Lucy, love the way your mind works.
Pat
Patricia L. Miller, Executive Director
Illinois Heritage Association
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lucy Sperlin
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Choosing the correct PastPerfect5 Collection category
Hi Leslie,
I guess many museums have dealt with this question. Here's my thinking on items like this:
The original concept for decision making in categorizing items in NOMENCLATURE was "original intended use of the object."
Probably the poem was framed because it had special meaning to the framer or person who had it framed. If that is the case. I'd consider it collectively (frame and clipping) as an object, because it was intended to hang on a wall as a statement or reminder to those who looked at it.
However, if the poem's meaning or message is related to the mission of your museum, and thus might be useful to researchers, then you could assign it to the Library or Archives. And, if it is the clipping which is the primary artifact of interest to your focus and mission, then you might even decide to de-frame it and house it in the way you house or preserve other clippings. Unless it was framed with acid-free materials, the newsprint will deteriorate over time.
Moving framed photos to the Photos category was appropriate, though perhaps counter-intuitive to what I said above, but in these framed items it clearly is the image that is the important item and the frames are secondary.
Using the photo rationale, you might also consider whether you would even keep the newspaper clipping in question if it wasn't framed. If yes, then de-frame and put it in the library or archives. If no, then it's an object.
Lucy Sperlin
Butte County Historical Society
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leslie Vollnogle
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 5:43 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Choosing the correct PastPerfect5 Collection category
Hi,
I am trying to figure out how to file a framed poem that our museum has received. We use PastPerfect5 and I am trying to put this framed poem into its proper Collection category. I have filed such items in the Library category since it is a published item, which is how we have differentiate the difference between Library and Archives category. My supervisor is questioning if this item should go into the Objects category. Her thought is that once a poem has been framed is it still a Library category item or has it been transformed enough to be more like an Object than a published book or magazine. My thinking is that if the poem is removed from the frame it will be filed in the Library category. I know that each museum makes its own decisions on which category items should be entered into, but how do other museums enter this type of item? Any suggestions would be most helpful.
Framed photos were originally cataloged in the Object category, but I have been moving them into the Photo category. I don't think that framing something has changed it so much to change Collection categories. Any thoughts on this issue?
Thanks for any information anyone can provide.
Leslie A. Vollnogle
Collections Manager
Longyear Museum
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