I work in an archaeological respository.  We have many collections from
sites that were donated by individuals specifically for our educational
outreach program.  In some cases we can trace these materials directly to
sites or at least counties.  Because of the existence of some provenience
information I treat the collection just like any other archaeological
collection and inventory and accession it exactly like I would treat
professionally excavated materials with full provenience.

I have always held that more data is better than less, and that you can
always choose not to use all the information.  I have found that when I make
a decision to use a shortcut method I almost always regret it.  So I would
suggest use your regular system of cataloguing.

Marybeth S.F. Tomka
Laboratory Director and Collections Manager
Center for Archaeological Research
The University of Texas at San Antonio
(210) 458-7822
Fax (210) 458-4397


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Hello,

I am working at a small historic house museum which has a permanent
collection and an educational collection.  We have inventoried,
accessioned, and cataloged our permanent collection and now are working on
our education collection.  In the past we have had inventories done that
list what, where, how many and condition but what we are wondering is how
do other similar museums handle their education collection-do they just
inventory it making a simple list of items, or do they assign numbers to
the items and catalog them like a permanent collection, or something
different altogether?  Thanks for any help you can offer, Adrienne
Marrah-Program Assistant for Museum Program and Studies

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