Kate,
Are you going to be putting this information into a computer database like
PastPerfect?  If you are, there is (at least in PastPerfect) the space for
the main object name and then a space for other name.  I would think you
could enter its name based on how it was used (since that is the important
part to you) and then in the "other name" field you could enter the name
of it if it had been used for its original purpose.  Do you have other
objects in your collections with the same or a similar issue?  If you only
have physical records, I would probably do it a similar way.  The
important thing is to be consistant if you have other objects with similar
object name questions.

Beau Harris




> Good morning,
>
> I'm interested to know if anyone on this listserv has ever been faced with
> cataloging an object that was clearly used differently than its intended
> use. The object in question came from the widow of a man who owned a
> travelling carnival that morphed into a small amusement park. It's a 1928
> pocket calendar produced by a local bank that cross-promotes several
> movies and their stars. However, the original owner didn't use it until
> almost a decade later and turned it into a pay record for his employees.
> Each employee had their own "week" in the pocket calendar and each day
> within the week represented one week of pay. Clearly, this is the
> significant part to us, but I also want to catalog it in such a way that
> anyone would be able to match this object with its name and description.
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> Kate Mockler
> Curator of Education and Exhibits
> Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
> 180 Thompson St.
> North Tonawanda, NY 14120
> (716) 693-1885
>
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