Caroline Posynick wrote:
>Is the public's (i.e. donor's) "voice"
> incorporated in the initial documentations of collections?
>
> I am interested in finding any criteria for the inclusion of the donor's
> personal interpretation/story in museum files.  I have found in my
> research that this is a priority when museums do an exhibition on the
> community, (snip). . .

Would this differ from oral history, and if so, how?
My understanding is that oral history records would either be part of
the catalog file or referenced somewhere in the documentation of an
object or collection.

Tom

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