Ahh!  That situation sounds quite familiar.  In the same vein, I would 
be interested in comment about removing such "unknown donor" or "found 
in collection" items from collections. 

Regards,

Joshua K. Blay
Associate Director/Museum Curator
The Historical Society of Berks County Museum & Library

940 Centre Avenue

Reading, PA
(610) 375-4375

Debra Loguda-Summers wrote:
> Hello everyone
>  
>  
> We are planning on starting a collection inventory (in the near 
> future) with the hopes of placing all of our collection(s) into Past 
> Perfect.  The last time an inventory was done was long before I came 
> (know one really remembers when.)  Anyhow, I am looking for any books 
> or articles I can review on how to hand some of our 'problems' donation.
> We have a large amount of 'unknown donor' and 'found in collection' 
> from the past 74 years and I would to address those issues the best 
> way we can.
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> Thanks
> Deb
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