Technical Leaflet 176: Documentation Practices in Historical Collections

  • Register
    • Nonmember - $5
    • Academic Program - Free!
    • Academic Faculty - Free!
    • Academic Student - Free!
    • Partner Institution - Free!
    • Partner Institution Staff - Free!
    • Premier Partner Institution - Free!
    • Premier Institution Staff - Free!
    • Platinum Partner Institution - Free!
    • Platinum Institution Staff - Free!
    • Complimentary - Free!
    • Individual Membership - Free!
    • Subscription Services - Free!
    • Institutional Budget - Free!
    • Institutional Staff - Free!
    • Individual Student - Free!
    • Institutional Member - Free!
    • Individual Student Renew - Free!

    Continue

Documentation Practices in Historical Collections is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #176 by Patricia Gordon Michael tackles AASLH's Common Agenda Program that commissioned, in the spring of 1990, a survey of history museums to assess the state of documentation of collections in historical institutions throughout the United States. The report contains results from nearly 900 history museums and historic houses and shows numerous gaps in the documentation of objects. Charts and graphs provide visuals for the level of documentation activities, staff time and funding allocated to documentation, and the nature of the institutions. The report's narrative explains the visuals while anecdotes from museum professionals provide perspectives for the gaps in documentation practices. The results show that historical collections are inadequately documented and explain the reasons for this lack of documentation. For more information on similar topics, please refer to Technical Leaflet Bundle 10, Collections Management.

Key:

Complete
Failed
Available
Locked
Documentation Practices in Historical Collections
Open to download resource.
Open to download resource. This AASLH Technical Leaflet details the findings of a survey of history museums to assess the state of documentation of collections in historical institutions throughout the United States, commissioned by AASLH's Common Agenda Program.
You must register to access.