Rehouse Remaining 2D Objects

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,684
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Afton Historical Society and Museum
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
November 2016
End Date
January 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Washington
Project Overview

To provide better organization of the archival materials, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,684
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,084
Direct expenses
$36,767
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.51
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Available upon request. Contact grants@mnhs.org

Measurable Outcome(s)

As a result of this project 357 Institutional files, 380 original photographs, 395 miscellaneous objects were rehoused by placing the objects in protective sleeves, entered into Past Perfect 5 (PP5) and placed in flip top boxes or into the new flat file.

Registration Files: 200 paper donation forms, donor letters, gift receipts, acknowledgments, misc. documents re provenance were handled, analyzed, annotated, compiled and organized by year in newly created office Registration Files. (About 100 of these were discovered among the institutional files' materials worked with during the project.
1155 'Registration Ledger' line item entries, representing individual donated items from 1988-1998, were analyzed and used as source material to create donor and accession records in PP5. Standard Accession 2-part numbers were assigned to accession entries and noted in the Registration Ledger next to the A or P number. For 675 entries (see below), a 3-part object # was assigned and noted in the Registration Ledger next to the item and it's A or P number.
424 PP5 Accession records were created in Accession Module; all fields populated including 'Brief Description of Accession' using information from these sources: Registration Ledger; Existing reorganized paper registration documents; PP5; Inventory 3-ring binders, balcony photographs and information found on individual objects.
675 PP5 catalog records were searched for and found, analyzed, corrected, updated and linked to the correct Accession record in the Accession Module.

Source of Additional Funds

Available upon request. Contact grants@mnhs.org

Recipient Board Members
Stan Ross, Leslie Thomas, Terry Clymer, Laurel Ross, Kathy Weed, Deb Erickson, Mike Thoemke, Sandi Alexander
Project Manager
First Name
Stan
Last Name
Ross
Organization Name
Afton Historical Society and Museum
Street Address
3165 Saint Croix Trail South, PO Box 178
City
Afton
State
MN
Zip Code
55001
Phone
651-436-1346
Email
stan@aftonhistoricalmuseum.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651-259-3000