Oh, man. I am the new curator at a museum (remaining nameless) that has not had a museum professional in over ten years. The records are a mess, no archival materials to speak of, and I (we) are missing artifacts! I have a donor that would like his loan back, but I cannot find almost any of his stuff. I have located some things that "could" be his, but since no accession numbers were ever recorded on objects I don't know which is really his. Advice on how to handle this and where to start?
 
A complete inventory is coming soon, but how to handle these missing artifacts?
 
Much thanks,
 
Matthew
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