If the answer could be posted on the list it would be much appreciated. I am encountering a similar situation with a family collection at the Winthrop, MA Public Library and Museum. Thanks, John Marden Salem State College Frost Public Library, Winthrop, MA _____ From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ashley McLendon Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 3:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Accessioned? 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 <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt =39666/*http:/messenger.yahoo.com> 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 <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt =39666/*http:/messenger.yahoo.com> 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 <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt =39666/*http:/messenger.yahoo.com> to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http:/us.rd.yahoo.com/evt =39666/*http:/messenger.yahoo.com> Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> 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]>