work for all except the larger than sleeve photo's. Those I have stored flat in archive paper in a closet where they are protected from the light. The ones I want to share and to display, I have had copies made with a negative so they can be reproduced for others that want a copy. For those, I put a copy of the picture and the negative in its envelop in the sleeve in the 3 ring binder with the other pictures. When anyone is looking at pictures and wants a copy, I can pull the sleeve and take the negative in to get a copy made. This might sound like a lot of work, but it is relatively inexpensive and I have worked on it over a few years. Peggy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have boxes and boxes old materials, photos primarily but also newspaper items and some other artifacts. I went to a one day workshop last spring on archival preservation and have been stalling ever since. I want to preserve what we have but don't know which route to take. I have been leaning towards buying acid free binders and hundreds of acid free plastic sleeves..... We don't have unlimited funds but yet we do think that the responsibility of preserving these things is very important. Any suggestions about what a simple but archivally safe way to catalog and store what we have?