How about both?  If there are lots of photos (as it sounds from your
message), then there must be a reasonable number that are similar enough to
qualify as "near-duplicates".  Pull out the near-duplicates and divide them
into 2 piles, making one pile "history of the town" and the other pile
"organizational documentation".  Of the rest, pick out an assortment for the
documentation and put the majority into the historical pile.  IMO, you don't
need huge quantities of documentation photos, just a decent assortment.  You
can always get duplicates made if you really want something from the
historical collection, can't you?

Robin K Panza
Section of Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh  PA  15213  USA
phone:  412-622-3255
fax:  412-622-8837
[log in to unmask]

-----Original Message-----
From: Issaquah Historical Society Info [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
he comes to me with a clutch of photos that document various Society
projects. They're great to have, but I'm not sure what criteria to use to
determine where they go. Should they be retained as organizational
documentation, or should they be accessioned as historic to our entire town?

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).