This is where an Abandonned Property Act would come in
handy...

According to a document I recieved from the Ohio
Museum Association, OMA and OHS drafted the current
Ohio Museum Property Act in 1995, but failed to find a
sponsor for the bill.

Does anyone know if such an act was ever passed?

What about those of you in other state?  Do you have
Abandonned Property Acts in place?

Kim Kenny
Curator

--- Susannah West <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm so glad this  topic has come up, because it is
> something that has been
> really  concerning me  lately.  We have several
> items in our collections
> that were LOANED, apparently in the early 1960s,
> which don't have any loan
> agreement documentation associated with them as far
> as anyone knows (or if
> there was, it's gone missing).  A  couple of years
> ago, a descendant of the
> original lender wanted to see these items (which ARE
> on display, as we have
> absolutely no storage space) but  wasn't  able to as
> the museum was closed
> at the time.  I have since  tried to  contact her,
> but received no
> response.  I have a nightmare that she will show up
> and demand them back.
>  I brought up this concern to our Board of
> Directors, and it came as a total
>  surprise to them that these items were on loan
> rather than the property of
> the Ohio Historical Society.   I've queried the Ohio
> Historical Society, and
> have gotten the advice that I should probably "let
> sleeping dogs lie."  But
> what happens when the dogs wake up?!
>
> Susannah West
> John Rankin House, Ripley, Ohio
>
>
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Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum
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