What do you do when a prominent member of your community dies and you want to encourage the family to donate papers and personal objects to your museum or archives? Our director has challenged us to developed a plan for tactfully contacting the families and letting them know that one way to commemorate the decreased person's contribution to the community is to make a donation to the museum. We are trying to avoid the possibilities of papers and objects that the family may not value being thrown out and give them an option to avoid family disputes as estates are divided. However, it is a delicate subject and we don't want to look like vultures showing up on the doorsteps the day of the funeral. Has anyone else addressed this issue and developed an acquisition plan? Any ideas would be appreciated. Wanda Edwards Curator of Collections and Library/Archives Orange County Regional History Center Orlando, Florida 407-836-8587 [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).