Caroline Posynick wrote: >Is the public's (i.e. donor's) "voice" > incorporated in the initial documentations of collections? > > I am interested in finding any criteria for the inclusion of the donor's > personal interpretation/story in museum files. I have found in my > research that this is a priority when museums do an exhibition on the > community, (snip). . . Would this differ from oral history, and if so, how? My understanding is that oral history records would either be part of the catalog file or referenced somewhere in the documentation of an object or collection. Tom -- Tom Vaughan "The Waggin' Tongue" <[log in to unmask]> (970) 533-1215 11795 Road 39.2, Mancos, CO 81328 USA Cultural Resource Management, Interpretation, Planning, & Training