Okay- this may be a silly question- but I wanted to get some opinions from 
the rest of you out there, as some of you may have dealt with a similar 
situation...

A little over a year ago, our institution received- via the post office- an 
unsolicited donation of materials.  In the past year, I have attempted to 
contact this donor several times and have yet to receive a signed Deed of Gift 
(or a response for that matter!) and so I'm curious...

Since the proposed donor obviously will not sign a deed of gift- and since 
these items are things we would like to add to the permanent collection can 
we consider this abandoned property? 

Or- could we simply list the items as FICs (Found in Collection)- (even though 
we know who sent them) and wait the appropriate amount of time (as stated 
by our State law) to claim them as ours? Is that considered sneaky or 
underhanded?

Or- should we simply send them back?  

I should also maybe mention that these items have little to no monetary value-
they are 3 pieces of packaging (shopping bags and a jewelry box with a 
store's logo on them) from a local store dating from the 1940s-1980s.

Any thoughts on this? They would be greatly appreciated...

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