>I think this is an intriguing idea.  I suppose trying it out on a few
>occasions wouldn't hurt, and if it proves to be unpopular, drop it.  If it
>works occasionally, great.  Wording for this type of request would have to
>be done carefully and with diplomacy.  If anyone does this, I would like to
>hear how it is succeeding (or not succeeding).  Thanks
>
>Arlyn Danielson
>
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>From:   Christine Wolf Harper[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:10 AM
>To:     [log in to unmask]
>Subject:        Re: Donations for Care of Collections
>
>>Do any of you ever approach the donors of a collection to give money
>>toward the care (storage space, staff time to process, archival supplies
>>needed to store the objects or artwork) of the particular collection
>>they have given?  Do any of you have to turn down important donations
>>because of the lack of resources to care for the objects/artwork?
>>
>>Kathy Enright
>>Southern Oregon Historical Society
>
>We have considered this in the past but have never attempted it.  We are a
>University museum and within that umbrella, we report to the hospital
>administration first (we're a medical museum within a university hospital).
>For this reason, we've been hesitant to ask permission to do this because
>in the past the University Foundation has not expressed interest in
>assisting the Medical Museum with fundraising and we're fairly certain that
>any such financial donations would have to go through them.  That said, I
>think it would be a reasonable approach, donors can always decline the
>financial donation; although you might lose a few donations of objects
>because people feel uncomfortable or feel that they basically *have* to
>give money as well as the artifact.  How you phrase the request would be
>very important.
>
>We have had to turn away a few donations due not only to financial
>constraints on our ability to care for them, but also because of space
>constraints in our storage facility.  I'd be very interested to hear other
>people's experiences with this approach to fundraising for collections
>care.
>
>Cris Wolf Harper
>
>Collections Manager                     [log in to unmask]
>UIHC Medical Museum                     (319) 356-8475 voice
>University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
>8014 RCP  200 Hawkins Dr.
>Iowa City, IA  52242
>http://www.vh.org/Welcome/UIHC/MedMuseum.html

I hope that you will share the information with the list> we would certainly
appreciate the help.

Lilian.


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