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 --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>