The Strong Museum in Rochester, NY has wrestled with this issue and
devised a collecting policy.  They're dealing with it on a national level,
so their decisions are useful for us in smaller places.  Christopher
Bensch (curator) spoke to the Pennsylvania County Historical Societies
last year; I suggest you contact him.  I can't find his number at the
moment, but it should be fairly easy to find.

Sara Kelley

>
> Is anyone else wrestling with 20th century collecting, more
> specifically, collecting three dimensional and archival materials from
> the past twenty five years.  How do any of you decide what to collect on
> a county or local level without dramatically increasing the size of your
> collections?
>


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Sara Phinney Kelley, Historic Site Administrator
Centre County Historical Society
State College, PA
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