Standard practice for marking ephemera is to write the accession number
on the back side (often lower right hand corner) in PENCIL. Use a soft
lead.

If you don't yet own it, I recommend purchasing the standard reference work
on this subject: "The New Museum Registration Methods" Buck and Gilmore,
eds. Conveniently available from the American Association of Museums
bookstore.

now sit comfortably on your yoga mat and repeat after me..Reversable,
Reversable, Reversable...

Regards,
Diane Gutenkauf
Board Member
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies
www.campbellcenter.org

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 13:39:06 -0500, Ferguson, Joanne (LIB)
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hello, Everyone:
>        I work in a department that has quite a few post cards and
>photographs in the collection.  They are in protective sleeves so they
>aren't damaged when handled.  The sleeves have our numbering system.  My
>boss would like to start putting some kind of property identification on
the
>backs of the actual items so that if they are stolen (some have come up
>missing) the item might possibly make its way back home.  I am reluctant to
>do this.  What are your thoughts or advice on this practice or what works
in
>the museum or archival settings?
>        Thanks for your assistance.
>
>                                                Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh
>***********************************************************************
>Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh
>History and Social Sciences Department
>Omaha Public Library
>215 S. 15th, Omaha, NE  68102
>402-444-4825  *****  FAX  402-444-4504
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>http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us
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>Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
> ~ Confucius
>

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