Jessamyn
As a student I worked at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum on the campus of University of Illinois-Chicago. I know that her papers were housed and cared for by the special collections in their library. The museum interpreted the founding of Hull House and its relationship to the west side communit. In other words, objects at the museum, papers at the library.
Carrie Butt

--- On Thu, 7/24/08, Jessamyn Boyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Jessamyn Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Giving Up Collections
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 12:31 PM



Hello all. I am posting this for a colleague of mine: 


Hello All!

I work for a young, small very museum with close ties to industry and which is trying to build close ties with a university. We have a small collections, mostly in the way of archival material but it is beginning to grow. 

It has been suggested by some of my board that it would be in the best interest for the museum to give up our collections to the care of the university's special collections archives. While I am unsure that this is the best approach to take, I am bound to research the matter for them. Does anyone know of any institutions with arrangements like this? Is it advisable for a small history museum to not keep any collections? Is there anyway I might convince my board to rethink this policy?

Please reply to the list, I am a member, but prefer to post this anonymously. 

Thanks.

-- 
Jessamyn ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: 
The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). 
If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). 

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).