I strongly suggest you reference your state's abandoned property law for
museums, if they have one. NY finally got ours just recently, thank
goodness. You really should have legal title of Found In Collection or
Unknown Source objects before you get rid of, accession, or use them as
programming objects. 

Sabrina Henneman
Collections Registrar
Genesee Country Museum

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Joshua K. Blay HSBC
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Collection Inventory

Ahh!  That situation sounds quite familiar.  In the same vein, I would 
be interested in comment about removing such "unknown donor" or "found 
in collection" items from collections. 

Regards,

Joshua K. Blay
Associate Director/Museum Curator
The Historical Society of Berks County Museum & Library

940 Centre Avenue

Reading, PA
(610) 375-4375

Debra Loguda-Summers wrote:
> Hello everyone
>  
>  
> We are planning on starting a collection inventory (in the near 
> future) with the hopes of placing all of our collection(s) into Past 
> Perfect.  The last time an inventory was done was long before I came 
> (know one really remembers when.)  Anyhow, I am looking for any books 
> or articles I can review on how to hand some of our 'problems'
donation.
> We have a large amount of 'unknown donor' and 'found in collection' 
> from the past 74 years and I would to address those issues the best 
> way we can.
> You can reach me off line at [log in to unmask]
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> Thanks
> Deb
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