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Hi David,
I would like to take a look at it, as well.
Thanks so much!
Merritt
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Merritt Kirkpatrick
Curator
The George Peabody House Museum
The Peabody Leatherworkers Museum
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Jennifer Snyder <
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> David, I also would be interested in a copy of that PDF.
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer Snyder
>
>
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: David Harvey <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Paranormal Investigation Policy
> > Sent: Oct 27 '09 12:18
> >
> > Hi Jennifer,
> >
> > This is actually an area that I have been working on in the past year to
> > formulate guidelines for both paranormal groups and museums and historic
> > sites on these on-site investigations. I did an informal online survey
> on
> > Museum-L back in the spring and received quite a number of responses
> from a
> > variety of institutions.
> >
> > I have given two recent lectures on this - first at a paranormal
> > conference in June and then at the annual meeting of the Western
> > Association for Art Conservation this past August in Juneau, Alaska.
> There
> > are benefits and concerns on both sides and I am working to bridge this
> so
> > that there is increased awareness and sensitivity among all involved. I
> am
> > actually in the middle of writing up my lectures into a pamphlet form.
> Once
> > I have this new pamphlet finished I will be happy to send out PDF's to
> > any who are interested. (I have one pamphlet that was written last year
> on
> > doing Paranormal Research).
> >
> > I would be happy to talk to you about the specifics off the list -
> > especially if you have some immediate concerns.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Dave
> >
> > David Harvey
> > Senior Conservator and Museum Consultant
> > Los Angeles, CA
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Jennifer Hurst <[LINK:
> > mailto:[log in to unmask]] [log in to unmask]
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a paranormal investigation policy that you can share?
> We
> > have been inundated with requests for paranormal researchers to “study”
> > our historic properties. Before we proceed further we would like to be
> as
> > informed as possible so if anyone has any experience with this and any
> > policies or guidelines in place that you could share would be much
> > appreciated. Also, how do you deal with insurance for researchers? �
> What
> > do you charge? � Do you make them sign a waiver? How much control do you
> > have of the distribution of information gathered during the
> investigation?
> > What kind of controls do you put in place? How do you screen these
> groups?
> > Is it worth it? Does it affect site visitation? Has income and
> visibility
> > increased?
> >
> > �
> >
> > Thanks so much for the help!
> >
> > �
> >
> > Jen
> >
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