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Title: Historical Society. Museum Division, Curation Agreement Subject Files
Dates: 1910-2011
Record Series: 32071
Quantity: 12.5 feet
Abstract: Contains agreements between the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND) and individuals, agencies, or organizations which have requested the SHSND to curate objects under specific stipulations other than the SHSND “Incoming Loan Conditions”. It is subdivided into: 1) state property; 2) federal property; and 3) other.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Public Records are not subject to copyright restrictions, although record series may contain copyrighted material. Consideration of such copyrights is the responsibility of the researcher.
Access: The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Box / Folder Inventory
Box 1:
1 Curation Agreement: Knife River Indian Villages 1992
2 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 1992
3 Loans Out: Minnesota Historical Society-The Way to Independence 1986-1992
4 Federal Collections Inventory 1997
5 Federal Collections-USBR 1992-1998
6 Federal Collections-National Museum of Natural History 1992-1998
7 Federal Collections-Corps of Engineers 1992-1998
8 Federal Collections-US Fish & Wildlife 1992-1998
9 Federal Collections-General 1992-1998
10 Federal Collections-US Forest Service 1992-1998
11 USBUR-REC Shelving 1997-1998
Box 2:
1 Storage East 1996-1998
2 Pembina State Museum Project 1993-1995
3 Pembina Design Bids 1993-1995
Box 3:
1 Pembina Branch Museum 1993-1995
2 Pembina Museum 1995-1996
3 Pembina Hadley Bid 1995
4 Tourism 1990
5 Historical Board Strategic Planning Session 1990
6 Reorganization 1991
7 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes 1993
8 Loans In: Home Front 1993
9 Loans Out: Various Temporary Exhibits 1982-1993
10 Curation Agreement: Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center 1997
Box 4:
1 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 1994
2 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 1995
3 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 1996
4 Loans In: Beer exhibit 1995-1997
5 Loans In: Dakota Deco temporary exhibit1994-1996
6 Loans In: TV in 53 exhibit 1993-1995
7 Loans In: Chiropractic exhibit 1995-1996
8 Loans In: Barns 1992-1994
9 Potential Acquisitions-Closed 1994-1996
10 CCR - Canadian Museum of Civilization 1997
11 CCR - Carnegie Museum 1997
12 CCR - Kellogg, Mark (exhibit) 1996
13 CCR - Lewis & Clark Interp. Center 1997
14 CCR - Norwegian Folk Art (exhibit) 1996
15 CCR - Wallaert, Helene (researcher) 1994
16 Collections Access 1996
17 Collections Access 1995
18 Collections Access - Development 1995
19 Approved requests for Collection Access - Current Year 1994
20 Collection Committee 1982
21 Conservation Project Support - Awarded (1 of 2) 1990-1991
22 Conservation Project Support - Awarded (2 of 2) 1990-1991
Box 5:
1 Council on the Arts projects 1995
2 Council on the Arts projects 1994
3 CMP-F-Military History; Halvorson/Thorson/Dill 1997
4 Humidity Studies 1994
5 Humidity Studies 1992-1993
6 Museum Environment - Weather Charts 1997-1998
7 de Mores Packing Plant (Abattoir) Planning 1994-1996
8 Pest Management Bids 1996
9 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1996
10 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1995
11 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1994
12 Quilts Project 1994-1995
13 Paintings; Huls 1994
14 Air filters ca. 1994
15 Survey, Mammals- American Society of Mammalogists 1994
16 Survey, Mammals- American Society of Mammalogists 1983
17 Removed from Exhibits 1996
18 Removed from Exhibits 1995
19 Removed from Exhibits 1994
20 Loan Requests Closed 1996
21 Loan Requests Closed 1995
22 Loans, Outgoing Closed 1994
23 Washington State University 1997
24 Potential Outgoing Loan - Litchville Community Museum 1996
25 USA - Forest Service - McKenzie Range DI Watford City ND 1995
26 University of North Dakota - Alumni Assoc. Grand Forks 1995
27 University of North Dakota - Anthropology Dept Grand Forks 1995
28 USA Fish & Wildlife Service Bismarck ND1995
29 Joachim Regional Museum 1994
30 Heritage Hjemkomst Interp. Center 1994
31 Museum Collections Committee 1997
32 Museum Collections Committee 1998
33 Osborn, L. E. Jr - Museum & SAHRL 1998
34 Civilian Conservation Corps in North Dakota temp exhibit 1998
35 Dakota Territory Air Museum 1998
36 North Dakota State Railroad Museum 1998
37 National Buffalo Museum 1998
38 Makoti Threshers Association 1998
39 American Federation of Arts, The 1998
40 Museum of American Folk Art 1998
41 Icelandic State Park 1998
42 Minot State University 2002
43 Three Affiliated Tribes Museum 2001
44 Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center 2000
45 Three Affiliated Tribes Museum 2000
46 Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe 1998
Box 6:
1 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1998
2 Potential Acquisitions Closed 4th quarter 1997
3 Potential Acquisitions Closed 3rd quarter 1997
4 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2nd quarter 1997
5 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1st quarter 1997
6 Collection Access 1998
7 Collection Access 1997
8 Photographic Image Use - Correspondence1998
9 Photographic Image Use - Correspondence1997
10 USSND Silver Service Use 1981-2006
11 Removed From Exhibits 1998
12 Removed from Exhibits 1997
13 Artifact Inventories, obsolete 1998
14 Inventories, obsolete 1998
15 CM project1998
16 Collection Projects Planning 1994
Box 7:
1 Environmental Monitoring - Museum 2009
2 Environmental Monitoring - Museum 2010
3 AASLH Award Letter and Banquet Program - Award of Merit 2011
Box 8:
1 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 2000
2 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 1999
3 Bismarck Schools - 125th Anniversary Temporary Exhibit 2000
4 Wild Blue Yonder: Air Force 50th Anniversary Temporary Exhibit 1999
5 Gerald R. Ford Museum Grand Rapids, MI L-991028 2000
6 National Buffalo Museum Jamestown, ND L-980928 2000
7 National Maritime Museum London, England L-980824 2000
8 Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences Staten Island, NY OL-2000.01 2000
9 USA - Fort Union National Historic Site Williston, ND L-880901 2000
10 Cass County Historical Society West Fargo, ND L-911211 2000
11 Newseum (Freedom Forum) Arlington, VA L-960404 2000
12 Hatton-Eielson Museum and History Association Hatton, ND L-880629 2000
13 Chicago Historical Society Chicago, IL L-981002 2000
14 Hessian State Museum Darmstadt, Germany L-981008 2000
15 NDSU - North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies Fargo, ND L-890718 1999
16 Missouri Valley Historical Society Bismarck, ND L-980818 1999
17 Potental Acquisitions Closed 2000
18 Potential Acquisitions Closed1999
19 Appraisals - Burdick Collection 1987
20 Appraisals - Ethnography 1987
21 Appraisals - Misc. 1989
22 Carpentry Air System Agreement Project # MUS-98-1 1998
23 Chemicals - Inventory 1998
24 Collections Committee (museum) - development, plans 1992-1997
25 Collections Management (Box numbers used/temp. storage) ca. 1997
26 Collections Incidents - accidental damage 1997
27 Collections Incidents - theft & vandalism 1983-2002
28 Densmore, Francis - Teton Sioux Recordings 1997
29 Exhibit Request (Replica Liberty Bell, SHSND 1983.431) 1996
30 Exhibits of SHSND – List 1981-1986
31 Folk Art Objects - SHSND Inventory 1981-1982
32 Hatton-Eielson Museum Planning 1996-2000
33 Missing Objects; Inventory Memo 1981-1983
34 Missing Objects pre 19941989-1994
35 Deeds of Gift - Where's the Collection? 1910-1972
36 Missing Objects Project - filed 1997 1997
37 Natural History Mounts project: 1981-1982
38 Pembina Permanent Exhibits - Registrar 1996
39 P.S.M. Exhibits - Change Order 1994-1997
40 P.S.M. Grounds Usage 1997
41 Potential Exhibit - Corridor of Time 2005
Box 9:
1 Quill Exhibit (Sacred Beauty) - Registrar 1997-1999
2 Red River Flood 1997 - SHSND Response 1997
3 Survey - A.A.M. - American Museums 1989
4 Survey - Archaeology - US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis RC 1999
5 Survey, Conservation, Rocky Mountain Conserv. Center RC 800209 1994
6 Survey, Mammals - American Society of Mammalogists RC 800209 1997
7 Restoration Request (1937 Lincoln Zephyr, SHSND 1973.44) 1991
8 Chippewa Beading Exhibit - Registrar 1994-1998
9 Natural History Exhibits - Main Gallery 1982
10 Random Sample Inventory of Collections 1983
11 Removal from Exhibits 2011
12 Removed from Exhibits 2010
13 Removed from Exhibits 2009
14 Removed from Exhibits 2008
15 Removed from Exhibits 2007
16 Removed from Exhibits 2006
17 Removed from Exhibits 2005
18 Removed from Exhibits 2004
19 Removed from Exhibits 2003
20 Removed from Exhibits 2002
21 Removed from Exhibits 2001
22 Removed from Exhibits 2000
23 Removed from Exhibits 1999
24 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2004
25 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2003
26 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2002
27 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2001
28 Lewis and Clark Documents 2004
29 Curling Team Drawings by Bismarck Elementary School Students 2002-2004
30 Quilt Stories Temporary Exhibit 1999-2003
31 Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum 2002
32 Newseum - Freedom Forum 2002
33 USA - Corps of Engineers - Riverdale2001
34 Newseum - Freedom Forum 2001
35 Brauer Museum of Art 2001
36 Fort Seward Interpretive Center 2001
37 Bismarck Public Library 2001
38 Grant County Historical Society 2004
39 Eiteljorg Museum 2004
40 Pioneer Trails Museum 2004
Box 10:
1 Canadian Museum of Civilization 2004
2 Pembina County Historical Society 2003
3 National Museum of Australia 2003
4 Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum 1 of 2 2003
5 Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum 2 of 2 2003
6 Autry Museum of Western Heritage 2003
7 North Dakota Geological Survey 2003
8 Joachim Regional Museum 2003
9 Linden Museum - Stuttgart 2003
10 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2001
11 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1 of 4 2002
12 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2 of 4 2002
13 Potential Acquisitions Closed 3 of 4 2002
14 Potential Acquisitions Closed 4 of 4 2002
Box 11:
1 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2003
2 Potential Acquisitions Closed Estate of Mary Louisa Johnson 2004
3 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2004
4 Register of Collections Access 2004
5 Register of Collections Access 2003
6 Register of Collections Access 2002
7 Register of Collections Access 2001
8 Register of Collections Access 2000
9 Register of Collections Access 1999
10 North Dakota National Guard 10/25/2005-11/7/2005
11 North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame 10/27/2005
12 Library of Congress 9/22/2005
13 University of Mary 8/23/2005
14 Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center 6/10/2005
15 Louisiana State Museum - Natchitoches 2/2/2005
16 Virginia Living Museum 1/31/2005
17 Initial Requests - closed 2006
18 Initial Requests - closed 2005
19 Initial Requests - closed 2003
20 Initial Requests - closed - specific organization 2002
21 Initial Requests - closed 2001
22 Closed Loan Requests 2000
23 Closed Loan Requests 1999
24 Loan Files Closed 1998
25 Loan Requests Closed 1997
26 Museum Collection Committee 2007
27 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2006
28 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2005
29 Winter Memories Temporary Exhibit 2008
30 Lincoln Bicentennial 2008
Box 12:
1 North Dakota History Journal: Governor's Issue: Governor Olson Temporary Exhibit 2008
2 Morse (Stuart) Painting 2008
3 Folk Art Temporary Exhibit 2008
4 Forgotten North Dakota 2007
5 North Dakota Remembers World War Two2007
6 Governor Arthur Link Violin 2007
7 Interpretations of Lewis and Clark 2006
8 Grass Dancers: Prairie Grouse of the Red River Valley 2006
9 Sacred Beauty: Quillwork of Plains Women Temporary Exhibit 2006
10 Earth, Water, and Fire: North Dakota Clay Temporary Exhibit 2006
11 The Grand Scene - North Dakota from the Palette and Pen of George Catlin 2006
12 The Grand Scene - North Dakota from the Palette and Pen of George Catlin 2006
13 Churches of Pembina 2005
14 Lewis and Clark Documents - Part II 2005
15 Medicine in Pembina (Pembina County Exhibit) 2005
16 Quilt Stories Temporary Exhibit (PSM) 2005
17 North Dakota Innovators 2005
18 Research - Identification (Schafer) 2002
19 North Dakota Art Gallery Association2007
20 Barnes County Historical Society 2007
21 Missouri Historical Society 2006
22 Missouri Historical Society File 1 2006
23 Newberry Library 2006
24 Joachim Regional Museum 2006
25 Jamestown Classic Car Club 2006
26 Westerlind Homestead Shack, Mercer, North Dakota, Video tape 2004
27 Potential Acquisitions Closed 3 of 3 2008
28 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1 of 3 2008
29 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2 of 2 2007
30 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1 of 2 2007
Box 13:
1 Museum Environmental Concerns 1980-2005
2 Environmental Monitoring 1995-1996
3 Register of Collection Access 2008
4 Register of Collection Access 2007
5 Register of Collection Access 2006
6 Register of Collection Access 2005
7 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 2002
8 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 2001
9 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 2000
10 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1999
11 Survey - U.S. General Services Administration 2005
12 Videotape - VHS - Democratic Response to State of the State Address 1/9/2001
13 Videotape - VHS - Inaugural Address Governor John Hoeven 1/9/2001
14 Videotape - VHS - Acc 2893 USS North Dakota Silver Service 2/4/1992
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