At 10:47 AM 4/19/96 -0700, you wrote: >Here's our latest development. Please send me any suggestions you may >have off-list to spare everyone. NB: no speculative answers, please, as >this is a serious issue. > >Recently a woman called our PR office to ask for the return of two >narwhal tusks that we have on exhibit. She told our PR director that her >father lent, but never donated, these specimens in the '30s. She further >stated that, if we weren't oiling these regularly, then she would sue. > >Cheers, >Sally Shelton >Director, Collections Care and Conservation > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| | >| San Diego Natural History Museum | >| P. O. Box 1390 | >| San Diego, California 92112 USA | >| phone (619) 232-3821; FAX (619) 232-0248 | >| email [log in to unmask] | >| | >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'd check the abandoned property laws for the area you are in. A time span of 60-odd years would seem to qualify. It would also seem that the donor/lender's descendents are fishing for a lawsuit. Better to check with your institutional lawyer before replying. ---------------------- Byron Johnson, Director Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum P.O. Box 2570 Waco, Texas 76702-2570 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 817-750-8631 ------------------------------ "...Unless a people are educated and enlightened it is idle to expect the continuance of civil liberty or the capacity for self-government." - Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836. -- Texas Rangers 175th Anniversary 1823-1998 --