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Date: | Sat, 12 Jul 1997 15:19:15 GMT |
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"How have others dealt with deaccessioning objects
and/or library materials found in collections that
don't have an accession number or a signed deed?"
North Dakota has a law which provides that objects
which are "abandoned" at any museum in the state become
the property of that museum after 10 years. This is,
of course, and over simplification of the matter, as
there are a vareity of processes one has to go through
to prove abandonment, a waiting period, etc., but it
does allow us to formally take possession of items
found either on the door step or in the collections and
after taking possession, we can put them formally into
the collections or deaccession them for disposal.
Chris Dill
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C. L. Dill, Museum Director
State Historical Society of North Dakota
612 East Boulevard
Bismarck ND 58505-0830
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Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/
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