One approach you should probably take is to contact the institution that
your board member thinks is the real owner and find out, first, whether
they have any documentation on the object or, failing that, whether they
have evidence of ownership through old inventories. Of course, you are
right in that you must also try to contact the missing descendant. A
third prong of your approach should be to look up abandoned property
laws for your state. You might be able to establish title through
following the procedures for declaring the object to have been
abandoned.
Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
704-568-1774, ext 110
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Subject: Question about Long-Term Loans
Hello everyone,
Like Dawn, who posted on Friday, I am doing an assignment for the same
collections management class where we were given a hypothetical
situation that we have to decide on our best course of action. My
situation involves a long-term loan with no paperwork. The lender is
known and a descendant has attempted in the past to claim the object,
who has since "gone missing"
in recent years. To complicate the issue further, the Board of Trustees
believes the object is owned by another organization, who is loaning the
object, not this descendant. Since there is a lack of paperwork to
accompany the loan, one can't be sure of ownership. My approach is
going to be to search for the descendant in order to make contact with
him or her and determine clear title. In general, I was wondering what
would be your best course of action but mainly, what advice could you
all offer as to how to deal with the Board?
Thank you all for your help, in advance. I posted here last semester
with a question for an assignment and all of your answers were extremely
helpful.
Have a great week,
Stephanie Rohwer
student of Tufts University Museum Studies Program
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