Dear List,
   
  At our repository we have a hodgepodge of items from different eras...therefore different ways of accepting donations.  We are currently trying to get on track.  I would like to know if any of you know the ethical/legal answer to the following:
   
  If there are items with what we deem as "old numbers" from an old/no-longer-existent museum and no paperwork transferring ownership to the museum--it is legally ours...more specifically should we consider it already "accessioned?"
   
  Thank you & happy 4th of July!
   
  Kind Regards,
  Ashley McLendon
  Archivist
   
  Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
  Camp Shelby, MS

 		
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