Selected papers by Paul Messier
Notes on Dating Photographic Paper, Topics in Photograph Preservation, Volume 11, Spring 2005.
Optical Brightening Agents in Photographic Paper, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 44:1, 2005.
Authenticity Issues in Photography, International Foundation for Art Research Journal. V.7, #2, 2004.
Dara Birnbaum's “Tiananmen Square: Break-In Transmission.” A Case Study in the Examination, Documentation and Preservation of a Video-Based Installation. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Fall/Winter 2002.
Assessing Digital Video as a Preservation Medium, Bay Area Video Coalition conference post prints, 1998.
Effects of Aqueous Treatment on Albumen Photographs and Physical & Mechanical Properties of Albumen Photographs, (co-author with T.Vitale), Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 33:3, 1994.
Cracking in Albumen Photographs: an ESEM Investigation, Journal of Microscopy Research and Technique, 25:5 & 6, August 1993. A video presentation of this work was completed February 1994.
Preserving Your Collection of Film-based Photographic Negatives, Rocky Mountain Conservation Center technical bulletin, funded by the Bay Foundation, summer 1993.
Albumen Photographs: Effects of Aqueous Treatment and Fundamental Properties, Imperfect Image: Photographs, Their Past Present & Future, conference proceedings, Windermere, England, spring 1993.
Protein Chemistry of Albumen Photographs, Topics in Photographic Preservation, V.4, 1991.
Effect of Water on the Cracking of Albumen Photographs. Topics in Photographic Preservation, V.4, 1991.