Implementing Archaeological Collections Management Strategies

2016 ◽  
pp. 63-65
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Archaeological Collections

scholarly journals Reuniting Archaeology and Archives through the Smithsonian Institution’s Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-53
Author(s):  
Molly Kamph
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Northern Iraq ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Archaeological Collections ◽  
Archival Processing

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History recently conducted a two-year project to process and connect the archives and artifacts of archaeologists Ralph and Rose Solecki, most famous for their work at the sites of Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar in northern Iraq. Through a collaboration between the archivally-focused National Anthropological Archives and the object-focused Department of Anthropology collections management group, the Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project sought to set an example for archaeological collections and archives stewardship by preserving the association between archaeological specimens and archival records through an integrative methodology of archival processing and specimen cataloging to increase their value to future researchers. Further, the project provides a case study intended to contribute to interdisciplinary conversations about the enduring legacy of archaeologists and their collections within archives and museums through collaborative collections and archives management.

scholarly journals Unfolding Margaret Maclean's Orihon-Format scrapbook in the Royal Ontario Museum Collection: a focus on context, preservation and access

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celio Humberto Barreto Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Editorial Process ◽  
Museum Collection ◽  
Japanese History ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Large Format ◽  
Royal Ontario Museum ◽  
Item Level

My thesis comprises the analysis, cataloguing and preservation of Canadian author and educator Margaret MacLean’s Japan Scrapbook at The Royal Ontario Museum. This project uses collections management strategies to describe the scrapbook at the item-level, catalog 597 printed photographs and images for upload to The Museum System database (TMS); attempts to decode the author’s compilation and editorial process and finally, make recommendations for suitable handling procedures for access and physical preservation. The objects are affixed onto a large-format, traditional, Japanese, accordion-bound, album-style book called orihon. Together they capture a moment in Japanese history and visual culture in the first decade of the 20th century, and foreshadow MacLean’s 1920s education work at The ROM. The scrapbook was compiled sometime between 1904 and 1928, using materials ranging from about 1880 to 1915, illustrating the 1904 to 1908 period when Margaret Maclean and her father resided in Yokohama, Japan.

Integrating Research and Collections Management

Museum Worlds ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Mara A. Mulrooney ◽  
Charmaine Wong ◽  
Kelley Esh ◽  
Scott Belluomini ◽  
Mark D. McCoy
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
The Past ◽  
Archaeological Collections ◽  
Research Initiative ◽  
The Future ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Research Endeavor

ABSTRACTThe Ho‘omaka Hou Research Initiative is a collaborative research endeavor that is primarily focused on the analysis of the Bishop Museum’s Archaeology Collections. The goal of Ho‘omaka Hou (which literally means “to begin again”) is to encourage continued work with these invaluable museum collections, and to bring together researchers and students with various research interests in order to learn more about the past. In addition to conducting research on museum collections using the most up-to-date methods in the field of archaeology, we are building a digital inventory of the collections. This integrated approach highlights the relevance of archaeological collections housed in museums for informing researchers about the past, and also emphasizes the need for modernizing digital inventories to safeguard these collections for the future.

scholarly journals The Personal Albums Of Samuel Bourne At The National Media Museum And The Art Gallery Of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julienne Pascoe
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Group Of Seven ◽  
Commercial Practice ◽  
National Media ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Personal Collection

This paper analyzed a group of seven photographic albums belonging to the personal collection of British photographer Samuel Bourne (1834-1912), which are now split between two public collections, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada, and the Royal Photographic Society at the National Media Museum in Bradford, England. The project includes: contextual research on Bourne's commercial practice and nineteenth-century colonial photography in India, and an extensive literature survey discussing both primary and contemporary sources on Bourne and colonial photography, documentation of the albums' history and provenance, and a detailed analysis of the organization and contents of the albums as a complete and coherent record of Bourne's photographic achievement in India. Furthermore, the applied component of the project, which entailed the substantial documentation of all seven albums, in the form of a catalogue of their 705 albumen prints, is included an appendix. The paper also describes the collections management strategies used to reunite the collection and facilitate future access and research.

scholarly journals Unfolding Margaret Maclean's Orihon-Format scrapbook in the Royal Ontario Museum Collection: a focus on context, preservation and access

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celio Humberto Barreto Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Editorial Process ◽  
Museum Collection ◽  
Japanese History ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Large Format ◽  
Royal Ontario Museum ◽  
Item Level

My thesis comprises the analysis, cataloguing and preservation of Canadian author and educator Margaret MacLean’s Japan Scrapbook at The Royal Ontario Museum. This project uses collections management strategies to describe the scrapbook at the item-level, catalog 597 printed photographs and images for upload to The Museum System database (TMS); attempts to decode the author’s compilation and editorial process and finally, make recommendations for suitable handling procedures for access and physical preservation. The objects are affixed onto a large-format, traditional, Japanese, accordion-bound, album-style book called orihon. Together they capture a moment in Japanese history and visual culture in the first decade of the 20th century, and foreshadow MacLean’s 1920s education work at The ROM. The scrapbook was compiled sometime between 1904 and 1928, using materials ranging from about 1880 to 1915, illustrating the 1904 to 1908 period when Margaret Maclean and her father resided in Yokohama, Japan.

scholarly journals Watch it

1992 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Roger Marois
Keyword(s):  
Collections Management ◽  
National Symposium ◽  
Archaeological Collections

Os participantes do National Symposium for the Development of Database Standards for Archaeological Collections Management, ocorrido em 1987, na cidade de Fayetteville, Arkansas, descobriram que a partir dos princípios de organização elaborados para cada programação institucional, toma-se impossível fazer um único programa nacional. Além disso, este artigo apresenta exemplos para demonstrar a necessidade de definir os termos arqueológicos especializados com maior precisão.

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