Did you actually accession the tombstone into a collection? Under what
circumstances did you accept the tombstone (any promises to the donor
about what you would do with the object?)
If you didn't actually accession it , I'd think you can dispose of it in
any way you see fit. You might tell the original owner that you intend
to dispose of it, in the event they want it back.
You might also document the tombstone - take a photograph, create a file
with relevant data - so if more information is unearthed in the future,
your file might be of use.
Cindy Boyer
Director of Museums and Education
The Landmark Society of Western New York
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Tombstones
Dear list members,
We received a hundred-year-old tombstone along with a collection of
documents. While we do want the documents, we are not interested in the
tombstone -- there is no information about its background (we were told
that someone found it while gardening, and we do not know the date or
the address where it was found), and the name does not show up in city
directories for the relevant dates, so we have no knowledge of the
person. It does not fit with our collecting policy and is also very
heavy -- in short, we don't want it. The question is: how does one go
about properly deaccessioning a tombstone? Does anyone have any
suggestions for what type of facility might be interested in a tombstone
with just a name, a date, and a general location for its unearthing? If
no one wants it, what is the right way to divest oneself of an unwanted
tombstone?
Thank you,
Marguerite Radhakrishnan, Archivist I
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
500 McKinney
Houston, TX 77002
832.393.1654
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