Erin, There is an example of a well documented furnishing plan near you in Hudson, NY. Olana State Historic Site has an encyclopedic furnishing plan. Dorren At 06:22 PM 02/02/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Dear colleagues: > >Having completed the primary research for our furnishing plan, I am now >looking for some great furnishing plan examples to base the final document >upon. > >Our furnishing period is from 1945-1954 but most of the objects in the house >date from before 1845. Yes, we interpret colonial revival, and very >happily, too! > >Of specific interest to me (and my intern) are formats, useful and not so >useful, and what exactly should be included. Thanks to 30,000 family >documents and all of the original furniture, there is virtually no >speculation about placement or history. However, I do want to create a >document that will explain our reasoning in adjusting the actual plan to >accommodate school tours, as well as for substituting objects for those too >delicate to display all year round. > >If you know of any good colonial revival furnishing plans, or post WWII >furnishing plans, or just any good ones in general, please pass their >titles, or institutions in my direction! > >If you would like to respond off list -- please do so via my intern, Sheri >Leahan, who is compiling this research as part of her project. Her email is >[log in to unmask] > >Thank you! > >Erin Crissman >Curator of Collections >Historic Cherry Hill >Albany, NY > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >========================================================= >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). Dorren Martin-Ross Registrar Department of Anthropology The Field Museum 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago IL 60605-2496 (312)665-7824 (voice) (312)665-7193 (fax) [log in to unmask] ========================================================= 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).